Job summary
The South Staffordshire Perinatal and Maternal Mental Service deliver care to expectant and new mothers who are experiencing moderate to severe and complex mental health problems within the perinatal period, or families who havemental health needs associated with loss and trauma occurring in the maternity and neonatal context.
Following recent investment targeted at increasing the psychology provision an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join the service. We are looking for a dynamic, passionate, and creative clinician who wants to make a difference to the lives of mothers, babies, and their wider families. A clinician who strives to always provide the best care. You will have a passion for supporting both Adult and Infant Mental Health and an understanding of how psychological interventions may be applied within this specialty. You will also have an interest in improving maternity systems and supporting those who have mental health needs associated with trauma or loss occurring in the maternity or neonatal context. This post will cover both arms of the service to ensure effective and timely delivery of psychological therapy.
You will be closely integrated into and meet regularly with the multi-disciplinary team and will be joining a supportive and engaged Psychology team. You will receive regular supervision and CPD as well as informal support.
Main duties of the job
The South Staffordshire Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service are a part of MPFT Perinatal Services which includes Brockington Parent and Baby Unit and Shropshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. There are close working relationships across all Perinatal Services.
Clinical Psychologists play an integrative role in the MDT and are valued and well supported by colleagues. While this post will be primarily focused on delivering psychological support to individual families (both directly and by supervising and supporting MDT colleagues) there will also be scope for delivering training and consultation to partner agencies and to being involved with service development.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team offer a range of individual and group interventions from a range of theoretical models. Clinical supervision structures are in place to support clinicians to access model specific supervision for specific interventions such as Video Interaction Guidance and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. The service is committed to increasing the psychological offer, a key part of this is staff development. We have an established CPD programme within the team and you will be supported to develop your psychological skills in this specialty. The psychology team have close connections with other psychologists within the Children and Families care group, the Maternal Mental Health Service within the Shropshire care group, and perinatal services in North Staffordshire, alongside the local DClinPsy courses offering regular trainee placements, research opportunities and perinatal course teaching.
The South Staffordshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team covers the entire geographical region. There is an expectation for the successful post holder to be able to travel to meet the service need. The team continue to have a base at Brockington Parent and Baby Unit on the St Georges Hospital site, however we have adapted to new ways of working following the COVID-19 pandemic, and blended working developments continue to be in place. We welcome applications for flexible and hybrid working.
Whilst we are seeking an experienced psychologist to fill this position, if you are recently qualified or due to qualify we will consider your application and have an established preceptorship process in place. Please state on your application if this is the case.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team offer a range of individual and group interventions from a range of theoretical models. Clinical supervision structures are in place to support clinicians to access model specific supervision for specific interventions such as Video Interaction Guidance and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing. The service is committed to increasing the psychological offer, a key part of this is staff development. We have an established CPD programme within the team and you will be supported to develop your psychological skills in this specialty. The psychology team have close connections with other psychologists within the Children and Families care group, the Maternal Mental Health Service within the Shropshire care group, and perinatal services in North Staffordshire, alongside the local DClinPsy courses offering regular trainee placements, research opportunities and perinatal course teaching.
The South Staffordshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team covers the entire geographical region. There is an expectation for the successful post holder to be able to travel to meet the service need. The team continue to have a base at Brockington Parent and Baby Unit on the St Georges Hospital site, however we have adapted to new ways of working following the COVID-19 pandemic, and blended working developments continue to be in place. We welcome applications for flexible and hybrid working.
Whilst we are seeking an experienced psychologist to fill this position, if you are recently qualified or due to qualify we will consider your application and have an established preceptorship process in place. Please state on your application if this is the case.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate / Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology as recognized by the Health Professions Council (HCPC).
- Registered with the HCPC under a relevant practitioner psychologist title
Desirable
- Eligible for Chartership status with the British Psychological Society
- Further training in a specific psychological model / interventions specific to the role remit/area of work
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course 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.
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across a full range of settings.
- Experience of work in multidisciplinary teams and with multi agency networks.
- Experience of consultation with professionals from both within the Health Service and Partner Agencies.
- Ability to work effectively within safeguarding procedures in the context of a therapeutic service.
- Experience contributing to the development of services.
Desirable
- Experience working therapeutically with women and babies with significant emotional or mental health difficulties, and their families/carers.
- Experience of perinatal mental health.
- Experience of maternal mental health.
- Experience of working therapeutically with trauma - EMDR or TF CBT
- Experience of providing therapeutic intervention in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
- Experience of conducting research and/or audit in clinical settings.
- Experience of group work.
- Experience of role as CPA coordinator
- Experience of working in community and inpatient settings.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate / Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology as recognized by the Health Professions Council (HCPC).
- Registered with the HCPC under a relevant practitioner psychologist title
Desirable
- Eligible for Chartership status with the British Psychological Society
- Further training in a specific psychological model / interventions specific to the role remit/area of work
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course 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.
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across a full range of settings.
- Experience of work in multidisciplinary teams and with multi agency networks.
- Experience of consultation with professionals from both within the Health Service and Partner Agencies.
- Ability to work effectively within safeguarding procedures in the context of a therapeutic service.
- Experience contributing to the development of services.
Desirable
- Experience working therapeutically with women and babies with significant emotional or mental health difficulties, and their families/carers.
- Experience of perinatal mental health.
- Experience of maternal mental health.
- Experience of working therapeutically with trauma - EMDR or TF CBT
- Experience of providing therapeutic intervention in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
- Experience of conducting research and/or audit in clinical settings.
- Experience of group work.
- Experience of role as CPA coordinator
- Experience of working in community and inpatient settings.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Brockington Parent & Baby Unit
St George's Hospital, Corporation Street
Stafford
ST16 3AG
Employer's website
https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
