Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead ME/CFS Service

We are delighted to announce that an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the ME/CFS Service within North Wales.

As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for the Service, the role is interesting and varied. The post holder will have clinical responsibility and will work directly and indirectly with patients, families and staff members within the service.

As Clinical Lead for ME/CFS, they will be responsible for the governance of the service and service development, audit, and evaluation, will be key parts of the role. You will be supported to engage with relevant stakeholders and you will be responsible for the supervision of more junior clinical psychologists (including trainee clinical psychologists) as well as other MDT members, where the need arises.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the BCUHB Health Clinical Psychology Department, which is a supportive, friendly and thriving department of Clinical Psychologists working in physical health services across BCUHB and has strong links with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme.

The post provides the ideal opportunity to take a very senior role in the continued development of a Clinical Psychology Service for this a highly specialised client group.

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.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

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

Job responsibilities

The is a permanent post for 2 days per week (0.4 WTE, 15 hours) in the East area of our Health Board and hybrid working will also be supported.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

• Good Honours degree in Psychology. Eligibility for BPS Chartered status.
• Registration with HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Doctoral level advanced specialist knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation, research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology
• Attendance at formal management and health leadership training programmes
• Advanced training in research design and methodology
• Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books

Experience

• Appropriate experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist, including substantial supervised post-qualification expertise and experience within the Health Clinical Psychology
• Sufficient experience to demonstrate a level of competence to satisfy the assessment requirements of up to two BPS/DoH National Assessors in Clinical Psychology for entrance into Consultant Grade
• Additional specialist supervised training, research or study, specialist courses and clinical supervision in the Health Clinical Psychology

Aptitude and Abilities

• Ability to use highest level of interpersonal and communication skills, requiring empathy and reassurance, to convey and receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere, and ability to overcome psychological resistance to potentially threatening information, whilst maintaining high degree of professionalism at all times
• Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to manage Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and provide leadership within [clinical service area] Clinical Psychology Service
• Ability to speak Welsh

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.

Head of Health Clinical Psychology Services

£78,120 to £90,013 a yearper annum, pro rata