Job summary
This is a wonderful opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist Band 8a (full time and part time opportunity) interested in perinatal mental health and wishing to develop specialist knowledge and practice in this rewarding field. We have recently been nominated for the NSFT 'Staff Excellence- Team of the Year' Award which we are very proud of and would love for you to come and join our dedicated and supportive team.
We welcome applicants from trainee clinical psychologists who are in their final year of training so we can offer as Band 7 Preceptorship post.
The team are a county wide service currently operating from a number of bases in the East and West of the county and involves some opportunities for remote working
What our team say:
"I work within the Perinatal Mental Health Team and have been here from its infancy at around six months, when we were a Team of 4 (now nearly in double figures and expanding all the time). I cannot recommend this Team highly enough; I have seen real dedication and commitment from the Team over and above what is expected. The Team is extremely well led and we are proud of our Team Manager, and rightly proud of ourselves. We are supportive of each other and our service users at all times. The Perinatal Team make a real difference to the lives of our Service Users, their partners and their families. Do not hesitate to put yourself forward for interview; we would love to welcome you on board!"
Main duties of the job
We are a countywide service, committed to improving the wellbeing of parents and their babies. We offer assessment and treatment to women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties who are either pregnant or within the first post-natal year (soon to be increasing to 24 months). You will be joining a newly established psychology team, consisting of two recently appointed 8b psychologists and an assistant psychologist that will soon be recruited. You will be supported to deliver formulation based and NICE recommended psychological interventions to women and their babies. This post would be suitable for anyone interested in models of adult mental health (such as CBT, systemic family therapy, IPT and CAT), transgenerational patterns of trauma, attachment, and infant mental health.
You shall contribute to the supervision, consultation and training of the MDT who consist of highly skilled and psychologically minded professionals and include perinatal mental health nurses, a psychiatrist, nursery nurses, peer support workers, a social worker, and an occupational therapist. Our team have very good working relationships with a wide range of primary and secondary care professionals, including midwives, health visitors, CAMHS and adult mental health services across Suffolk.
About us
The Long-Term Plan for Mental Health sets out national and local ambitions to improve care for people in pregnancy through the first stages of the baby's life who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health difficulties.
One in five women experience post or ante natal depression, anxiety or in some cases psychosis, during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth. Perinatal community mental health services provide specialist care for women (and their babies) with moderate to severe mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or severe depression. Our team aim to provide specialist care and early help to parents and babies to help with a range of perinatal issues including parent infant bonding. Members of our team are also involved in shaping trauma informed care in the perinatal period and thinking across wider services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be joining us at a very exciting time as you will provide support on the NHS long-term plan ambitions to expand the availability of psychological therapies in perinatal teams. You will also help to shape the future maternal metal health team which will start to be developed towards the end of the year. We are incredibly passionate and supportive and there are some fantastic opportunities for continued professional development. The team have recently been trained in EMDR, VIG and DBT and there are many other opportunities to expand your skills. There is currently a significant amount of funding being provided to perinatal teams nationally, meaning that we can invest in our clinicians in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness.
We are committed to keeping the family at the centre of care and normalising the experience of pregnancy and becoming a parent. We have a philosophy of early intervention and ensure that we capture the babies voice in the work that we do. Our aim is to reduce barriers to accessing services and aim to empower and build confidence in our service users.
Research and QI opportunities are available and encouraged. We have a close relationship with the doctoral training course at the University of East Anglia and our future aim is to offer a number of placements within our expanding team. We want to recruit psychologists who can join our Trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be joining us at a very exciting time as you will provide support on the NHS long-term plan ambitions to expand the availability of psychological therapies in perinatal teams. You will also help to shape the future maternal metal health team which will start to be developed towards the end of the year. We are incredibly passionate and supportive and there are some fantastic opportunities for continued professional development. The team have recently been trained in EMDR, VIG and DBT and there are many other opportunities to expand your skills. There is currently a significant amount of funding being provided to perinatal teams nationally, meaning that we can invest in our clinicians in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness.
We are committed to keeping the family at the centre of care and normalising the experience of pregnancy and becoming a parent. We have a philosophy of early intervention and ensure that we capture the babies voice in the work that we do. Our aim is to reduce barriers to accessing services and aim to empower and build confidence in our service users.
Research and QI opportunities are available and encouraged. We have a close relationship with the doctoral training course at the University of East Anglia and our future aim is to offer a number of placements within our expanding team. We want to recruit psychologists who can join our Trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Most hold Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
- Experience of supervision and teaching
Desirable
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post
- Experience representing psychology in an MDT
Skills
Essential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals, within and outside NHS
- Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups
- Skills in training and supervision
- Skills in creating and delivering Application Form / Interview / References Page | 10 Generic 2016 presentations and training programmes
- Skills in neuropsychological assessment
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user groups
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Most hold Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training
- Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Experience of working with a wide variety and severity of client groups & clinical problems, in various settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience of working with a range of complex and challenging behaviours and exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological treatment.
- Experience of supervision and teaching
Desirable
- Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post
- Experience representing psychology in an MDT
Skills
Essential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals, within and outside NHS
- Skills in consultation to professional and non - professional groups
- Skills in training and supervision
- Skills in creating and delivering Application Form / Interview / References Page | 10 Generic 2016 presentations and training programmes
- Skills in neuropsychological assessment
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of mental health legislation within specialist clinical context
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention and assessment in specialist clinical settings and service user groups
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
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).
