Senior Clinical Psychologist - Perinatal Mental Health Service

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Perinatal Mental Health Service Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist to join EPUT's perinatal psychological services for mothers, birthing people and their infants. The Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS) provides high quality maternal mental health and wellbeing support and intervention to mothers, birthing people and their infants across Essex.

PMHS are pleased to offer an 18 month Fixed Term contract for a 0.6wte 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist post. PMHS consists of five perinatal hubs across Essex, with a staff mix comprising of Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology and specialist roles such as nursery nursing, social work and OT. PMHS works with a range of services to support a mother's emotional wellbeing including maternity and health visiting, primary and secondary care mental health services. PMHS aims to provide streamlined, timely and effective care for mothers and birthing people in the perinatal period. This post will be in South East Locality (Southend, Castlepoint & Rochford). There are opportunities to shape a role to meet part time and flexible working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

Perinatal Psychology is a flourishing and exciting field to work in. We would welcome those who have an interest and are looking to develop their skills in perinatal approaches. There will be significant opportunities to develop your supervision, teaching and consultation skills and to further develop the psychology service to meet the needs of mothers, birthing people and their infants. Staff wellbeing is also highly valued and we are looking for candidates with experience of wellbeing initiatives to support the PMHS staff as they manage highly challenging caseloads with complex risk and safeguarding issues.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.

Job responsibilities

• Providing specialist assessment and intervention to mothers and birthing people who are experiencing significant mental health difficulties in the perinatal period.
• To provide consultation to the perinatal staff, supporting psychological understanding and formulation of complex mental health presentations.
• To bring clinical leadership to the perinatal hub team, supporting team and operational managers in the delivery of a high quality perinatal mental health service.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Professional and doctoral training in Clinical/Counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Post qualifying trauma training in evidence based approach e.g EMDR or TF-CBT.

Knowledge

• Solid understanding of significant mental health presentations.
• Understanding and awareness of perinatal mental health presentations.
• Significant experience of working in MDT.
• Good experience of clinical leadership.
• Solid experience of supervising qualified psychological therapies staff.
• Good experience of consultation with MDT staff.

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.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata