Main area: Perinatal Mental Health
Grade Band: 7/8a
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (part time or job share can be considered)
Job ref: 436-6850342
Employer: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: perinatal team south
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/02/2025
Bd 7/8a Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Perinatal
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
We are excited to be advertising for a psychologist position in our well-established South perinatal community team in Birmingham. We are looking for Clinical/Counselling Psychologists with an interest in perinatal mental health to work in our community team in South Birmingham. The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides a multi-disciplinary, regional service to treat mothers with mental health problems, both during pregnancy and in the first year post-partum. There is an Outreach team as well as the 10 bedded inpatient Mother and Baby Unit at the Barberry. The South Community team is based at Longbridge (B45 9PL)/Barberry (B15 2SJ).
These are fixed term band 7 positions, also appropriate for current 8a's depending upon experience. You will join a large, active and supportive perinatal psychology team who meet regularly. This service enjoys significant psychology leadership and supports the development of our psychological clinicians.
Main duties of the job
The main clinical work undertaken is to provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention for mothers and their babies and families in the community. You will work with women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties, including birth trauma, parent-infant work, OCD, and depression. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to our service-wide group programme. The role may also involve contributing to the supervision of psychology trainees or psychology assistants working in the community setting. The post holder will act as a member of the MDT, attend meetings, and offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to team colleagues.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing, and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to ensure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive, and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996; HCPC registration) OR If not yet qualified, close to completion of a DClinPsy or similar qualification.
* Training/experience in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice related to perinatal mental health and/or infant mental health.
Knowledge and Experience
* Significant post-qualified experience of working as a Psychologist. Experience with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of working with mothers and their infants, couples, and/or families; Experience of working with women with perinatal mental illness.
Skills
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies in specific difficult to treat groups; Knowledge of the long-term impact of maternal mental health issues on the infant, the mother-infant relationship and the wider family.
Other
* Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional, and academic settings.
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Dr. Laura Evans
Job title: Lead Clinical Psychologist (South Birmingham Team)
Email address: laura.evans100@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07985 883943
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