Candidates will be expected to conduct assessments, treatment planning, and supervision while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The position also entails training in evidence-based practices, such as EMDR and Compassion-Focused Therapy, as well as opportunities for service development and research involvement. Registered HCPC and eligible for BPS Chartered Status candidates with a keen interest in trauma and perinatal mental health are encouraged to apply. The role aims to develop a psychologically informed approach to care, enhancing support options for women during critical perinatal phases.
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 (0.6 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.
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.
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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.
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