We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, motivated and flexible qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) practitioners to join our Perinatal Service.
Applicants need to be accredited with the BABCP.
This is an exciting time to join our team; we are expanding our service so that we are able to reach more people across Liverpool & Sefton, with an aim to deliver increased therapeutic support.
The post holder will provide high intensity interventions - initially cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in the perinatal period.
Responsibilities include:
1. Accept referrals and adhere to agreed protocols within the service.
2. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
3. Adhere to the agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contracts offered and clinical sessions carried out per week, to ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
4. Work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and commit to equal opportunities.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce costs as we do so.
For further details or informal visits, please contact:
Name: Dr Elizabeth Chamberlain
Job Title: Lead Perinatal Clinical Psychologist
Email: elizabeth.chamberlain@merseycare.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0151 702 4012
Alternative Contact:
Name: Samantha Evans
Telephone: 0151-702-4012
Email: samantha.evans@merseycare.nhs.uk
#J-18808-Ljbffr