Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Practitioner Psychologist or CBT therapist with a passion for perinatal care to work across both our perinatal trauma and loss team (PTLT) and specialist community perinatal mental health service, as a split post, on a fixed term basis (12 month maternity cover). The post holder will spend 3 days with our psychology led Perinatal Trauma and Loss Team (0.6 WTE) and 2 days with our multi-disciplinary Perinatal Mental Health Service (0.4 WTE).
PTLT provides specialist psychological support and treatment to women and pregnant people, those who have experienced pregnancy or birth, their families and support network who are affected by severe tokophobia, perinatal trauma or baby loss.
The post holder will join an experienced and friendly team of psychological therapists who provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for service users under the care of the Perinatal Mental Health Service and PTLT. A key aspect of this role is to provide highly specialist psychological care to parents (and their infants) experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
Alongside their psychology and psychotherapy colleagues they will also work to enhance the work of the MDT by embedding a wider framework of psychologically informed care that can recognise and respond to psychological needs of both parents and infants arising within a perinatal context in a timely and effective manner.
Main duties of the job
This post offers an opportunity to join the Perinatal Mental Health Service and PTLT and be involved in service developments in line with the NHS Long Term Plan. The opening is for a Band 8a (1.0 WTE) Highly Specialist Team Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist.
If appointed, you will join a passionate and experienced MDT and support the provision of our community based specialist psychology and psychotherapy services for women who are pregnant, postnatal, or have experienced a loss and are presenting with a wide range of complex and severe mental health problems, as well as systemic support for their partners. The role involves helping to formalise referral pathways, delivering evidence based assessment and treatments as well as attending MDT meetings and close liaison and consultation with other professionals involved in a service user's network of care.
There will be opportunities for attending specialist training and forums, providing supervision and consultation as well as developing an area of specialist interest and one's own style of working.
There will be a strong focus on supporting the continued development of a psychologically informed trauma focus of care within maternity services as well as opportunities to provide supervision, training, and utilise research skills for audits, service evaluation, and service development.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist psychological therapy service to service users under the care of the Maternal Mental Health Service & Perinatal Mental Health Team providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy to service users with significant mental health needs arising in the context of traumatic experiences (including loss) during their maternity journey / in the context of the perinatal period.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team and the acute and urgent care pathway.
To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team (including maternity) by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision on service users psychological care to members of the wider system to ensure service users care is embedded within a psychological framework of care that recognises and addresses needs arising from perinatal trauma.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
To take professional responsibility for attached doctoral trainee practitioner psychologists, assistants and/or graduate psychologists and more junior qualified psychological therapists.
To provide a qualified cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) service to service users of the Perinatal Trauma and Loss Team & Perinatal Mental Health Team providing CBT assessment and therapy, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team and the acute and urgent care pathway.
To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision to other members of the team on CBT as part of the service users care.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
To take professional responsibility for attached CBT trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a qualified specialist psychological therapy service to service users under the care of the Maternal Mental Health Service & Perinatal Mental Health Team providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy to service users with significant mental health needs arising in the context of traumatic experiences (including loss) during their maternity journey / in the context of the perinatal period.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team and the acute and urgent care pathway.
To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team (including maternity) by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision on service users psychological care to members of the wider system to ensure service users care is embedded within a psychological framework of care that recognises and addresses needs arising from perinatal trauma.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
To take professional responsibility for attached doctoral trainee practitioner psychologists, assistants and/or graduate psychologists and more junior qualified psychological therapists.
To provide a qualified cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) service to service users of the Perinatal Trauma and Loss Team & Perinatal Mental Health Team providing CBT assessment and therapy, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team and the acute and urgent care pathway.
To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision to other members of the team on CBT as part of the service users care.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service.
To take professional responsibility for attached CBT trainees.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- o Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and (for Clinical Psychologists) neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology ; or alternative training outside of the UK that is recognised by the Health & Care Professions Council leading to registration in the UK as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist OR Qualification in a core graduate or post graduate mental health profession and registered with a professional body (mental health nurse, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, social worker, Arts Therapist)
- o Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (Practitioner Psychologist, domain : Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist ) OR Accredited practitioner of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] by the British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP)
Desirable
- o Post qualification or advanced training in CBT
- o Post qualification training in EMDR
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of specialist psychological or CBT assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
- o Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- o Experience of working with people who experience severe, complex and long-term mental health problems
- o Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist or CBT therapist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology & Psychotherapies
Desirable
- o Post qualification experience of working in a specialist perinatal mental health service
- o Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- o Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology or CBT in different cultural contexts
- o Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- o Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- o Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and (for Clinical Psychologists) neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology ; or alternative training outside of the UK that is recognised by the Health & Care Professions Council leading to registration in the UK as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist OR Qualification in a core graduate or post graduate mental health profession and registered with a professional body (mental health nurse, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, social worker, Arts Therapist)
- o Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (Practitioner Psychologist, domain : Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist ) OR Accredited practitioner of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] by the British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP)
Desirable
- o Post qualification or advanced training in CBT
- o Post qualification training in EMDR
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of specialist psychological or CBT assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
- o Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- o Experience of working with people who experience severe, complex and long-term mental health problems
- o Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a specialist clinical or counselling psychologist or CBT therapist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Head of Psychology & Psychotherapies
Desirable
- o Post qualification experience of working in a specialist perinatal mental health service
- o Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- o Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology or CBT in different cultural contexts
- o Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- o Experience of working within a multicultural framework
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
