About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate Clinical, Counselling Psychologist or Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist to join our dedicated Hertfordshire Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS), Perinatal Trauma and Loss Care (Perinatal TLC) team. This permanent position offers a great opportunity for clinicians looking to gain experience in perinatal mental health, whether they are exploring the field for the first time or considering a future career in this area, as well as a development post for newly qualified clinicians.
Perinatal TLC is a small, close-knit team, comprising of psychological therapists, a mental health midwife and consultant clinical psychiatrist. We are dedicated to providing exceptional, trauma-informed mental health care women and birthing people who are experiencing severe to moderate mental health difficulties, in the context of perinatal loss (of any kind, including loss by separation due to safeguarding concerns), birth trauma, and/or to those suffering with tokophobia (fear of child birth).
Main duties of the job
To support the ongoing development of the Perinatal TLC service, creating a responsive and cohesive team delivering exceptional clinical care to those who are experiencing severe to moderate mental health difficulties in the context of perinatal loss, birth trauma and/or are experiencing tokophobia, in line with national policy.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description Job responsibilities
To ensure the provision of specialist high-quality and evidence-based psychological assessment and therapies to clients referred to Perinatal TLC. Experience across a range of therapeutic models is essential including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other models such as Compassion Focussed Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, EMDR, Systemic Therapy and Mindfulness.
To ensure that service development is driven by trauma-informed perspectives.
To provide supervision and management to psychology staff within Perinatal TLC and to offer training to key stakeholders.
To promote, monitor and prioritise equality of access and services offered to the local population.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
To propose and implement relevant policy within the area served by the MMHS.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or fully completed training as a Counselling Psychologist. Current full registration with HCPC
Desirable
Post-qualification training in assessment and intervention models in one or more of the following: EMDR, CBT, Systemic Therapy, Family Interventions.
Experience Essential
Some experience working as a qualified practitioner with clients with severe mental illness within a mental health setting. Experience of working within rehabilitation or adult community mental health services.
Desirable
Experience of supervising qualified clinical staff from a range of professional backgrounds including HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologists.
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).
Employer details Employer name Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Prospect House
Prospect House Peace Drive
Watford
WD17 3XE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)