Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for someone to join and lead the Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastics psychology team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced psychologist to join our team of 3 other practitioner psychologists and an Assistant Psychologist. The post holder will lead the team, providing professional leadership and support to the psychologists working in adult and paediatric plastic surgery psychology, and will lead the Burns psychology service. The Burns unit is part of the South West Burns Clinical Network and the Welsh Centre in Morrison works with patients across the lifespan, with the most severely injured adult patients from across the network being cared for here, and the most severely injured children being cared for initially in Bristol. The Burns and Plastics Psychology team work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, including  Intensive Care for adult burns patients.

This post is offered as an Annex 21 position as set out within the NHS Wales Terms & Conditions of Employment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the psychology team, providing professional line management, clinical supervision and ensuring governance across all aspects of the service. The post holder will have the opportunity to work clinically as part of the Burns Unit, working both directly and indirectly with patients across the lifespan. The psychology service is respected and valued across the MDT, and there are opportunities to work with colleagues through regular clinical MDT consults, goal planning and bespoke work with individual patients. The post holder will support the Burns unit in meeting the National Burns Care Standards, and will be the psychology link for the South West Clinical Network.

The service and staff have excellent links with SBU psychology department, with Child Psychology and with other psychologists working in physical health settings. There are frequent opportunities for networking and for CPD. There are also good links to Swansea and Cardiff universities with opportunities for hosting MSc students and DClinPsy trainees.

Working for our organisation

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.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.