Principal Clinical Psychologist

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist seeking to develop their clinical leadership skills. We are looking for a compassionate leader for this highly valued role in our child and adolescent neurodevelopment service, to work closely with senior leads and the diverse multidisciplinary team to drive innovation and service development at a time when there is keen recognition of the changing needs of our neurodiverse population.

You will be key in leading complex neurodevelopmental assessments for children across Gwynedd and Anglesey, working closely with our team - particularly where there are highly complex factors to consider in building clinical formulations and making complex diagnostic decisions. Your advanced skills in teaching, supervision and training, as well as contributing an informed psychological perspective in multidisciplinary team working, will be vital.

We value close working with our local child and adolescent learning disability and mental health services, and our multi-agency partners. We have a close connection with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme.

We are looking for a compassionate and collaborative leader, able to inspire and support others, and promote a culture of learning and innovation.

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialised clinical psychology service to clients of the sector, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy to clients.

Within the team, to hold designated responsibility for the systematic governance of sector staff's psychological practice, in order to ensure the delivery of high quality clinical psychology services within team/service policies and procedures.

Within the team, to exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of designated staff up to and including Senior level, including staff appraisal/PADR.

To contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures in order to facilitate improvements 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 clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee psychologists and to deliver training to other professionals.

To utilise highly 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.

To assist the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, or Head of Child Psychology, in conjunction with other senior staff, in the efficient day-to-day management of the service.

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

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist
• Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees.
• Recognised qualification in supervision.
• Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

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
• Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a specialist 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.
• Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of professional management of qualified clinical psychologists and other staff.

Aptitude and Abilities

• The ability to demonstrate a high level of competence to work within the designated speciality.
• Well-developed skills in the supervision of other staff, including Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
• Well-developed skills in effectively communicating very complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information, both orally and in writing, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to speak Welsh.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Pennaeth Seicoleg Plant / Head of Child Psychology

£65,424 to £76,021 a yearper annum pro rata