Job summary
We welcome applications to join our experienced perinatal psychology team, who are passionate about the care we provide to the people we work with and the support we provide to each other and the wider team.
The opening is for a Band 7/8a Clinical Psychologist ( WTE), who will provide individual, group and systemic support to women/birthing people and their families who are accessing support through the Derby Mother and Baby Inpatient Unit (2 days) and the South Derbyshire Perinatal Community Team (1 day).
Within the perinatal speciality we work with mental health difficulties around the transition to motherhood, including attachment difficulties, trauma and loss, tokophobia, puerperal psychosis as well as mood and anxiety presentations.
There will be opportunities to train within EMDR, CFT and parent-infant interventions, provide supervision and consultancy, deliver training, attend workshops and annual forums, be involved in service development and develop an area of specialist interest and one's own style of working.
All candidates should be registered with the HCPC, eligible for BPS Chartered Status, meet the travel requirements, and have an interest in working with trauma, grief and perinatal presentations. A welcoming team and glorious countryside awaits.
Main duties of the job
If appointed, you will join a passionate and experienced MDT and be responsible for the provision of community and inpatient based specialist clinical psychology services for women/birthing people who are pregnant, postnatal, or have experienced a loss and are presenting with a wide range of complex and severe mental health problems, as well as systemic support for their partners.
The role involves helping to formalise referral pathways, assessment and treatment protocols as well as attending ward and community MDT meetings, triaging referrals, assessing and signposting to other services, and liaising with midwifes, obstetricians, as well as primary, secondary and third sector care providers.
There will be a strong focus on supporting the continued development of a psychologically informed trauma focus of care within the wider perinatal team and maternity services, providing supervision/training, and utilising research skills for audits, evaluations, and service development.
About us
The service consists of a 6-bed inpatient unit, a community team with bases in Derby and Chesterfield, and a new maternal mental health service working with loss (MMHS).
The inpatient and community services are accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, highlighting the excellent and specialized care provided by the service. The MMHS sits within the perinatal service and has close links with maternity services.
The team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, CPNs, nursery nurses, OTs, team leads, specialist midwives, peer support workers, a social worker, health visitor, pharmacist, clinical lead, and a service manager, who all possess great enthusiasm and a strong passion for working with women / birthing people and their families during the perinatal period.
The Trust psychology department facilitates specialized supervision (dissociation, psychodynamic, EMDR, CFT) and training (trauma, CBT), supports CPD, and has good links with university training courses in terms of teaching opportunities, trainee selection and placements. DHCFT goes above and beyond to ensure staff are looked after and feel supported.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Band 7 development post / Band 8a
Responsible for the provision of community and inpatient specialist psychological services, in collaboration with an MDT, for women/birthing people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy, the first two years postnatal or following loss (miscarriage, termination, still birth, neonatal death) .
Provision of psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment based upon the interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
Providing a systemic approach to working with partners and the wider family and signposting where appropriate.
Supporting the development of psychological and trauma informed services around maternal mental health and perinatal loss, gap analysis in treatment provision, as well as the audit and evaluation of referral pathways and treatment outcomes to ensure equality of service provision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Doctorate in clinical psychology
2. Good undergraduate degree ( or above)
Professional registration
Essential
3. Registered with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
4. Eligible for registration with British Psychological Society (BPS)
Other
Essential
5. Ability to meet the travel requirements of the job
Skills and Experience
Essential
6. Skills developed through formal training in supervision of other psychologists (Band 8a)
7. Assessment and therapeutic skills relevant to complex and severe mental health presentations
8. Demonstrates further specialist training / experience through having received substantial supervision while working as a clinical psychologist
9. Specialist knowledge of current legislation and guidance for clinical practice and professional management in relation to perinatal / maternal mental health
Desirable
10. Assessment and therapeutic skills related to perinatal / maternal mental health
11. Experience of working with attachment trauma, birth trauma and loss
12. Trained in EMDR, CFT, trauma focused CBT
13. Experience of working in perinatal services
14. Experience of working within inpatient settings
15. Displays an interest in working within perinatal services
16. Able to demonstrate compassion and empathy on application form
Experience
Desirable
17. Experience of designing / running therapy groups