Principal Clinical​/Counselling​/Forensic Psychologist

Welcome to Swansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve 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.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

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

The Caswell Clinic is a 61 bedded unit provided specialist inpatient care to males and females detained under the Mental Health Act (2007) and who have complex clinical and risk needs.

The psychology service sits within an MDT model of care to offer strengths-based, attachment informed, collaborative interventions which draws upon a range of approaches including DBT, ACT, CBT, EMDR, Narrative, Systemic and Mentalisation- based therapies. With a strong focus on recovery, we endeavour to provide and promote care that compliments the principles of least restrictive practice.

The duties attached to this job will include both direct clinical work and managerial responsibilities for junior psychological staff. Other, broader duties linked to this role include overseeing and coordinating relevant risk assessment training in the service and wider service group, leading on the development and delivery of group treatment programmes, and linking in with local academic institutions for the purpose of hosting placements and securing collaborative research opportunities.

The successful candidate will be highly skilled and experienced in working in secure settings and within a multidisciplinary team. Working with, and formulating complexity, alongside understanding crisis presentations is essential for this role.

• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility and be legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of professional practice, being guided by principles and broad occupational policies.
• Provide highly specialised psychological assessments using a wide variety of methods, including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• Analyse, interpret and integrate highly complex assessment information where the data are often conflicting and incomplete.
• Formulate plans for formal psychological therapy, across a range of care settings, based on a number of provisional hypotheses derived from psychological theory and evidence-based practice.
• Responsible for implementing a range of specialised psychological interventions, for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• Contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the team, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

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