Job summary
Are you passionate about compassionate care, trauma-informed practice, and supporting families through the most challenging moments of pregnancy?
We're looking for an experienced and emotionally resilient Clinical Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary team in the Fetal Medicine Unit at the Royal London Hospital. This is a rare opportunity to contribute to a ground-breaking service that integrates specialist psychological care into the management of complex fetal diagnoses and high-risk pregnancies.
We're seeking a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with:
Experience in working with trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions.Strong assessment, formulation, and therapy skills for both individuals and families.Confidence working within multidisciplinary teams.A commitment to compassionate, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed practice.Experience in perinatal or reproductive health, and training in approaches such as EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT, would be beneficial. Bengali language skills are highly desirable given our local community, but not essential.
You'll be part of one of the UK's most innovative maternity services at Barts Health NHS Trust, working in a forward-thinking team at a major tertiary referral centre for fetal medicine. This is a unique opportunity to influence how psychological care is delivered to families during a vulnerable time and to promote holistic, family-centred care across the pathway.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions to women, birthing people, and their families facing distressing fetal diagnoses, loss, or difficult pregnancy decisions.
Work closely with obstetricians, midwives, fetal medicine specialists, and neonatal colleagues to embed psychologically-informed care throughout the service.
Contribute to staff wellbeing by offering reflective practice, consultation, and psychological support in this emotionally demanding clinical environment.
Play a key role in shaping and developing this evolving service, including involvement in care pathway design, training, and outcome evaluation.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Professions Council
- oExperience of working with people affected by trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions
- oSkills in delivering psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for individuals and families
- oExperience of MDT work and effectively working within other disciplines
- oExperience of providing evidence-based interventions for patients of the service
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision in relation to complex cases to junior staff and peers
- oExperience in perinatal, maternal, or reproductive health settings
- oExperience of working with trauma, loss, and bereavement (e.g., pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TFMR)
- oTraining in EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT
Desirable
- oExperience of supporting staff wellbeing or delivering reflective practice
- oExperience of audit, research and analytical skills
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills
- oCompassionate, non-judgmental, and emotionally resilient
- oAbility to work autonomously and flexibly in a developing service
- oCommitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oSound knowledge of psychological theory, models, and evidence-based therapies (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)
- oUnderstanding of psychological impact of fetal diagnoses, pregnancy loss, uncertainty, risk counselling
- oAwareness of perinatal mental health pathways and maternity care systems
- oKnowledge of clinical governance, ethics, safeguarding, confidentiality and legal frameworks in healthcare
Desirable
- oKnowledge of genetics, fetal medicine protocols, prenatal screening / diagnostics
- Understanding of culturally sensitive and diversity-informed psychological practice
Qualifications
Essential
- oGood Honours degree in Psychology giving eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS
- oPost-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for membership of Health Care Professions Council HCPC
- oThe post holder must be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- oAdditional training in therapeutic modality
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Professions Council
- oExperience of working with people affected by trauma, grief, or complex medical conditions
- oSkills in delivering psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy for individuals and families
- oExperience of MDT work and effectively working within other disciplines
- oExperience of providing evidence-based interventions for patients of the service
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision in relation to complex cases to junior staff and peers
- oExperience in perinatal, maternal, or reproductive health settings
- oExperience of working with trauma, loss, and bereavement (e.g., pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TFMR)
- oTraining in EMDR, CFT, or trauma-focused CBT
Desirable
- oExperience of supporting staff wellbeing or delivering reflective practice
- oExperience of audit, research and analytical skills
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent communication, interpersonal, and team-working skills
- oCompassionate, non-judgmental, and emotionally resilient
- oAbility to work autonomously and flexibly in a developing service
- oCommitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice
Knowledge
Essential
- oSound knowledge of psychological theory, models, and evidence-based therapies (e.g. CBT, EMDR, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)
- oUnderstanding of psychological impact of fetal diagnoses, pregnancy loss, uncertainty, risk counselling
- oAwareness of perinatal mental health pathways and maternity care systems
- oKnowledge of clinical governance, ethics, safeguarding, confidentiality and legal frameworks in healthcare
Desirable
- oKnowledge of genetics, fetal medicine protocols, prenatal screening / diagnostics
- Understanding of culturally sensitive and diversity-informed psychological practice
Qualifications
Essential
- oGood Honours degree in Psychology giving eligibility for Graduate membership of the BPS
- oPost-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for membership of Health Care Professions Council HCPC
- oThe post holder must be registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- oAdditional training in therapeutic modality
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).
