Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, skilled Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in our Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. The North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is a community mental health service for pregnant and postnatal women with severe and complex mental illness. The aim of the team is to detect, prevent and treat perinatal mental health problems to improve the experience of pregnancy and the two years postpartum for women and their families.
Staff normally run clinics at team bases, maternity sites and children's centres across the borough as well as conducting home visits. Some clinical work is additionally carried out via video call. Therefore, the successful post-holder must be willing to travel and work flexibly.
Specialist supervision will be provided for the successful applicant by the band 8a Counselling Psychologist in the Team. There is a large psychology team working across the service who met regularly, provide peer support, and develop/review the psychological service.
We are looking to recruit to a full time and a 3 day/week part time posts.
Main duties of the job
Services offered by the post holder will include providing psychological assessments, and interventions to service users in line with the evidence base and NICE guidelines. They will also offer advice and consultation based on psychological formulation to referrers, staff of the North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service and other professional and non-professional groups.
The post holder will actively contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of perinatal mental health clinical services using leadership skills and knowledge to provide training and consultancy within the specialty area of perinatal mental health. There will also be opportunities to be involved in service audit and research relevant to psychological work within perinatal mental health. They are expected to hold a complex caseload.
About us
Camden & Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust jointly with Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust have developed perinatal mental health services across five boroughs in the North Central London area. The service has been running since 2017 and provides specialist perinatal mental health services across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey. The service operates with 3 clinical sub-teams:
-West team (Barnet) based at N12 0DZ
-East team (Enfield & Haringey) based at N9 7HD &
-South team (Camden & Islington) based at NW1 0PE
The sub-teams consist of a full MDT, consultant psychiatrists, clinical/counselling psychologists, nurses, occupational therapist, social worker, family therapist, nursery nurses, peer support worker and pharmacist. MDT sub-teams staff work closely with the maternity sites in North Central London. These are Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Hospital (West team), North Middlesex University Hospital, (East team), and University College Hospital and Whittington Hospital, (South team).
Job description
Job responsibilities
There are opportunities to conduct individualised therapy sessions as well as group sessions alongside other MDT colleagues. The postholder will also have some duty responsibilities including regular slots triaging referrals into the service. You will be supervised by a senior psychologist within the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There are opportunities to conduct individualised therapy sessions as well as group sessions alongside other MDT colleagues. The postholder will also have some duty responsibilities including regular slots triaging referrals into the service. You will be supervised by a senior psychologist within the team.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist.
Desirable
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient, and inpatient settings.
- Experience of enabling others within a multidisciplinary / staff team to consider psychological factors and deliver psychologically informed interventions.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervision
Desirable
- Post-qualification experience working with women in the perinatal period with severe and enduring mental health needs as well as their families, carers, and networks
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health and Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist.
Desirable
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post
Experience
Essential
- Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient, and inpatient settings.
- Experience of enabling others within a multidisciplinary / staff team to consider psychological factors and deliver psychologically informed interventions.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervision
Desirable
- Post-qualification experience working with women in the perinatal period with severe and enduring mental health needs as well as their families, carers, and networks
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the Health and Care Professions Council and British Psychological Society
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting
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).
