Psychological Therapist in Maternal Mental Health Service
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
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.
For this role, bases are across Rochford, Ashingdon, and Southend.
Hybrid working of both face-to-face and online working is encouraged as well as home visiting when indicated.
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, and 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.
We are looking to recruit an experienced psychological therapist who has experience of working with people with trauma and/or loss to join our supportive and passionate team.
There will be regular clinical supervision from the Clinical Lead/Principal Practitioner Psychologist.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Job responsibilities
The MMHS is part of the broader community perinatal mental health service offer as well as siting within the EPUT Psychological Service Directorate. You will be part of a larger team of psychologists and psychological therapists specialising in perinatal mental health and you will receive support from the Clinical Lead.
Experience of working with trauma and loss is essential for this role.
Please see attached Job description and specification for details regarding the responsibilities and tasks of this role.
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.
* Significant training in trauma-informed approaches e.g., EMDR, DBT, CBT for Trauma, MBT.
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.
* Provide psychological consultation to other professionals both within and external to 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 within an MDT. Experience of liaising and fostering good working relationships with providers of mental health services. Experience of taking clinical decisions regarding care planning and risk management.
* Experience in the use of assessment tools, therapy and service evaluation tools.
* Post-training experience of complex safeguarding issues and training.
* Demonstrate the ability to lead, facilitate and support group work.
* Experience of working within a team environment.
* Ability to maintain high standards of work and to follow Trust policies and procedures.
* Self-motivated with a desire to contribute to ongoing service development.
* Participate in service reviews and research.
* Able to demonstrate a level of flexibility, innovation, and creativity in the working environment.
* Experience of working in the NHS.
Personal Qualities
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including liaison with outside agencies.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Valid enhanced DBS clearance.
* Resilience in dealing with emotive situations as may arise in the course of this role.
* Able to identify own stressors and take appropriate action to prevent negative impact of this on wellbeing and seek appropriate and timely support.
* Resilience to effectively manage own emotions in response to the emotional distress of others and support team members in this process.
* Able to work across the locality area as requested by Line Manager.
* Ability to travel independently across a defined geographical area.
* Shares the Trust's Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour.
Additional Qualities
* Current Full UK Driving Licence and ability to travel across Trust sites.
* Fitness Analysis as appropriate.
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.
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead/Principal Practitioner Psychologist
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
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