Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of working as a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist experience, with experience working with people with physical health conditions.
- Experience
Has begun to develop special expertise in a relevant clinical area and to have undergone or is undergoing post qualification training in it as part of the CPD process.
- Experience
Demonstrable evidence of clinical supervision within a scientist practitioner framework, including supervision, group supervision and case presentations of both psychologists and other health professionals.
- Experience
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, inpatient and residential care settings and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Qualifications
Honours degree in Psychology
- Qualifications
HCPC Registered
- Qualifications
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, accredited by HCPC (or its equivalent accredited for those trained prior to 1996 accredited by the BPS).
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to communicate and relate to people warmly and with empathy
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to understand the highly complex and conflicting messages from clients and organise this in a way that allows them to guide the client through a complex process of change. To be able to do this even when the client is highly distressed, there is a highly charged atmosphere, and/or when the client is expressing high levels of anger
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to communicate sensitive material in writing.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to assess, interpret, formulate and intervene in situations where the material is highly complex, and where there are a range of possible options, where different courses of action could be taken and where expert opinions may differ.
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with service users are co-producers
- Experience
To have obtained further experience of working within other Clinical Psychology Health and Mental Health specialities
- Experience
Research experience and statistical expertise.
- Experience
Academic teaching experience.
- Qualifications
Other related academic qualifications
- Qualifications
Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
- Qualifications
Evidence of peer-reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions.
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to speak Welsh
- Skills and Attributes
Further relevant post qualification in therapeutic training
Job overview
We are seeking a Psychological Therapy Practitioner who is passionate about promoting the emotional health and wellbeing of adults who are coping with the impact of IBD in their lives.
You will work closely with your medical and AHP colleagues within the IBD Service to deliver a co-produced psychological care pathway in a needs-led way; with a specific focus on meeting the psychological needs of people who have IBD issues. This will involve direct clinical work, group work, consultation, supervision, teaching, and training as well as developing resources and supporting staff teams both within the hospitals and community.
Within the wider Physical Health Speciality there are services in Diabetes, Respiratory, Chronic Pain, Symptom Management, Weight Management, Neuro-Rehabilitation, Critical Care, Hepatology and Continuing Care. There will be opportunities to work with colleagues in the wider service who offer a warm, supportive atmosphere, regular peer support and supervision. All of our teams enjoy the benefits of flexible working - with a mixture of home, clinical base, and in outpatient clinics across the Health Board.
Dr Anne Johnson, Head of the Physical Health speciality would love to hear from you if you would like more information about the role, please call on 01633 238292.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in promoting the psychological wellbeing of adults and their families coping with the impact of IBD and the staff who support them within ABUHB, through:
- Provision of high-quality psychological information and advice, dissemination of specialist resources and workshops for adults, their families and staff
- Provision of psychological support, consultation and joint working with staff who are supporting the needs of adults and their families coping with the impact of their health condition.
- Therapeutic work with adults and their families through individual work, family work, and therapeutic groups.
The successful candidate will develop and evaluate new clinical and psychological programmes, as a major responsibility of the job.
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.
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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