Clinical Practitioner PsychologistinAbersychaninAbersychanPUBLISHED SUN 9 MAR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

Would you like to work in a role where you are highly valued and able to use the full range of your psychological skills to effect radical change in children’s lives? Yes? Then we have some great opportunity to join our passionate and caring team.

My Support Team (MyST) is a highly innovative Gwent-wide regional mental health service for children and young people who are looked after and have complex mental health and social needs. We are a multiagency multidisciplinary service which works in partnership to meet young people’s mental health needs. We are a thriving, well established psychological service who are looking for an innovative driven psychologist to join our team.

If you …

• are passionate about working psychologically with young people, families and their whole systems
• want to contribute to a values driven approach
• enjoy working innovatively
• believe in using psychology to empower others to realise their potential
• place relationships at the heart of your practice
• want to belong to working culture which cares for and supports practitioners and their development
• and, want to help bring about life changing shifts for children and families
  
  

… then this role is right for you.

Main duties of the job

Roles involve clinically leading on assessments, formulations & practice, providing clinical supervision & reflective practice groups, training & supporting others’ development, clinical audit & research, advising on multiagency panels & about the development of the service. Also, direct practice & development of specialisms in psychological therapies, strong CPD, working alongside other MyST Clinical Psychologists and healthy interface with other areas of psychological service provision in ABUHB.

We have additional hours available that we can consider adding to this role. The hours will be working into Forensic Psychology.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Honours degree in Psychology.
• Eligibility for Graduate Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Doctorate in Psychology, accredited by the BPS, or equivalent accredited by the BPS
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Other related academic qualifications e.g., Masters in Systemic Family Therapy, Accreditation in DDP, DBT, ACT.
• Training in clinical supervision
• I.T. skills training
• Completion of a post-qualification advanced training in a formal psychological therapy.
• A post graduate research degree.
• Completed or undergoing training in the development and management of clinical psychology or young people’s services.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Three-year Doctorial training across a range of client groups but must include Children, Adults, people with a Learning Disability and Older Age Adults.
• Substantial post qualification clinical experience of working with young people or young adults with a mental health disorder.
• Has completed at least 10 training days per year, on courses relevant to the provision of Adolescent/Young Adult Services.
• Has kept up to date on current clinical practice in Clinical Psychology and in Adolescent/Young Adult Services.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading on an aspect of service development in a multi-agency/disciplinary setting.
• Experience of working in a multi-agency/disciplinary team
• Experience of working with young people in Local Authority care.
• To have obtained further experience of working within other Clinical Psychology specialities e.g. Adult Services or Learning Disability Services.