# Senior Clinical Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-psychologist/7940c6b2-bb8e-45f5-a975-5462e97cf6ff - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-psychologist/7940c6b2-bb8e-45f5-a975-5462e97cf6ff.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - **Location:** Block 5, Carlton Court - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Salary:** £50129.00 to £65723.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T09:48:46.038Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8233298 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8233298?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are excited to be offering an 8a Senior Clinical Psychology post in our community CAMHS team. We welcome applications from those seeking the opportunity to join at Band 7 and follow a development route to the senior 8a position. The post-holder will join our diverse and vibrant multi-disciplinary team based in Conwy or Denbighshire. We are a fully integrated Early Intervention and Prevention and Tier 3 Specialist CAMH service, providing primary and secondary mental health care for children and young people. We are proud to offer a range of therapeutic interventions, including full-programme DBT; CBT; EMDR; Systemic Family Psychotherapy; Art Psychotherapy; CAT; Maudsley Model for Anorexia; and we have access to Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. We value personal and professional development. The post-holder will have lots of opportunity and support to develop and utilise their clinical leadership skills. We have close links with our Tier 4 CAMHS service, and with local Paediatric Psychology, Neurodevelopment and Intellectual Disability services. We work closely with our multiagency partners, and have an excellent relationship with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme and offer teaching as well as core and specialist placements. Applications are also invited from candidates wishing to work as a Clinical Psychologist with a development opportunity ### Main duties of the job To provide a specialised clinical psychology service to clients of the sector, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients. To work autonomously in accordance with The British Psychological Society Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles and Guidelines 2004, and Health and Care Professions Council. Within the team, to exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of assistant psychologists and the workload of trainees, within the framework of the team/service policies and procedures. To contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures in order to facilitate improvement in service quality. To advise service and professional management on aspects of the service related to the team where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To provide professional and clinical supervision for designated staff, as appropriate. To provide clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists and to deliver training to other professionals. To utilise specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research. To act as a panel member in the recruitment of designated staff, as appropriate. 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 You will be able to find a full Job description and full 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 ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills. - Demonstration of further specialist training / experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a clinical psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology. - Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings. - Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning. **Desirable** - Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. - Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts - Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. ### Qualifications and/or Knowledge **Essential** - Good honours Degree in Psychology. - Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status. - Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas), as accredited by the British Psychological Society. - Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist. - Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees. - of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation. - Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology - Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management. **Desirable** - Post-doctoral training courses in specific areas of clinical psychology. - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses and people with additional disabilities). - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies. ## Documents - [welsh language matrix (pdf, 134.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2220) - [betsi cadwaladr relocation (pdf, 6.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2818) - [values and behaviour framework (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2937) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2838) - [nhs north wales - the right choice (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2075) - [occupational health requirements (docx, 100.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543453) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1632) - [band 7 job description & person specification - bilingual (pdf, 552.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543451) - [band 8a job description & person specification - bilingual (pdf, 680.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543452) ## 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.