# Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialised-clinical-psychologist/5091d2e8-0993-45fc-b95c-1b5f5b98987d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/highly-specialised-clinical-psychologist/5091d2e8-0993-45fc-b95c-1b5f5b98987d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £67,583 - £78,530 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T13:02:04.610Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Eating_Disorders_Adult_Mental_Health/Eating_Disorders_Adult_Mental_Health-v7909790 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7909790?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a full time substantive position  for a Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist within the tier 3 Specialist High Risk Eating Disorders (SHED) service. The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with severe and high‑risk eating disorders, delivered in clinic, the community and virtually. Working as part of the SHED multidisciplinary team, comprising specialist nurses, allied health professionals including occupational therapist,  dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapist and a CAAP,  the role also involves close collaboration with wider Eating Disorder and Adult Mental Health services to ensure integrated and safe care pathways. SHED provides intensive, person‑centred intervention for adults with complex eating disorders associated with significant medical or psychiatric risk. The service aims to reduce risk, support recovery and enhance quality of life through evidence‑based approaches. This is an excellent opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist wishing to work with people with eating disorders, complex mental health, and multidisciplinary leadership. The role includes direct clinical work, consultation, supervision and involvement in service development within an innovative specialist team. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence‑based intervention, in line with NICE and Matrics Cymru recommendations for eating disorders and complex mental health needs. Interventions may include approaches such as CBT‑E, DBT, trauma‑informed therapies, CFT, ACT and systemic or consultation-focused work tailored to the needs of this high‑risk group. A key aspect of the role will involve providing consultation, joint working, and clinical supervision to colleagues within the SHED multidisciplinary team to support psychologically informed, safe and recovery‑focused care. The post holder will also contribute to reflective practice and to supporting staff wellbeing, given the demanding and high‑risk context of the team’s work. The role will include supporting senior colleagues with service development, clinical governance activity, risk management processes, and quality improvement initiatives to ensure the safe and effective delivery of care for individuals with severe and high‑risk eating disorders. The post holder will be professionally accountable to Head of Adult Psychology and will have access to ongoing clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologists within the Adult Mental Health Directorate. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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. ## Job Details Applications are invited for a full time substantive position  for a Band 8b Practitioner Psychologist within the tier 3 Specialist High Risk Eating Disorders (SHED) service. The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with severe and high‑risk eating disorders, delivered in clinic, the community and virtually. Working as part of the SHED multidisciplinary team, comprising specialist nurses, allied health professionals including occupational therapist,  dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapist and a CAAP,  the role also involves close collaboration with wider Eating Disorder and Adult Mental Health services to ensure integrated and safe care pathways. SHED provides intensive, person‑centred intervention for adults with complex eating disorders associated with significant medical or psychiatric risk. The service aims to reduce risk, support recovery and enhance quality of life through evidence‑based approaches. This is an excellent opportunity for a Practitioner Psychologist wishing to work with people with eating disorders, complex mental health, and multidisciplinary leadership. The role includes direct clinical work, consultation, supervision and involvement in service development within an innovative specialist team. ## Job Description The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence‑based intervention, in line with NICE and Matrics Cymru recommendations for eating disorders and complex mental health needs. Interventions may include approaches such as CBT‑E, DBT, trauma‑informed therapies, CFT, ACT and systemic or consultation-focused work tailored to the needs of this high‑risk group. A key aspect of the role will involve providing consultation, joint working, and clinical supervision to colleagues within the SHED multidisciplinary team to support psychologically informed, safe and recovery‑focused care. The post holder will also contribute to reflective practice and to supporting staff wellbeing, given the demanding and high‑risk context of the team’s work. The role will include supporting senior colleagues with service development, clinical governance activity, risk management processes, and quality improvement initiatives to ensure the safe and effective delivery of care for individuals with severe and high‑risk eating disorders. The post holder will be professionally accountable to Head of Adult Psychology and will have access to ongoing clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologists within the Adult Mental Health Directorate. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable; Welsh and English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ## Responsibilities 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. - Ability to use highest level of interpersonal and communication skills to convey and receive highly complex / sensitive information effectively, requiring empathy and reassurance, in a highly emotive atmosphere and the ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining high degree of professionalism at all times. - Ability to make clinical and servicerelated judgments involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of several options - Ability to plan and organise a range of clinical or service-related activities and programmes - Ability to implement agreed policies and strategic long-term service developments. **Desirable** - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups - High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialist psychological therapies - Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health. - Ability to speak Welsh and a willingness to use this in the context of work where relevant. ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial and demonstrable post-qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist with experience working with people with perinatal mental health conditions - Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. - Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified healthcare professional and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan. - Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision. - Demonstrable evidence of significant specialist clinical supervision within a scientist-practitioner framework, including supervision, group supervision and case presentations **Desirable** - Experience of working with service users as co-producers ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS. - Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS). - HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist **Desirable** - Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice. - Evidence of peer reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions ### Special Knowledge **Essential** - Formal Training and supervision of other psychologists - Evidence of significant post-qualification continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS - Specialist knowledge of psychometric test construction, development, validation, administration and clinical interpretation of the results. - Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology. Prior evidence of its usage in previous roles. - Well-developed specialist knowledge of clinical/counselling psychology theory and practice, assessment, and the application of specialised psychological therapies related to the needs of people with perinatal mental health conditions **Desirable** - Awareness of ethnic diversity issues ### Essential criteria **Essential** - Willingness to supervise trainee clinical psychologists and other qualified clinical/counselling psychologists working in similar settings - Willingness to work as part of a team and also independently - Commitment to working collaboratively with people living with perinatal mental health conditions and their carers to develop and improve services - Ability to make effective use of clinical consultation and appraisal. ## Documents - [oh fr form (pdf, 752.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10315316) - [jdps english (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10187819) - [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10187820) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2852) - [shaping our future wellbeing strategy (pdf, 2.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2851) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.