Job summary
This in an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist or experienced Psychotherapist to work as part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service, within the Mid-Mersey team, in Warrington, Halton, St-Helens and Knowsley.
We are looking for ambitious and values-driven psychotherapists / clinical psychologists to join as our service expands and work collaboratively to deliver the ambitions of the NHS long term plan.
We welcome applications from experienced clinicians with a strong interest in working in the field of perinatal and parent-infant mental health.
Applicants must have either doctoral training in clinical psychology, training in psychodynamic/ psychoanalytical psychotherapy, or a core profession in addition to practitioner level training in two or more psychological therapies (e.g. CBT, CAT, EMDR etc).
We offer excellent training and supervision programme, and have a strong focus on research, coproduction and inequalities throughout the service.
The postholder will have a robust understanding of the impact of social inequalities on maternal mental health and are passionate about improving outcomes around health inequality for mothers, babies, families and communities.
The successful candidate will have experience of working collaboratively with families and will have great relationship skills and energy for driving change programmes. The post is advertised as part time, but there may be potential for increased hours.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within our Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service [Liverpool or Warrington base] providing appropriate psychological assessment and therapy for service users across the footprint.
They will work as an integral part of the clinical MDT to deliver high quality psychological therapies within the specialised area of perinatal mental health.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work to provide assessment, formulation and, where appropriate, intervention to service users who present with complex mental health and relationship problems.
Delivery of staff training and support for supporting teams/services regarding psychological principles in perinatal mental health care is fundamental to this role.
The postholder will establish responsive relationships and collaborate with colleagues in maternity, mental health, third sector organisations, and place-based perinatal networks.
To work collaboratively with families and experts by experience and support co-production methodologies to inform service model.
The postholder will have an excellent grasp of inequalities and their impact on mothers and babies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work to provide assessment, formulation and, where appropriate, intervention to service users who present with complex mental health and relationship problems.
Delivery of staff training and support for supporting teams/services regarding psychological principles in perinatal mental health care is fundamental to this role.
The postholder will establish responsive relationships and collaborate with colleagues in maternity, mental health, third sector organisations, and place-based perinatal networks.
To work collaboratively with families and experts by experience and support co-production methodologies to inform service model.
The postholder will have an excellent grasp of inequalities and their impact on mothers and babies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent.
- Registration with Health Professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist
- or to have a recognised qualification i.e., Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy, Psychotherapy
- Additional training in specialist interventions (e.g. VIG,, EMDR,).
Desirable
- ostgraduate/doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- UKCP, BABCP or BACP Accreditation (or equivalent).
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist or senior psychotherapist at a specialist level for a significant period.
- Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Knowledge and skill development to meet KSF factor 2 Level 8 requirements
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Understanding of the philosophy and principles of care underpinning perinatal mental health
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical psychology and psychotherapy
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in perinatal or parent-infant mental health
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of inequalities and their impact in the perinatal period
- Knowledge of perinatal trauma and loss
Values
Essential
- o Continuous Improvement o Accountability o Respectfulness o Enthusiasm o Support o High professional standards o Responsive to service users o Engaging leadership style o Strong customer service belief o Transparency and honesty o Discreet o Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent.
- Registration with Health Professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist
- or to have a recognised qualification i.e., Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy, Psychotherapy
- Additional training in specialist interventions (e.g. VIG,, EMDR,).
Desirable
- ostgraduate/doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- UKCP, BABCP or BACP Accreditation (or equivalent).
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist or senior psychotherapist at a specialist level for a significant period.
- Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Knowledge and skill development to meet KSF factor 2 Level 8 requirements
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Understanding of the philosophy and principles of care underpinning perinatal mental health
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical psychology and psychotherapy
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in perinatal or parent-infant mental health
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of inequalities and their impact in the perinatal period
- Knowledge of perinatal trauma and loss
Values
Essential
- o Continuous Improvement o Accountability o Respectfulness o Enthusiasm o Support o High professional standards o Responsive to service users o Engaging leadership style o Strong customer service belief o Transparency and honesty o Discreet o Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
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).
