Practitioner Psychologist- Clinical/Counselling
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,514.00 to £63,623.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56514.00 - £63623.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | To be negotiated, SA31 3HB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | H9100-25-1033 |
Summary
You will lead on choosing and using appropriate outcome measures and maintaining a database to support regular audit and evaluation of service delivery. The role also supports creative service development, offering scope to shape interventions and embed your own ideas and approaches into the emerging pathway. Group interventions, psychoeducation programmes, and psychologically informed workshops related to technology use, emotional wellbeing, and diabetes distress will form part of your clinical remit. Collaborative MDT working is central to the role, with the postholder contributing to care planning, patient reviews, and clinical decision-making. You will also maintain and share specialist knowledge in diabetes pump psychology with the wider Health Psychology team, ensuring coherent and up-to-date psychological input across the service. The position offers a blended working model that combines remote consultations via secure platforms with in-person clinic delivery. Regular face-to-face MDT meetings and clinics are a core component of integrated patient care, and occasional travel between clinical sites may be required to support accessibility and team collaboration. Applications for part time hours and/or flexible working arrangements are welcomed. Professional support includes being part of the wider Health Psychology Service which has a team of psychologists working in diabetes . The successful postholder will receive regular clinical supervision from the Diabetes Psychology Lead and work closely alongside Clinical Psychologists. As the role progresses there will be the opportunity to supervise an Assistant Psychologist and contribute to wider team training and mentoring. CPD access includes therapeutic modalities such as CBT, ACT, EMDR, and Mindfulness, with ongoing development strongly encouraged. Service improvement is embedded within the role, including contributions to digital health integration, eating disorders and diabetes care, and enhancement of transition pathways. The chance to shape outcome-led practice, influence local innovation, and build meaningful patient-focused change is a key feature of this post. We welcome applications from Clinical or Counselling Psychologists who are enthusiastic about adult diabetes care, technology-led interventions, and team-based development. If youre motivated by creative service delivery, outcome-driven work, and collaborative practice we look forward to your application. This is an excellent opportunity for a recently qualified psychologist looking for career development or a psychologist who already has 8a competencies and skills. You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers. The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us. Interviews will be held on 02.10.2025