Job summary
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Principle Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8b 0.6 WTE
We are seeking an experienced and innovative Principal Perinatal Clinical Psychologist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team in Coventry and Warwickshire. This is a key clinical leadership role, supporting the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological care for adults experiencing a range of moderate to severe perinatal mental health difficulties such as trauma, mood disorders and co-morbid physical and mental health problems as well as difficulties in the bond with their baby.
You will provide clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to psychological professionals and other multidisciplinary colleagues, alongside offering a highly specialist psychological therapies service to service users. Working closely with senior clinicians and operational managers, you will help to shape services, and embed trauma-informed and formulation-driven practice across the pathway.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for adults with moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems.
- Offer consultation, and supervision to psychologists, trainees, and wider MDT colleagues.
- Lead on the safety and governance aspects of the delivery of psychological services in the team, including the management of referrals, ensuring processes around clinical data and information are followed and that staff have the training and development to practice safely within the limit of their competence.
- Take a leading role in service development, innovation, and evaluation, supporting implementation of NICE-concordant care.
- Contribute to workforce development, including leadership of psychology provision across the pathway.
- Develop strong partnerships across local services, community organisations, and voluntary sector partners to improve outcomes and accessibility.
- Champion psychological perspectives within the team, promoting recovery-focused and trauma-informed approaches
About us
Candidate Information Pack Dec 24
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.
- 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 group
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These are detailed in the job description.
We would welcome somebody who is a dynamic team orientated person who is keen on service development and ensuring that we provide a high quality timely service.
As the Principal Clinical Psychologist you will work alongside colleagues in the Psychology Service and wider MDT to ensure that we are meeting targets and working with the local population health needs.
About YouWe are looking for a clinician who is:
- A Clinical or Counselling psychologist who is HCPC-registered
- Experienced in working with adults with severe and complex mental health needs in community settings.
- Skilled in delivering, supervising, and evaluating evidence-based psychological therapies (e.g., CBT, DBT, CAT, EMDR, schema therapy).
- Confident in service development, leadership, and strategic influence within multidisciplinary teams.
- Committed to reducing health inequalities and promoting co-production with service users and carers.
Passionate about supervision, reflective practice, and developing others.
We welcome and questions on this rare opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These are detailed in the job description.
We would welcome somebody who is a dynamic team orientated person who is keen on service development and ensuring that we provide a high quality timely service.
As the Principal Clinical Psychologist you will work alongside colleagues in the Psychology Service and wider MDT to ensure that we are meeting targets and working with the local population health needs.
About YouWe are looking for a clinician who is:
- A Clinical or Counselling psychologist who is HCPC-registered
- Experienced in working with adults with severe and complex mental health needs in community settings.
- Skilled in delivering, supervising, and evaluating evidence-based psychological therapies (e.g., CBT, DBT, CAT, EMDR, schema therapy).
- Confident in service development, leadership, and strategic influence within multidisciplinary teams.
- Committed to reducing health inequalities and promoting co-production with service users and carers.
Passionate about supervision, reflective practice, and developing others.
We welcome and questions on this rare opportunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Further post - doctoral qualification / registration
- A recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in Perinatal Psychology or other NICE guideline treatment
- Expertise and/or training in Clinical Supervision for doctorate level trainees as may supervise trainee clinical Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working with people in the perinatal period.
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for work.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervising of qualified staff and doctoral level trainees.
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment and therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Post-doctoral training relevant to the post
- Experience of team working.
- Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job.
Other
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Further post - doctoral qualification / registration
- A recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in Perinatal Psychology or other NICE guideline treatment
- Expertise and/or training in Clinical Supervision for doctorate level trainees as may supervise trainee clinical Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working with people in the perinatal period.
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for work.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervising of qualified staff and doctoral level trainees.
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment and therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Post-doctoral training relevant to the post
- Experience of team working.
- Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job.
Other
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.
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).
