Job summary
We are excited to offer this opportunity for a clinical/counselling psychologist or EMDR therapist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Service.
We are a secondary care multi-disciplinary service with an innovative and expanding therapy team, working with women with severe or complex mental health needs who are pregnant or have a child under one. This role will work across the north of the county covering Peterborough, Huntingdon and Fenland. However, we operate hybrid working and your office base can be one of our four clinical hubs across the county (Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon or Wisbech). Travel across the county is required, but compensated in line with NHS terms.
Perinatal Mental Health is a growing specialty and provides opportunity for you to develop specialist skills. You will provide therapeutic interventions, including individual, group, and dyadic work between parent and infant.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or EMDR therapist will contribute to the provision of a high-quality specialist perinatal psychology service to clients of the Perinatal Mental Health Service. The post-holder will conduct psychological assessments and provide therapy, drawing on a range of models, to women and their families. This includes individual, group and dyadic work between parent and infant. They will also supervise, and support work provided by other clinical members of the team, as well as providing training and consultation to the wider pathway, working alongside professional colleagues in health visiting and midwifery. The therapist will join a multi-disciplinary team, made up of psychology, psychiatry, mental health nurses, occupational therapists, nursery nurses, social workers, and support workers.
The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
The post-holder will be expected to utilise skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose and implement policy changes within the area serviced by the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
The post holder is part of the Psychological Medicine Service and is able to access peer supervision and support. They will receive supervision, professional support, and guidance from the psychologists within the Perinatal Mental Health Team.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. Working with mothers, babies and other family members and other team members to provide specialist psychological assessments based on appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological test, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
2. To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
3. To assist the Perinatal Mental Health Service team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information, which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed to mothers and families.
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of evidence based psychological interventions for users of the Perinatal Mental Health Service in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
5. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with hospital and inter-agency policies and procedures.
7. To ensure that clients are appropriately consulted about the relevant aspects of their care and are empowered to express their views in a responsive environment.
8. To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory and primary care agencies as appropriate.
9. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary and psychology meetings.
10. To offer a systemic, reflective, and psychological perspective within the team around our understanding of families as well as team and organisational dynamics.
11. To significantly contribute to the evaluation, monitoring, and development of the psychological services aspect of the perinatal mental health pathway, operational policies, and procedures, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high-quality care.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. Working with mothers, babies and other family members and other team members to provide specialist psychological assessments based on appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological test, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
2. To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
3. To assist the Perinatal Mental Health Service team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information, which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed to mothers and families.
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of evidence based psychological interventions for users of the Perinatal Mental Health Service in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
5. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with hospital and inter-agency policies and procedures.
7. To ensure that clients are appropriately consulted about the relevant aspects of their care and are empowered to express their views in a responsive environment.
8. To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory and primary care agencies as appropriate.
9. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary and psychology meetings.
10. To offer a systemic, reflective, and psychological perspective within the team around our understanding of families as well as team and organisational dynamics.
11. To significantly contribute to the evaluation, monitoring, and development of the psychological services aspect of the perinatal mental health pathway, operational policies, and procedures, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high-quality care.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- EMDR Accredited Practitioner registered with EMDR Association UK/EMDR Europe
Desirable
- Undertaken post-doctoral training in one or more relevant additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- A post doctorate qualification in family/systemic therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or EMDR therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings 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
Desirable
- Experience of working within the perinatal mental health specialty and/or experience of working with infants and families.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of working with child/family and/or adult mental health. Good understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of this client group.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration requiring the use of highly developed analytic skills.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and setting, and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management.
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of working with perinatal mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situation.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- EMDR Accredited Practitioner registered with EMDR Association UK/EMDR Europe
Desirable
- Undertaken post-doctoral training in one or more relevant additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- A post doctorate qualification in family/systemic therapy.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or EMDR therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings 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
Desirable
- Experience of working within the perinatal mental health specialty and/or experience of working with infants and families.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of working with child/family and/or adult mental health. Good understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of this client group.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration requiring the use of highly developed analytic skills.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and setting, and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management.
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of working with perinatal mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situation.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Werrington Health Centre
5 Skaters Way
Werrington, Peterborough
PE4 6NB
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
