Senior Perinatal Psychological Therapist (BABCP accredited) | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A leading health institution in Greater London is seeking a part-time Senior Perinatal Practitioner Psychological Therapist to oversee clinical psychology services. The ideal candidate will manage complex cases and supervise junior psychologists. Responsibilities include developing perinatal mental health services, delivering CBT-informed treatments, and building community links. This permanent role involves engaging in management and service development initiatives while promoting the highest standards of psychological care. Competitive benefits package included.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Candidates must be BABCP accredited and have experience in psychological assessment and treatment.
• Experience in managing a caseload of service users with complex mental health conditions is required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning, development, and evaluation of perinatal mental health services.
• Provide training and consultancy in clinical psychology.
• Assess and treat service users in a clinical psychology setting.
• Provide support and supervision for band 7 Psychologists and trainees.
• Lead delivery and evaluation of psychological interventions.

Skills

Advanced clinical leadership skills

CBT informed psychological treatment

Supervision of trainee psychologists

Community links building

Education

BABCP accredited qualification

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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.

The current post advertised is for 1 part‑time (0.4 wte), 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.

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.

Benefits

• 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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Dec 2025