Senior Clinical Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Job summary

Senior Practitioner Psychologist in Staff Wellbeing (1.0WTE, 8a)

The Staff Wellbeing and Support Service is seeking a Senior Practitioner Psychologist to provide compassionate, trauma-informed support to staff within the Health Board. This is an exciting new post, with significant opportunity to develop and deliver valued and inclusive support to staff.

You will be key in supporting our staff to live valued lives both within and outside of work, working in collaboration with people who access our service to formulate complex difficulties and provide tailored brief psychological support. Where required, this support will be trauma-focused, with part of this role offering trauma therapy to staff who have experienced workplace trauma.

We are a small but dedicated team, and we value flexibility, consistency and support for our own wellbeing as well as the Health Board values of compassion, openness and respect. We have good connections with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, and welcome trainees into our service.

If you feel that you would relish the opportunity to make a significant difference to staff within the Health Board, please do get in touch – we’d love to hear from you.

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

Please note that this role is a pan-BCU role; you will be required to travel across the BCUHB footprint to work.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will undertake a range of assessments with staff and, based on this assessment, will provide intervention or signpost to appropriate services. There will be a significant requirement to promote psychological thinking across the Health Board, particularly with staff groups who may not see the need to engage in initiatives around their own wellbeing. Supervision of others, delivery of training, and service development will also form an integral part of this role.

We are passionate about supporting staff with trauma, and embedding reflective practice into the Health Board. Therefore, the post holder will have opportunities to help us to continue developing these two important areas.

The post holder will also be a member of the BCUHB Psychology & Psychological Services for Physical Health Department, which is a supportive, friendly and growing department of Clinical Psychologists working within physical health services across BCUHB and has strong links with the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme. Continuing professional development and research is actively supported within the department. This post provides the ideal opportunity to gain experience in applying clinical psychology within a highly specialist setting.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

  • HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
  • Honours Degree in Psychology

Desirable

  • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • Ability to speak Welsh
  • Post-doctoral training in one of two trauma-focused interventions recognised by the World Health Organisation (that is, EMDR or TF-CBT)

Post-Qualification Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience working as a qualified Practitioner Psychologist
  • Experience of providing teaching and/or supervision to others

Desirable

  • Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care

Research, Audit & Evidence-Based Practice

Essential

  • Doctoral-level research knowledge; ability to apply evidence-based practice; experience of clinical audit / service evaluation

Desirable

  • Publication / research involvement; leading audit / service improvement projects

Clinical Skills

Essential

  • Psychological assessment, formulation, intervention; psychometric skills

Desirable

  • Experience of having worked in staff wellbeing services

MDT working

Essential

  • Effective multidisciplinary team working

Desirable

  • Leadership within MDT / service contribution

Teaching & Supervision

Essential

  • Experience of teaching, training, supervision

Desirable

  • Formal supervision training

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: 29 September 2026

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