Clinical Psychologist S-CAMHS: Sponsorship Available

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a full time Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to one of our busy and friendly S-CAMHS locality teams in Hywel Dda University Health Board.

The locality team covers the Pembrokeshire area and the post is based in the Preseli Centre, Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest. Hywel Dda has four S-CAMHS MDTs across its footprint, and there is a clinical psychologist based in each of them.

The locality teams link with specialised services and with colleagues in the primary part of the service. All of the psychologists in S-CAMHS sit within a wider Psychology Department which includes psychologists in Perinatal Mental Health, Early Intervention for Psychosis and the Neurodevelopmental Team, which creates a diverse and supportive psychology workforce with strong links.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for the provision of Psychology within the multi-disciplinary team, including the supervision of Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.They will be part of a very friendly multi-disciplinary team which values its Psychology colleagues.

Clinical duties will include completing Choice, Partnership and Specific work, within the framework of the Mental Health Measure (2010). Special interests are encouraged whenever possible and there are regularly opportunities to be involved in new service developments and training.

There are strong links with our specialised services within S-CAMHS e.g. DBT Service, Eating Disorders Service. We also have strong links with the South Wales D Clin Psy Clinical Psychology training course.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
  • Doctoral level training (or its equivalent for those trained before 1996) in clinicalor counselling psychology, including psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
  • Knowledge of psychometrics, appropriate administration and limitations.
  • Post Practitioner Psychologist qualification training in at least one area relevant to the post.

Desirable

  • Post Practitioner Psychologist qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
  • Additional specialist training
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment in specific difficult to treat groups or complex presentations (eg mental health and learning disability, substance misuse).
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment (post D Clin Psy qualification) incorporating psychometrics and cognitive assessment
  • Post Practitioner Psychologist qualification experience of assessing risk in young people with mental health problems.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
  • Post Practitioner Psychologist qualification experience of working with children and young people and/or mental health.

Desirable

  • Experience of working within S-CAMHS and/or experience of working with other agencies.
  • Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
  • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
  • Flexible approach to needs of the service including working evenings and weekends

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 15 November 2026

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