Senior Perinatal Psychological Therapist (BABCP accredited)

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in North London is seeking a Senior Perinatal Psychological Therapist to oversee mental health services and provide psychological assessments. This part-time role includes supervising a team and delivering clinical interventions within a supportive environment. Candidates must have HCPC registration or equivalent qualifications, along with experience in perinatal mental health work. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £61,631 to £68,623, pro rata, and includes NHS-related benefits.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and relevant psychological qualifications required.
• Experience in perinatal or child & family work necessary.
• Familiarity with PTSD/c-PTSD/Perinatal OCD is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessments and treatment plans for clients.
• Supervise clinical trainees and other psychological staff.
• Liaise with health professionals to coordinate client care.

Skills

Skills in psychological assessment methods

Trauma therapy training (tf-CBT, NET, CFT, EMDR)

Parent-Infant therapy training (CoS, VIG)

Education

HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist or equivalent

Current BABCP registration

Job description

Senior Perinatal Psychological Therapist (BABCP accredited)

This post is part of the Perinatal Psychological Therapies leadership team responsible for overseeing the Psychology provision in their patch. The Clinical Psychology team across the service comprises one band 8b Clinical Psychologist, band 8a Practitioner Psychologists, band 7 Practitioner Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Honorary Placement Students.

The post holder will actively contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of perinatal mental health services using advanced clinical leadership skills and knowledge to provide training and consultancy in clinical psychology within the specialty area of perinatal mental health. The post holder will be responsible for assessing and treating service users in Camden and Islington. 20% of their workload is expected to be management & leadership and 80% will be clinical interventions. They are expected to hold a highly complex caseload.

Main duties of the job

The current post advertised is for 1 part-time (0.4wte), permanent role for Senior Perinatal Practitioner Psychological Therapist (BABCP accredited):

Based in the East Team, with boroughs of responsibility Enfield & Haringey.

Important note: The successful candidate will be expected to build community links, referral pathways and provide clinical assessments and evidence based interventions both at their borough of responsibility and their team base. The post holder will jointly oversee the Perinatal Psychology caseload of the East sub-team (Enfield and Haringey) with another 8a already in post.

The post holder will ensure the formulation of profession specific highly specialist care and treatment plans which provide specialist interventions / care to service users with complex mental health conditions. The post holder will be responsible for supporting and supervising band 7 Psychologists and/or trainees, ensuring that the SPMHS Psychology team understands and operates to the requirements of the service line operational policy and service line strategy and that safe, evidence based, NICE concordant, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

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 and NHS pension scheme

Excellent internal staff network

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities include the provision of psychological assessments of referred clients, and the formulation and implementation of CBT informed psychological treatment and management plans for a range of problems of severity and complexity. The post holder will also provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of clients in the perinatal period. They will participate in leading on the delivery and evaluation of psychological interventions within the service.

They will liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to clients and be actively involved in teaching, training and supervision. This will include supervision of clinical and counselling psychologists, trainee clinical and counselling psychologists, and, where required, of assistant psychologists or other staff providing low intensity interventions, as well as specialist consultation on psychological therapies in the context of mental health to other staff within the service and to other health and social care staff working with the client group.

The post holder will also have opportunities in management, policy and service development as well as research, audit and service evaluation.

They will maintain and develop the highest standards of practice, through active participation in continuing professional development and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in psychological practice in areas related to the post.

Person Specification

Education/qualifications

• HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist OR Qualification from High Intensity IAPT course (Post qualification diploma) OR A post-graduate diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy modality and accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a clinical or counselling psychologist (where applicable) and BABCP registration

Experience

• Perinatal or child & family work
• Experience of working with PTSD/c-PTSD/Perinatal OCD

Skills

• Skills in the use of a range of methods of psychological assessment (including psychometric tests), intervention and management for the full range of problems of severity and complexity presented in adult mental health services.
• Trauma therapy training, e.g. tf-CBT, NET, CFT, EMDR
• Parent-Infant therapy training, e.g. CoS, VIG

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.

£61,631 to £68,623 a yearpro rata incl of HCAS