Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-PST034-0326
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Rhyl
- Salary
- £65,424 - £76,021 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b
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. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.
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.
The Agenda for Change Pay Award for 2026/27 is effective from 1st April 2026.
Please note successful applicants with a start date from 1st April onwards the salary will be as per the 2026/27 pay award. For further detail the pay circular is available via this link https://www.nhs.wales/files/pc-resources/afc-w-02-2026-pdf-pdf?ts=1773244958086
Job overview
At Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB), we are committed to supporting our staff with a range of benefits, including:
A relocation package to make your move as smooth as possible
Generous annual leave, starting at 28 days plus bank holidays
A highly competitive NHS pension scheme
A Car Lease Salary Sacrifice Scheme, helping you access a new vehicle at a lower cost
A Cycle to Work Scheme, encouraging a healthier and greener commute
Protected time for CPD, including leadership training, research opportunities, and accreditation in therapeutic models
Join BCUHB and take the next step in your leadership journey, where your expertise and vision will shape the future of mental health care!
Main duties of the job
As the Principal Clinical Psychologist, you will play a key role in the development, provision, evaluation and governance of psychological interventions within our CAMHS team. Working closely with the Consultant Psychologist and service leads, you will provide clinical leadership within the MDT, influence service development, guide complex case decisions, and collaborate with multi-agency colleagues to enhance care. We have strong peer networks within Child Psychology and close links to the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good Honours Degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
- Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees.
- Doctoral level advanced specialist knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Recognised qualification in supervision.
- • Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified and senior clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
- Assessed experience of working effectively as a qualified and senior level clinical psychologist in the designated speciality, or relevant transferable skills. Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a specialist Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology.
- Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings.
- Experience of working with client groups across an increasing range of clinical severity.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.
- Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychologica
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of professional management of qualified clinical psychologists and other staff
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- The ability to demonstrate a high level of competence to work within the designated speciality.
- Well-developed skills in the supervision of other staff, including Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
- Well-developed skills in effectively communicating very complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information, both orally and in writing, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Capable of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and safe clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- The ability to identify and provide appropriate means of support to line-managed staff who deal with highly distressing situations, severely challenging behaviours and other stressors
- The ability to use a variety of complex multi-media materials for a range of purposes such as teaching and training
- Capable of effective workload management when facing competing demands
- The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of multidisciplinary colleagues
- Basic IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills
- Advanced IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Middleton
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000851949
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