Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Sufficient experience to demonstrate a level of competence to satisfy the assessment requirements of two BPS/DoH National Assessors in Clinical Psychology for entrance into Consultant Grade.
- Experience
Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified and senior clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
- Experience
Assessed experience of working effectively as a qualified and senior level clinical psychologist in the designated speciality, or relevant transferable skills.
- Experience
Demonstrates further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology
- Experience
Experience of highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings.
- Experience
Extensive experience of working with client groups across an increasing range of clinical severity.
- Experience
Extensive experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multidisciplinary care-planning.
- Experience
Extensive experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Qualifications
Honours Degree in Psychology
- Qualifications
Eligibility for Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Qualifications
Post-graduate Doctoral qualification in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas), as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Qualifications
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Qualifications
Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
- Qualifications
Doctoral level advanced knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
- Qualifications
Attendance at formal management and health leadership training programmes.
- Qualifications
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology.
- Qualifications
Attendance at several taught postgraduate course and pursuit of supervised self-directed study in specialist field.
- Qualifications
Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to Psychology.
- Qualifications
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Qualifications
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Job overview
Maternity Cover - Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months.
This is an exciting time to be part of Neurodevelopmental Services. We need a dynamic and innovative consultant clinical psychologist who can make a strong contribution to the development of the East ND service, to reflect the changing needs of our population.
You will be a compelling leader who can use the evidence base to inform clinical practice. You will provide highly specialist clinical and consultation skills within a very supportive MDT. You will work with the senior leadership team and partner agencies within East area to be part of developing new ways of working. This will necessitate working in conjunction with regional ND developments across North Wales.
Your skills will bridge the data needs between performance and clinical requirements, working with service and operational managers to ensure that data is collected in a meaningful way to meet performance requirements, and be used to develop clinical services.
We have a supportive network of child psychologists across specialisms for peer and professional support. We benefit from having a regional assistant psychologist dedicated to research who can provide support for your research interests. We have excellent links with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme; we provide placements and regular teaching, as well as accessing CPD.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a highly specialised clinical psychology service, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients.
- Work individually and in accordance with the practice code, ethical principles, and guidelines of the BPS and HCPC.
- Have delegated responsibility for the professional leadership, planning, systematic provision & review of Child Clinical Services within East area of BCUHB.
- Have responsibility for the professional leadership & management of clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists and psychological therapists within Child Clinical Psychology Services in the East.
- Establish ways in which broad clinical and professional policies should be interpreted, & be accountable for own professional actions and decisions.
- Help to devise, develop, interpret & implement discrete policies and service developments as required for the Child Clinical Psychology Service for the East area.
- Help to develop psychological therapies provision and ensure clinical governance processes are in place and implemented in the East area.
- Carry a highly specialist clinical caseload of clients with complex & enduring needs within East BCUHB area.
- Ensure provision of child clinical placements for the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme (NWCPP).
- Provide teaching and training for multi-disciplinary BCUHB staff & for the NWCPP.
- Utilise highly specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, & research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post can provide excellent clinical and leadership development opportunities. As an employer we are keen to support special interests and would welcome discussions around this.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wrexham, Wales. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £80,698 - £92,984 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (12 months). The application deadline is 04 Oct 2026.
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