Clinical Academic Tutor/ Senior Clinical Academic Tutor

Job overview

The South Wales Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology: Clinical Academic (£54,550 - £61,412) or Senior Clinical Academic Tutor/s (£63,149 - £73,378)

The South Wales Doctoral Training Programme in Clinical Psychology is seeking to appoint new members of staff due to further increases in trainee numbers. Due to increased funding and cohort sizes, we have up too 1.8 WTE hours available. The posts are available at agenda for change (A4C) grade 8a (£54,550-£61,412) or 8b (£63,149- £73,378) depending on experience. The posts will be part-time at approximately 0.6/0.8 WTE (although there is some flexibility for lesser hours).  In addition, if required we would assist a successful candidate wishing to work full-time to find additional clinical sessions in one of our collaborating NHS Health Boards.

Main duties of the job

he posts involve acting as an appraisal tutor (line-manager of trainee clinical psychologists) and provider of research supervision (either as a primary or secondary supervisor). As such we have posts that will be of interest to staff with research interests or/and interests in supporting development of trainees on placement. The posts are open to HCPC registered practitioner psychologists with backgrounds in any specialism, although we are particularly keen to attract candidates with additional experience in Older Adult Services. We are keen to attract both candidates with interest in developing a research portfolio or ideally with demonstratable research expertise or/and with experience of supervising trainees. As the programme supports secondary accreditation, we are keen to attract staff with either BABCP or AFT accreditation. For 8b appointments there would be expectation of leading on specific administrative aspects of the programme such as chairing one of the programmes subcommittees or leading on an area of programme delivery.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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The Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is run in partnership between Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) and Cardiff University.  The programme is based in the School of Psychology which has an established international research record. The programme works in partnership with supervisors from across health boards in south, mid, east and west Wales.

CAVUHB operates a comprehensive equal opportunities policy and seeks to encourage applications from the widest possible field, including people with disabilities and family commitments. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

If you would like to discuss this post informally prior to applying, please contact the Programme Director, Professor Andrew Thompson ([email protected]). Appointments can be made via Rebecca Cleverly ([email protected])