Job summary
East Perinatal Community Team: 1.0wte band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist permanent post
South and Solihull Perinatal Community Team: 1.0wte band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist fixed term 12 months
Bases at Little Bromwich Centre (East Team), South and Solihull team bases TBC.
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides a multi-disciplinary, regional service to treat mothers with mental health problems, both during pregnancy and in the first year post-partum.
Over the course of the last three years, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust have received funding to develop specialist perinatal community mental health teams. There is now continuing expansion under the NHS Long Term Plan, with a particular emphasis on increased access to a wider range of psychological therapies.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated Clinical or Counselling Psychologists with an interest in perinatal mental health. The main clinical work undertaken is to provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention for mothers and their babies and families in the community. The role may also involve contributing to the supervision of psychology trainees or psychology assistants working in the community setting. Being allied to the multi-disciplinary team in the Perinatal Service, the post holder will act as a member of the team, attend meetings and offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to team colleagues.
Please note: We have several adverts out currently for Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists to work within the Perinatal Mental Health Service. If you are interested in several position, you will need to do a separate application for each position.
About us
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive mental healthcare service for residents of Birmingham and Solihull, and a range of specialist mental health services to communities across the West Midlands and beyond. The Trust operates out of more than 40 sites, serves a culturally and socially diverse population of 1.3 million spread over 172 square miles, has an income of more than £240 million and a dedicated workforce of around 4,000 staff. A wide range of local and regional services and partnerships covering inpatient, community and specialist mental healthcare make it one of the most innovative and complex mental health foundation trusts in the country.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please follow the link below to see the full advert, including the Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy:
http://jobs.bsmhft.nhs.uk/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_mental_health/Perinatal_mental_health-v2850904?_ts=65277
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please follow the link below to see the full advert, including the Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy:
http://jobs.bsmhft.nhs.uk/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Perinatal_mental_health/Perinatal_mental_health-v2850904?_ts=65277
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996; HCPC registration
Desirable
- Training/experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice related to perinatal mental health and/or infant mental health
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
Desirable
- Experience of working with mothers and their infants, couples and/or families; Experience of working with women with perinatal mental illness.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies in specific difficult to treat groups; Knowledge of the long term impact of maternal mental health issues on the infant, the mother infant relationship and the wider family
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996; HCPC registration
Desirable
- Training/experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice related to perinatal mental health and/or infant mental health
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
Desirable
- Experience of working with mothers and their infants, couples and/or families; Experience of working with women with perinatal mental illness.
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Desirable
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies in specific difficult to treat groups; Knowledge of the long term impact of maternal mental health issues on the infant, the mother infant relationship and the wider family
Other
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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).
