Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Operation Lincoln Psychology

Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) would like to offer a truly unique and rewarding opportunity for a Psychologist with an interest in maternity care, to apply for this role working with families who are currently part of the West Mercia Police Operation Lincoln investigation into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH).

The post will be hosted and managed within MPFT's Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Care Group, with close links with our Maternal Mental Health Service. The post is part time, working 15 hours per week, with NHS secondment a possibility.

The post-holder will work with families who are part of the investigation, who have come forward to request specialist support in relation to being part of this process.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:

• Provision of a specialist Psychology service for families who are part of the ongoing Operation Lincoln police investigation into maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH).
• Offering specialist psychological assessment/consultation and psychological interventions for families, which may include working with women or birthing persons who have experienced perinatal bereavement and/or trauma, and other family members who have been similarly affected by the adverse maternity experiences which led to inclusion in Operation Lincoln, for example partners, couples, grandparents, siblings, and young people living with birth related health conditions.
• Embedding systematic evaluation of interventions offered within the offer, enabling monitoring of the effectiveness and quality of experience for families, and feedback to commissioners on demand for the service

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccination every year
• Attractive relocation package
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.