Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 130-PST067-0925
- Employer
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Neath Port Talbot Hospital
- Town
- Port Talbot
- Salary
- £48,527 - £63,623 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 7/8a
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.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practitioner Psychologist to join our new Hillside Secure Children's Home In reach MDT as part of Swansea Bay CAMHS. This post is graded at 8a, but newly qualified or soon to qualify psychologists are encouraged to apply and can be appointed to a band 7-8a preceptorship.
The Hillside MDT will be professionally led by a Consultant Practitioner Psychologist and include AHP, Medicine and Systemic Family Therapy provision alongside this position.
The expectation is that each child will have a psychological formulation and care and treatment plan, and the team will work with Hillside staff to ensure plans are applied in practice in a trauma informed way.
There will therefore be opportunity for direct and indirect working to ensure that staff are well supported and enabled to meet the needs of the children and families linked to Hillside. The post holder will also have opportunity to deliver direct psychological interventions as per Matrics Plant.
We have a strong and thriving professional Child Psychology network within Swansea Bay University Health Board, led by a well-respected Professional Lead Psychologist, alongside Consultant CAMHS and Paediatric Psychology positions with Psychologist posts at all career grades working together to meet the needs of the Swansea Bay population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the MDT providing into the Hillside Secure Children's Home, and will be supervised and supported by the Consultant Psychology lead for the team.
They will be expected to provide psychological assessments, develop formulations with children, families, Hillside Staff and the MDT to feed into care and treatment plans. They will be expected to deliver evidence based psychological interventions as per formulation.
This opportunity will afford them direct and indirect clinical work, allowing them to offer a range of psychological interventions to the children, young people, their families and networks. They will be expected to partner with Hillside staff and the MDT to ensure that the care plans are applied in practice and that staff are robustly supported and enabled to meet the children and young people's needs to the best of their ability and manage the emotional context in which they work.
The postholder will have opportunities to utilise their research and evaluation skills in helping to ascertain the nature and quality of the provision to help inform continued service development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post is an 8a post but newly qualified, or soon to qualify, psychologists are also encouraged to apply and can be appointed to a Band 7 in a preceptorship role. This means the post holder would be paid on a Band 7 salary and would have a development plan in place to progress to having the competencies required for the 8a post. They would be supported to develop their competencies, and evidence this, and would then be appointed to the 8a.
The exact details of the role will evolve in collaboration with the post holder, the Lead Hillside Psychologist and the needs of the service, alongside developments across the MDT.
You will be able to find a generic Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good honours Degree in Psychology
- Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
- Post-graduate Doctorate/Qualification in specialist area of (Clinical/Counselling/Forensic) Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or for those trained overseas, as accredited by the British Psychological Society or its equivalent allowing registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainee Practitioner Psychologist.
- Doctoral level/ advanced knowledge of practitioner psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
Desirable criteria
- Postdoctoral/qualification training courses in specific areas of practitioner psychology (Clinical/Forensic/Coun selling).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-totreat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses and people with additional disabilities).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
- Demonstration of further specialist training / experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a practitioner psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in diverse cultural contexts.
Aptitude and Ability
Essential criteria
- Adhere to and can demonstrate SBU Values & Behaviours
- The ability to demonstrate a high level of competence to work within the designated speciality
- Skills in the supervision of other staff including Trainee Practitioner Psychologists.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel within geographical area and work hours flexibly.
- 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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Emma Hutchings
- Job title
- Consultant Practitioner Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01639 641648
- Additional information
Alternatively, please feel free to contact Dr Vanessa Hammond, Head of Child Psychology at Swansea Bay University Health Board for additional information
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