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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Psychological therapist for perinatal mental health service

The closing date is 27 July 2025

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Job summary

Psychological Therapist for Perinatal mental health service- Band 7

Full time, permanent role

Are you passionate about ensuring that women and baby have access to high quality and evidence-based mental health and psychological care?

Maternal mental health is a life-saving, crucial and growing area of practice bringing together some of the most passionate and skilled health professionals in the NHS. 10% of women develop a mental health problem during pregnancy or within the immediate period after the birth of their baby and untreated can have a devastating impact on the women affected and their families. In the UK, mental health in pregnant and post-natal women has previously often gone unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated.

Main duties of the job

Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS specialist perinatal mental health service work is a multidisciplinary team that is meeting the specific needs of ante and perinatal women with a high quality multi-disciplinary service and linking with the full range of health and social care professionals including GPs, health visitors and midwives as well as gynaecology, obstetrics ETC.

The service is a dynamic, exciting collaboration across three commissioning groups and three maternity hospitals and a range of community settings.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details

Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-7326807-MH

Job locations

Willenhall Primary Care Centre

Remembrance Road

Coventry

CV3 3DG


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree /Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN
  • Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
  • Specialist Therapy Qualification, as appropriate to the role

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Specialist model specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation and Intervention skills.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies
  • Skilled and competent in evidence-based psychological therapies
  • The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on Information from a variety of sources.
  • The ability to plan, organise and deliver work, exercising clinical judgement, and managing time effectively.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation and interventions, drawing on a evidence based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with mild, moderate, severe and enduring mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or personality disorder
  • Experience of model-specific psychological assessment of clients and collaborative work with other professional groups, e.g. medical, nursing, social work.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Undergraduate degree /Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN
  • Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
  • Specialist Therapy Qualification, as appropriate to the role

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Specialist model specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation and Intervention skills.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies
  • Skilled and competent in evidence-based psychological therapies
  • The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on Information from a variety of sources.
  • The ability to plan, organise and deliver work, exercising clinical judgement, and managing time effectively.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation and interventions, drawing on a evidence based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with mild, moderate, severe and enduring mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or personality disorder
  • Experience of model-specific psychological assessment of clients and collaborative work with other professional groups, e.g. medical, nursing, social work.

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

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Willenhall Primary Care Centre

Remembrance Road

Coventry

CV3 3DG


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Willenhall Primary Care Centre

Remembrance Road

Coventry

CV3 3DG


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Psychologist

Gina Aamodt-Leeper

gina.aamodt-leeper@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

02476212176

Details

Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-7326807-MH

Job locations

Willenhall Primary Care Centre

Remembrance Road

Coventry

CV3 3DG


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