At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

• Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
• Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
• In our Gift providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
• Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
• Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
• Child Care Vouchers Scheme
• Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys

NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the autonomous provision of a specialist psychological service to women and their babies who are in receipt of specialist perinatal mental health services. This role will offer a service across the geographical area of the Trust. This role will incorporate complex assessments leading to psychological formulations of mental health; interpretation, of assessment instruments and forming intervention plans, and the delivery of interventions to this population. Also the role will require provision of consultation and advice to professionals across community settingsTo provide clinical supervision to psychologists in training and assistant psychologists. Supervises and supports the clinical work of other professions as required. Supervision and support will be arranged as per Trust guidance and professional requirements.

To participate in the development and delivery of the Community Perinatal Mental Health Service provision.

There will be an expectation to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

About us

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

Job description Job responsibilities

Band 8a consideration will also be given to band 7 applicants for a band 7/band 8a preceptorship

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the expanding South Staffordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of expanding service and to help shape the future of perinatal mental health care in South Staffordshire. For newly qualified clinicians, we have a preceptorship process in place. Please state clearly in your application the banding you are applying for.

We are a specialist service that strives to deliver an excellent standard of care to expectant and new mothers who are experiencing severe and complex mental health problems. The team is multi-disciplinary and works directly with women and their families providing assessment, interventions and support for pregnant women and women within the postnatal period with a range of mental health needs.

We are looking for a dynamic, passionate and creative clinician who wants to make a difference to the lives of families, and who strives to provide the best care at all times. You will have a passion for supporting both Adult and Infant Mental Health and an understanding of how psychological interventions may be applied within this specialty.

You will join a multidisciplinary team who are innovative and have a patient centred approach at the heart of their delivery. The team work with partners both within and outside of the Trust, with close links with Maternity Services, Health Visiting, IAPT and other secondary mental health services. You will be part of a friendly and supportive group of Perinatal Psychologists that work across MPFT Perinatal Services. Professional support will be provided within MPFT Perinatal and from the Children and Families Care Group.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Post-graduate / Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology as recognized by the Health Professions Council (HCPC).
• Registered with the HCPC.

Desirable

• Eligible for Chartership status with the British Psychological Society
• Further training in a psychological model / intervention specific to the role remit/area of work - attachment based intervention; EMDR; DBT; CBT; Video Interaction Guidance

Experience Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across a full range of settings.
• Experience of work in multidisciplinary teams and with multi agency networks.
• Experience of consultation with professionals from both within the Health Service and Partner Agencies.
• Ability to work effectively within safeguarding procedures in the context of a therapeutic service.

Desirable

• Experience working therapeutically with women and babies with significant emotional or mental health difficulties, and their families/carers.
• Experience of perinatal mental health.
• Experience of providing therapeutic intervention in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of leading and contributing to the development of services.
• Experience of conducting research and/or audit in clinical settings.
• Experience of group work
• Experience of role as CPA coordinator
• Experience of working in community and inpatient settings.
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision

Personal Attributes Essential

• Able to prioritise, work independently and on own initiative
• Able to multi-task and set goals for completion.
• Ability to work well under pressure and/or in times of crisis.
• Flexibility, creativity, and preparedness to be innovative in a developing organisation.
• Ability to be reliable, co-operative and consistent both as an independent clinician and in team settings.
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to own personal & professional development.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material
• Ability to work across community settings and travel across a geographical area.
• Computer literate.

Skills Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management.
• Ability and knowledge relating to self-harm related risk assessment and care-planning.
• An ability to formulate and provide treatment within at least two models of psychological therapy and the experience and a working knowledge of at least one other approach to psychological intervention.
• Well developed skills in the ability 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
• Knowledge of research methodology
• Knowledge of Attachment theory and its application to clinical work
• A clear grasp of the concept of mental health recovery
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health

Desirable

• Completion of formal training or courses in conducting specialist psychological assessments (incl. risk assessment and risk management).
• Knowledge of the theory & practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g Personality disorders)
• Skills in providing consultation/training to other professional and non-professional groups.

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