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Are you passionate about psychological approaches and making a meaningful difference to the lives of older people experiencing mental health difficulties?
The Older Adult Mental Health Psychology Service is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 5 Low Intensity Psychological Therapy Practitioner based at St Brynach's Day Hospital, Bro Cerwyn , Haverfordwest.
The successful applicant will work across acute and community older adult mental health services, alongside other Low Intensity Psychological Therapy Practitioners across the three counties. The post offers regular peer support, clinical supervision and opportunities for ongoing professional development.
This is an exciting time to join our service as we continue to develop and evaluate innovative ways of delivering psychological interventions across inpatient and community settings.
We are seeking a motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic practitioner who is committed to improving psychological care and contributing to service development.
Whether your aspiration is a future career in Clinical Psychology, Psychological Therapies or broader mental health services, this post provides an excellent foundation, offering opportunities to develop assessment, formulation, therapeutic and service development skills whilst working alongside experienced psychology professionals across inpatient and community settings.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of Clinical Psychologists and Registered Psychological Therapists:
Undertake psychologically informed assessments using interviews, observations, rating scales and outcome measures.
Assist in the formulation and delivery of low intensity psychological interventions in individual and group formats across inpatient and community settings.
Support the administration, scoring and interpretation of psychometric measures and outcome data.
Contribute to clinical reports, correspondence and care planning.
Assist in the development, facilitation and evaluation of group interventions.
Contribute to service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
Be a visible and valued member of ward and Community Mental Health Team settings, contributing to multidisciplinary working and psychologically informed care.
Support team formulation, reflective practice and teaching initiatives.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Are you passionate about psychological approaches and making a meaningful difference to the lives of older people experiencing mental health difficulties?
The Older Adult Mental Health Psychology Service is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 5 Low Intensity Psychological Therapy Practitioner based at St Brynach's Day Hospital, Bro Cerwyn , Haverfordwest.
The successful applicant will work across acute and community older adult mental health services, alongside other Low Intensity Psychological Therapy Practitioners across the three counties. The post offers regular peer support, clinical supervision and opportunities for ongoing professional development.
This is an exciting time to join our service as we continue to develop and evaluate innovative ways of delivering psychological interventions across inpatient and community settings.
We are seeking a motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic practitioner who is committed to improving psychological care and contributing to service development.
Whether your aspiration is a future career in Clinical Psychology, Psychological Therapies or broader mental health services, this post provides an excellent foundation, offering opportunities to develop assessment, formulation, therapeutic and service development skills whilst working alongside experienced psychology professionals across inpatient and community settings.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of Clinical Psychologists and Registered Psychological Therapists:
Undertake psychologically informed assessments using interviews, observations, rating scales and outcome measures.
Assist in the formulation and delivery of low intensity psychological interventions in individual and group formats across inpatient and community settings.
Support the administration, scoring and interpretation of psychometric measures and outcome data.
Contribute to clinical reports, correspondence and care planning.
Assist in the development, facilitation and evaluation of group interventions.
Contribute to service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
Be a visible and valued member of ward and Community Mental Health Team settings, contributing to multidisciplinary working and psychologically informed care.
Support team formulation, reflective practice and teaching initiatives.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
