Lead Consultant Practitioner Psychologist Critical Care

Leadership of the psychological aspects of the service including service design, governance structures, pathway construction and delivery. Innovation, with partners, to provide alternative approaches to traditional NHS work is a key element.
Act as an expert advisor on the psychology of critical care environments within the UHB and to wider groups e.g. national groups and service commissioners.
Professional and line management of staff delivering psychological services.
Training and education.
Specific clinical input for patients and families who experience critical care including direct work, consultation to others, and supervision of those using psychological approaches.
Designing and delivering an internal to critical care Staff Well-Being Service including 1:1 work and wider initiatives to train and support staff. There is a role in the monitoring and improving the organisational health of the unit working.
Service development and improvement aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit. Demonstrating value via innovative methods is crucial to the role.
The post is part-time at 30 hours per week., Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
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We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and experienced Practitioner Psychologist who can lead the fast-paced delivery and development of psychology within specialised medical critical care services. This collaborative post requires design and delivery of direct clinical approaches for patients and families; an internal staff well-being service; plus organisational health monitoring and improvement. The work is highly collaborative - working with professional colleagues and managers within the UHB.
This is an exciting time to join Cardiff & Vale UHB. The UHB has supported the development of psychological expertise in medical settings. There is a growing Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology Specialty. There is an active professional network and you would be able to develop your professional, leadership, supervisory and clinical skills via CPD opportunities.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply., It is essential for this post to hold a Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent), to be a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist, and be eligible for Chartered Psychologist status with the BPS. Extensive and substantial knowledge and experience of applying psychology in complex medical settings is essential.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together". We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board's Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
+ We are kind and caring
+ We are respectful
+ We have trust and integrity
+ We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today's illnesses
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable., Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.