Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) would like to offer a truly unique and rewarding opportunity for a Psychologist with an interest in maternity care, to apply for this role working with families who are currently part of the West Mercia Police Operation Lincoln investigation into maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH).
The post will be hosted and managed within MPFT's Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Care Group, with close links with our Maternal Mental Health Service. The post is part time, working 15 hours per week, with NHS secondment a possibility.
The post-holder will work with families who are part of the investigation, who have come forward to request specialist support in relation to being part of this process.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include:
* Provision of a specialist Psychology service for families who are part of the ongoing Operation Lincoln police investigation into maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (SaTH).
* Offering specialist psychological assessment/consultation and psychological interventions for families, which may include working with women or birthing persons who have experienced perinatal bereavement and/or trauma, and other family members who have been similarly affected by the adverse maternity experiences which led to inclusion in Operation Lincoln, for example partners, couples, grandparents, siblings, and young people living with birth related health conditions.
* Embedding systematic evaluation of interventions offered within the offer, enabling monitoring of the effectiveness and quality of experience for families, and feedback to commissioners on demand for the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Experience
* Working across a range of mental health settings post-qualification
* Experience related to maternal mental health/maternity care
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.
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