Senior Clinical Psychologist - Perinatal Mental Health Service

NHS; Rochford; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a highly skilled Senior Clinical Psychologist to join a dedicated perinatal psychological services team. This role involves providing vital mental health support to mothers and birthing individuals, ensuring high-quality care across Essex. You will have the chance to enhance your skills in supervision and consultation while working within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. An established NHS organization values staff wellbeing and offers flexible working options, making it an ideal environment for professional growth and impactful work in maternal mental health.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS Staff Discounts

Excellent Training Facilities

Buying and Selling Annual Leave Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Flexible Working Options

Qualifications

• Professional training in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams and supervision of psychological therapy staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and intervention for perinatal mental health difficulties.
• Offer consultation to support psychological understanding in perinatal staff.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration

Supervision Skills

Perinatal Mental Health Knowledge

Education

Doctoral Training in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Post-qualifying Trauma Training (e.g., EMDR, TF-CBT)

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced, and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist to join EPUT's perinatal psychological services for mothers, birthing people, and their infants. The Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS) provides high-quality maternal mental health and wellbeing support and intervention across Essex.

PMHS offers an 18-month Fixed Term contract for a 0.6wte 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist position. The service comprises five perinatal hubs across Essex, with staff including Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, and specialist roles such as nursery nursing, social work, and OT. It collaborates with maternity, health visiting, and mental health services to support emotional wellbeing, aiming to deliver streamlined, timely, and effective care. The role is based in South East Locality (Southend, Castlepoint & Rochford), with options for part-time and flexible working.

Main duties of the job

We welcome applicants interested in developing their skills in perinatal approaches. The role offers significant opportunities to enhance supervision, teaching, and consultation skills, and to further develop the psychology service to meet the needs of mothers, birthing people, and infants. Staff wellbeing is a priority, and experience in wellbeing initiatives to support staff managing complex caseloads and safeguarding issues is desirable.

About us

EPUT values Care, Learn, and Empower. We offer benefits such as:

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS staff discounts
• Excellent training facilities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• Opportunities to work bank shifts and broaden experience
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

We support flexible working and encourage staff to discuss options with their manager. New starters can apply for flexible working requests from day one.

Join our Staff bank

Our NHS staff bank hires clinical and non-clinical professionals for shifts across trust hospitals and community settings. All permanent staff are enrolled in the staff bank, with optional shift work.

Additional details

Date posted: 01 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 18 months

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 364-A-8840-A

Job locations: Ashingdon House, Union Lane, Rochford Hospital, SS41RB

Job description

• Providing specialist assessment and intervention to mothers and birthing people experiencing significant mental health difficulties in the perinatal period.
• Offering consultation to perinatal staff to support psychological understanding and formulation of complex mental health presentations.
• Providing clinical leadership within the perinatal hub team, supporting team and operational managers to deliver high-quality services.

Person Specification

Qualifications - Essential

• Professional and doctoral training in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society.

Qualifications - Desirable

• Post-qualifying trauma training (e.g., EMDR or TF-CBT).

Knowledge - Essential

• Solid understanding of significant mental health presentations.

Knowledge - Desirable

• Understanding of perinatal mental health presentations.

Experience - Essential

• Significant experience working in multidisciplinary teams (MDT).
• Supervision of qualified psychological therapies staff.

Experience - Desirable

• Clinical leadership experience.
• Consultation experience with MDT staff.

Other requirements

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome; further details are available on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For more information, visit NHS Careers.

Employer details

Employer: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Ashingdon House, Union Lane, Rochford Hospital, SS41RB

Website: https://eput.nhs.uk/