Senior Clinical Psychologist - Perinatal Mental Health Services
Band 8a
Main area: Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist - Perinatal Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 364-A-7837-D
Site: Derwent Centre
Town: Harlow
Salary: £55,877 - £62,626 per annum incl. 5% Fringe High Cost Allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
Job overview
We are pleased to offer a full time Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist 8a post in EPUT Essex Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS). This post will be in North West Locality (Harlow, Loughton and Stansted).
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides maternal mental health and wellbeing support to mothers and their infants across Essex. Psychological interventions can support them with difficulties; reducing distress and health care costs, whilst increasing physical and psychological wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide highly specialist assessment and intervention to mothers and their infants through evidence based perinatally informed psychological therapies. You will also lead on pathway and interface development with local stakeholders and partner agencies.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional and doctoral training in Clinical/Counselling psychology as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
* Post qualification training in trauma focused approaches.
Knowledge
* High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of working with complex trauma.
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including community & primary care.
* Experience of working with women and families in perinatal settings.
Please note: Staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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