Assistant Psychologist (40)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to recruit an Assistant Psychologist to our newly established Maternal Mental Health Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced psychology graduate who is highly motivated with a passion for working collaboratively. Excellent team working will be an essential component to this post. This service is presently working to establish and support effective mental health care pathways for women and birthing individuals who have experienced perinatal loss (miscarriage, stillbirth neonatal death). This is an exciting a varied role; you will have the opportunity to be involved in direct clinical work, service evaluation, research, audit, as well as teaching and training. Working with maternity systems as well as other stakeholders and services to ensure that women and birthing people have access to high quality trauma informed maternity care, is integral to this service model. The service will be coproduced with principles of diversity and inclusion embedded throughout

Applicants will need to have a genuine interest in perinatal and maternal mental health, as well as excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

Are you someone that would like to develop your skills and knowledge under the regular supervision of experienced clinical and counselling psychologists in conducting joint specialist psychology assessments, 1:1 therapy work, group therapy, joint risk assessment and management with women and birthing individuals who have experienced perinatal loss and research, service development, teaching, RPGs and joint working with MDT colleagues?

Are you someone that likes a challenge, and would benefit from the significant opportunities to grow professionally and personally working in for the Maternal Mental Health Service with women and birthing individuals experiencing mental health difficulties in relation to a pregnancy loss within a community based setting?

There are ample opportunities to increase your reflective abilities, leadership skills, knowledge and skills in working from a range of therapy models.

We are looking for a passionate aspiring psychologist who is a team player with strong time management, and organisational skills that meets the minimum criteria set for this post to join our team in the middle of exciting changes, transformation and service development.

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.

The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and IS the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country . We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.

This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families