Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Perinatal Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our service in our East Perinatal locality team to cover Maternity leave.

This full time role involves providing individual and systemic support to women and their families within the community. The focus will be on delivering formulation based and NICE recommended psychological interventions to women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties who are pregnant or within 12 months of the postnatal period. We offer a range of therapeutic modalities including CBT, EMDR, Systemic Couples therapy, IPT, CFT, and ACT, and this role would be suitable for anyone interested in transgenerational patterns of trauma, attachment and parent and infant mental health.

You will contribute to the supervision, consultation and training of the MDT who consist of highly skilled, and psychologically minded professionals including Psychiatrists, perinatal mental health nurses, social worker, occupational therapist, peer support workers and nursery nurses.

All candidates should be registered with the HCPC, and eligible for BPS chartered Status. The ability to work across South West Surrey is essential and a car is required.

Please do get in touch to discuss the role and find out more.

Main duties of the job

  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
  • To supervise and teach unqualified staff including students.
  • Promoting a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
  • To support team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.

You will receive regular management and clinical supervision, and reflective practice, and will have support and supervision from the senior psychologist within the team. You will be one of a team of Psychologists who work in the three teams, we regularly meet for reflective practice and specialist supervision and have excellent training opportunities including opportunities to access specialist training such as EMDR, to develop an area of specialist interest and one's own style of working.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Details

Date posted

14 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year includes 5% Fringe HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7255934-SS

Job locations

Horizon House

28 Upper High Street

Epsom

KT17 4QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description is attached. Please see attached job description for further information for main roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
  • Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic

Desirable

  • Interest or experience in working with women and families in the perinatal period

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
  • HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with people from across the life span with a range of mental health issues and cognitive profiles.
  • Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic

Desirable

  • Interest or experience in working with women and families in the perinatal period

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
  • HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

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.

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.

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

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horizon House

28 Upper High Street

Epsom

KT17 4QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horizon House

28 Upper High Street

Epsom

KT17 4QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Psychologist

Dr Irene Lane

irene.lane@sabp.nhs.uk

07785728469

Details

Date posted

14 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year includes 5% Fringe HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7255934-SS

Job locations

Horizon House

28 Upper High Street

Epsom

KT17 4QJ


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