Practitioner Psychologist for YOD and Memory Team

The successful post-holder will help to provide a practitioner psychology service to the Young Onset Dementia team and to the community Memory Team service for Cardiff and the Vale. This post contributes to all parts of the dementia pathway and includes the provision of neuropsychological assessments for people presenting to the Memory Team with concerns about their cognition, through to post diagnostic psychological therapy and supporting care partners. Working collaboratively and closely with your MDT colleagues, as well as with people living with dementia and their care partners. The post holder will join a welcoming, innovative and enthusiastic group of psychology practitioners in the service. Value is placed on reflective practice and learning from one another and good links exist with the local DClinPsy training course. You will be encouraged and supported to join the local and national networks of psychology practitioners working with older people as well as dementia networks.
A range of psychological models are valued and welcomed and we have practitioners with interests and expertise in both CBT and third wave approaches and in Narrative Therapy and Open Dialogue. In addition to direct clinical work, there will be opportunities for staff and MDT consultation and supervision, innovation, service/systems improvement work, staff skills training, research and audit and team formulations, with the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

We are excited to offer an innovative post for an applied (Clinical or Counselling) Psychologist to work into our Young Onset Dementia and Memory Team services. The post is full time but applications from those wishing to work part time will also be considered. It is an 8a post and we are in the position to recruit someone who already has the competence and experience relevant to an 8a position, or someone who meets the qualification, training and competence for a band 7 applied psychology post. In the case of the latter, we are able to offer a professional knowledge and skills based development programme that will provide you with the opportunity to acquire the appropriate skills, competencies and development to support you in the post.

You will be joining a well established and highly motivated Older Adult Speciality for psychology services, working closely with other practitioner psychologists. The Older Adult speciality provides services into a number of physical and mental health settings, including Mental Health Services for Older People, and Medical Rehabilitation. The Speciality is part of a large and progressive Health Board wide Directorate of Psychology and Psychological Therapies. We encourage and support continued professional development and offer excellent opportunities for professional development, consultation and supervision.

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

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.