Psychology Lead – Maternal Mental Health - Maple Service (SPMHS)

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Greater London is seeking a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist experienced in perinatal mental health to lead and develop the psychology team within the Maple Service. The successful candidate will manage psychological therapists and ensure high-quality, evidence-based care for complex clients. Excellent leadership skills are essential, as well as a focus on expanding services and contributing to quality improvement initiatives. This role offers support for professional development and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in perinatal mental health.
• Significant leadership experience in clinical settings.
• Ability to manage complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage psychological therapists in Maple Service.
• Provide clinical and management supervision to psychology staff.
• Ensure high-quality evidence-based interventions.
• Expand service provision and contribute to audits.
• Perform psychological assessment for complex clients.

Skills

Leadership

Psychological assessment

Trauma-informed care

Clinical supervision

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

Vacancy at North London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with significant experience of perinatal mental health to lead, manage and develop our team of clinical, counselling and assistant psychologists working in Maternal Mental Health (Maple Service) which is part of specialist perinatal mental health services (SPMHS) across the five boroughs of the North London Foundation Trust (NLFT).

This recently revised post is an exciting opportunity for someone with energy, enthusiasm and leadership experience and qualities. You will help establish and maintain excellent services which are welcoming, accessible and which deliver high quality evidence based care.

You will join the senior leadership team in SPMHS and be part of a large psychology service across the five boroughs of the NLFT. The wider psychology service can offer you peer support, CPD, specialist supervision and research opportunities and guidance.

Please feel free to contact us for further information about the post.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will lead and manage psychological therapists working in Maple Service across the five boroughs of North London partnership and ensure delivery of high-quality evidence based psychological interventions.
• The post holder will provide and ensure clinical and management supervision to psychology staff in the Maple Service.
• The post holder will ensure that the psychology team understands and operates to the requirements of the service’s operational policy and strategy, delivering safe, evidence based, NICE‑concordant, effective, culturally competent and trauma‑informed care in a timely manner to service users.
• The post holder will play a key strategic role in expanding and developing service provision in line with national guidelines and local priorities and will actively contribute to the evaluation of clinical services through audit and governance.
• The post holder will provide highly skilled psychological assessment and specialist intervention to highly complex clients in one of the Maternal Mental Health Teams and will offer advice, consultation and support to other teams as needed.
• The post holder will guide and support quality improvement, involvement in research and service and carer involvement/co‑production.
• The post holder will develop the psychology workforce – leading on recruitment, identifying training needs and managing gaps in service.

Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?

We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

Our Five‑Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.