Clinical Psychologist
Job Description
Job summary
We welcome applications to cover maternity leave in our lovely psychology team, a team who is 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 7/8a Clinical Psychologist (0.6 WTE), who will provide individual, group and systemic support to women/birthing people and their families who are accessing support through the Derbyshire Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service.
Within the 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, attend workshops and annual forums, and be involved in service development.
Remote working is an option.
All candidates should be registered with the HCPC, eligible for BPS Chartered Status, meet the travel requirements of the post, and have an interest in working with trauma, grief, attachment trauma and perinatal presentations. A welcoming team and glorious countryside awaits.
Main duties of the job
If appointed, you will join a passionate and experienced MDT and be responsible for the provision of community and inpatient based specialist clinical psychology services for women/birthing people who are pregnant, postnatal, or have experienced a loss and are presenting with a wide range of complex and severe mental health problems, as well as systemic support for their partners.
The role also involves helping to develop and review referral, assessment and treatment protocols as well as attending community MDT meetings, triaging referrals, assessing and 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 the wider perinatal team and maternity services, providing supervision/training, and utilising research skills for audits, evaluations, and service development.
About us
The service consists of a 6-bed mother and baby inpatient unit, a community team with bases in Derby and Chesterfield, and a psychology service working with loss.
The inpatient and community services are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlighting the excellent and specialized care provided by the service.
The team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, CPNs, nursery nurses, OTs, team leads, specialist midwives, peer support workers, a social worker, health visitor, pharmacist, and a clinical lead, who all possess great enthusiasm and a strong passion for working with women / birthing people and their families during the perinatal period.
The Trust psychology department facilitates specialized supervision (dissociation, psychodynamic, 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.
Job responsibilities
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Band 7 / Band 8a
Responsible for the provision of community and inpatient specialist psychological services, in collaboration with an MDT, for women/birthing people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy, the first two years postnatal or following loss (miscarriage, termination, still birth, neonatal death) .
Provision of psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment based upon the interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
Providing a systemic approach to working with partners and the wider family and signposting where appropriate.
Supporting the development of psychological and trauma informed services around maternal mental health and perinatal loss, gap analysis in treatment provision, as well as the audit and evaluation of referral pathways and treatment outcomes to ensure equality of service provision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in clinical psychology
- Good undergraduate degree (2.1 or above)
Professional registration
Essential
- Registered with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Eligible for registration with British Psychological Society (BPS)
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the job
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Skills developed through formal training in supervision of other psychologists (Band 8a)
- Assessment and therapeutic skills relevant to complex and severe mental health presentations
- Development through receiving substantial supervision while working as a clinical psychologist
- Specialist knowledge of current legislation and guidance for clinical practice and professional management in relation to perinatal / maternal mental health
- Development of specialist area of expertise (Band 8a)
- Experience of providing consultancy, teaching and / or training
- Evidence can work effectively as part of an MDT
- Experience of service development
- Ability to assess and manage risk of harm to self and baby
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Assessment and therapeutic skills related to perinatal / maternal mental health
- Experience of working with attachment trauma, birth trauma and loss
- Trained in EMDR, CFT, trauma focused CBT
- Experience of working in perinatal services
- Experience of working within inpatient settings
- Displays an interest in working within perinatal services
- Able to demonstrate compassion and empathy on application form
- Knowledge of perinatal guidelines / policies / papers
- Experience of working with mother - infant relationship
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of designing / running therapy groups
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
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Beeches, Radbourne Unit, Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3WQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
