Specialist Practitioner Psychologist
Location
Pontyclun, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/14/2025
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Description
Fixed Term for 12 months from start date due to funding.
We are excited to be offering this Band 7 opportunity to join the critical care psychology service.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary critical care team with the aim of continuing the development of the most up to date evidenced based critical care psychology service meeting the psychological and emotional needs of the patients it cares for, their relatives and the staff who in this emotionally challenging environment.
This is a gold standard service offering an end to end care pathway from admission through to discharge and follow-up in the community to manage any ongoing problems. Furthermore, the post holder with evaluate the service and widen the evidence base through research and audit activities. We have established links and ongoing clinical trials of new therapies with Cardiff University that you will have the opportunity to learn and participate in.
We are looking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic clinical psychologist with a passion for delivering excellent levels of service provision, development, evaluation and communication.
You will also be joining the Health Psychology Department in CTMU, which is a growing specialty and you will be part of a wider department of skilled and enthusiastic clinicians delivering psychological care within a variety of healthcare settings.
The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment formulation and intervention for outpatients and inpatients and or their relatives on ITU presenting with delirium and varying levels of psychological distress.
The delivery of interventions required will be holding a strong psychological voice within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and to assist and develop the thinking around complex presentations and rehabilitation planning.
The post holder will be expected to take opportunities to display leadership in relation to service development initiatives in addition to the delivery of specialist psychological therapies, provision of clinical supervision, complex case discussion, specialist consultation and teaching to other members of the MDT, to multiagency colleagues and to other psychology professionals as required.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Michelle Smalley Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01443 443475
We are excited to be offering this Band 7 opportunity to join the critical care psychology service.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary critical care team with the aim of continuing the development of the most up to date evidenced based critical care psychology service meeting the psychological and emotional needs of the patients it cares for, their relatives and the staff who in this emotionally challenging environment.
This is a gold standard service offering an end to end care pathway from admission through to discharge and follow-up in the community to manage any ongoing problems. Furthermore, the post holder with evaluate the service and widen the evidence base through research and audit activities. We have established links and ongoing clinical trials of new therapies with Cardiff University that you will have the opportunity to learn and participate in.
We are looking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic clinical psychologist with a passion for delivering excellent levels of service provision, development, evaluation and communication.
You will also be joining the Health Psychology Department in CTMU, which is a growing specialty and you will be part of a wider department of skilled and enthusiastic clinicians delivering psychological care within a variety of healthcare settings.
The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment formulation and intervention for outpatients and inpatients and or their relatives on ITU presenting with delirium and varying levels of psychological distress.
The delivery of interventions required will be holding a strong psychological voice within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and to assist and develop the thinking around complex presentations and rehabilitation planning.
The post holder will be expected to take opportunities to display leadership in relation to service development initiatives in addition to the delivery of specialist psychological therapies, provision of clinical supervision, complex case discussion, specialist consultation and teaching to other members of the MDT, to multiagency colleagues and to other psychology professionals as required.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Michelle Smalley Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01443 443475
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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