Psychological Therapist in Maternal Mental Health Service

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health service dedicated to supporting women through their mental health challenges during the perinatal period. As a Psychological Therapist, you will deliver crucial psychological assessments and evidence-based therapies to those affected by trauma and loss. This role offers the opportunity to work within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, providing essential support to individuals and their families. With a commitment to promoting mental health and well-being, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others while enjoying flexible working arrangements. If you are passionate about mental health and have the necessary qualifications, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology required.
• Experience in delivering high-quality specialist interventions necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and therapy to women with mental health difficulties.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver trauma-informed care.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Evidence-based psychological therapy

Understanding of trauma and loss

Electronic information systems

NHS experience

Interpersonal and communication skills

Risk assessment

Driving License

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Allied Health Professional registration

Psychotherapeutic accreditation

Tools

Electronic information systems

Job description

Psychological Therapist in Maternal Mental Health Service

Band 7

Main area: Psychological Therapist
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover until 16th September 2025)
Hours:

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working

15 hours per week
Job ref: 364-A-7989-B

Site: Taylor Centre
Town: Southend
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.

• We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
• We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

Our vision and values

Our Vision: “To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose: “We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values:

• We Care
• We Empower

Job overview

The Essex Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS), By your side launched in October 2024 aims to integrate maternity, reproductive health and psychological therapy for women and birthing parents experiencing mental health difficulties arising from, or directly related to, the maternity experience.

A fully therapeutic service is offered since June 2024 for women and birthing parents accessing the 5 maternity units across Essex.

This service has been providing targeted care and support to those women and birthing parents whose needs are not currently being met in other services, including those who have experienced trauma and loss in the perinatal period and who are not eligible for specialist perinatal mental health services.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Psychological Therapist (Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist/Psychotherapist) to provide maternity cover until September 2025 on a fixed term basis to cover the locations of Rochford- Ashingdon- Southend.

You will provide psychological assessment and evidence-based psychological therapy to women who experience moderate to severe mental health difficulties following birth trauma, perinatal loss (including early miscarriage, recurrent miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death).

You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team of specialist maternal mental health midwives to provide a specialist, trauma-informed psychological service.

There will be regular clinical supervision from the Clinical Lead/Principal Practitioner Psychologist.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the HCPC and BPS.
• Or Allied Health Professional with registration to professional bodies such as HCPC, NMC as well as a psychotherapeutic accreditation e.g. BACP.
• Or Practising Psychotherapist who is fully qualified registered member of the relevant accrediting body e.g. BACBP, BACP.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the nature of trauma and loss presentations and how they can affect women’s day-to-day life and impact upon recovery.
• Experience or understanding of using an electronic information system.
• Experience of developing psychological therapies delivery, demonstrating evidence-based decision making for interventions provided by the service.
• Knowledge of psychological and psychotherapeutic therapies and their application when working with perinatal trauma and loss presentations.

Skills/experience

• Extensive experience of delivering high quality specialist intervention to individuals and their families.
• Assess and treat own specialist and complex case load in accordance with Trust clinical pathways, NICE guidance and evidence-based psychological practice.
• Experience in advising on care and management of cases on the basis of risk assessment.
• Experience of working in the NHS.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Resilience in dealing with emotive situations.
• Able to work across the locality area as requested by Line Manager.

Additional Qualities

• Current Full UK Driving Licence and ability to travel across Trust sites.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.

Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.