Psychological Therapist - Perinatal Mental Health Loss Pathway
Full time 1.0 WTE Mon-Fri 9-5 - permanent role
Due to the expansion of the Coventry and Warwickshire Perinatal Mental Health Loss pathway, we have an exciting opportunity for a Psychological Therapist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team to work within the Psychology Loss Pathway. Specialist training in relation to loss and trauma will be offered to the successful candidate.
The loss pathway is embedded within the Perinatal Mental Health Team and will be made up of Clinical Psychology, Psychological Therapists, Assistant Psychologists, Midwifery, and peer support. We are therefore looking for someone who values and enjoys multi-disciplinary working and has a high level of understanding of the distinct contribution psychological approaches can make to service user recovery and to staff and team functioning.
Our staff pride themselves on being innovative, creative, and responsive to meet the needs of our service users. We are well known for providing a positive working atmosphere and encourage people to join our team who are team players, supportive, resilient, confident, and enthusiastic.
Main Duties of the Job
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who can work confidently on their own as well as supporting the team. Good communication, problem-solving skills, and an interest in Perinatal Mental Health are essential in this role. You are required to be a driver with access to a car that can be used for business purposes. An ability to demonstrate the Trust's vision and values in practice is beneficial. The role has the expectation of supervising junior staff. Visits to the team or questions are encouraged to appreciate this exciting role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Undergraduate degree / Relevant Professional Qualification i.e., RMN
2. Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
3. Relevant further training and experience including specialist short courses which are relevant to a secondary care team e.g., Complex Trauma, CFT, ACT, EMDR, Couple interventions or Systemic models.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
1. Specialist model-specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention skills.
2. Knowledge of psychological theory and practice relevant to the perinatal period.
3. The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on information from a variety of sources.
4. The ability to plan, organise and deliver work, exercising clinical judgement, and managing time effectively.
5. 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.
Experience
Essential
1. Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation, and interventions, drawing on evidence-based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with moderate to severe mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or complex emotional needs.
2. Experience of model-specific psychological assessment of clients and collaborative work with other professional groups, e.g., medical, nursing, social work.
3. Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment, and positive risk management.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address:
Willenhall Primary Care Centre
Remembrance Road
Coventry
CV3 3DG
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