Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

This post offers an opportunity to join the Perinatal Mental Health Service to cover maternity leave for up to 3 days over 10 months. Opportunity for remote working

We are a growing psychology team, who are passionate about the care we provide to the people we work with and the support we provide to each other and the wider team.

The opening is for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist (0.6 WTE), which involves providing individual and systemic support to women/birthing people and their families within the community in North Derbyshire.

Within the perinatal speciality we work with mental health difficulties around the transition to motherhood, including attachment difficulties, trauma and loss, tokophobia, puerperal psychosis as well as mood and anxiety presentations.

There will be opportunities to provide supervision and consultancy, deliver training and attend workshops/ team supervisions, psychology meetings and in-house training.

All candidates should be registered with the HCPC, eligible for BPS Chartered Status, and have an interest in attachment and trauma work. A welcoming team awaits.

Please seek approval from employer/line manager before making a secondment application

Main duties of the job

If appointed, you will join a passionate and experienced MDT and be responsible for the provision of community based specialist clinical psychology services for women/birthing people who are pregnant and postnatal, presenting with a wide range of complex and severe mental health problems, as well as systemic support for their partners.

The role involves assessment, formulation and treatment of presenting difficulties as well as attending community MDT meetings, triaging referrals, signposting to other services, and liaising with midwifes, obstetricians, as well as primary, secondary and third sector care providers.

There will be a strong focus on supporting the continued development of a psychologically informed trauma focus of care within maternity services and providing supervision/training.

About us

The perinatal service consists of a 6-bed inpatient unit, a community team with bases in Derby and Chesterfield, and a new maternal mental health service (MMHS).

The inpatient and community services are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlighting the excellent and specialized care provided by the service. The MMHS sits within the perinatal service and has close links with maternity services.

The team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, CPNs, nursery nurses, OTs, team leads, specialist midwives, a social worker, and a service manager, who all possess great enthusiasm and a strong passion for working with women and their families during the perinatal period.

The Trust psychology department facilitates specialized supervision (dissociation, EMDR, CFT) and training (trauma, CBT), supports CPD, and has good links with university training courses in terms of teaching opportunities, trainee selection and placements. DHCFT goes above and beyond to ensure staff are looked after and feel supported.