Job summary

This is an opportunity for an experienced counsellor to join our team. You will be working within a supportive team environment whilst supporting people affected by cancer; from pre-diagnosis onward on their cancer journey, alongside their families and carers, by providing psychological counselling support.

You will be based within Carmarthenshire and Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, offering face-to-face appointments from Withybush General Hospital and Carmarthen. However, will you need to be willing to travel to other sites across the Health Board within all the three counties of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. We offer a blended model of engagement, including the use of virtual platforms as well as face to face.

The applicant will require experience working autonomously within community settings and be established in homeworking, providing digital counselling both one -to- one and group support.

We welcome informal contact from prospective applicants.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will become an integral member of the team. We offer flexible working arrangements and in return we ask for your flexibility in meeting service need. We provide high level of supervision and caseload management support in light of the complexities of supporting patients, families and their carers through their cancer journey.

For continued professional development, we keep an eye on learning opportunities both in-house and externally.

You will be working within the CaPS service providing counselling and psychological support to patients, their families and carers.

You will be conducting assessments and provide one to one counselling support, alongside facilitating group work.

You will be required to work alongside and in partnership with other Healthcare professionals and cancer services.

This role requires a high degree of autonomous working while providing support within community settings, alongside hospital sites. Homeworking is an intrinsic part of this role, working digitally with clients who access the service.

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

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.