Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

The closing date is 18 March 2026

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and delivering a high-quality psychology service for individuals accessing Cardiff and Vale Addictions Services. You will work closely with a supportive, multi-disciplinary team that values psychological perspectives and encourages creative, collaborative approaches.

This role offers diverse and rewarding experiences across settings, supporting your professional growth. Core responsibilities include:

• Direct psychological assessments and interventions
• Cognitive and neuropsychological assessments
• Staff and MDT consultation and supervision
• Service innovation and systems improvement
• Staff skills training, research, audit, and team formulations

Professional Development
We actively support Continued Professional Development and provide excellent opportunities for supervision, consultation, and research. There are strong links with the South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, and full clinical and managerial supervision will be available within the specialty.

The successful candidate will provide psychological input to the CAU team through both direct and indirect clinical work
:

• Deliver psychological and cognitive assessments, formulation, and interventions as appropriate
• Work jointly with colleagues within the CAU MDT

• Lead complex case discussions and team formulations
• Collaborate with team leads to provide teaching and training to CAU staff and wider services
• Offer consultation on complex presentations
• Contribute to service development and improvement projects

Professional Development
The specialty is part of a large, progressive Health Board-wide Directorate of Psychology and Psychological Therapies. We strongly encourage and support Continued Professional Development, offering excellent opportunities for supervision, training, and career growth.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post;
Welsh and/or English 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 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving 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 working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is Caring for People, Keeping People Well
, and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10‑year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.

Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

• Good Honours degree in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) with the BPS.
• Post‑graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS).
• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
• Post‑doctoral training in one or more additional specialist areas of psychological practice.
• Evidence of peer‑reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, or similar contributions

• Substantial and demonstrable post‑qualification experience of working as a HCPC Registered…