Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist Maternal Mental Health Service inShropshire Telford and Wrekin inShropshire Telford and Wrekin PUBLISHED FRI 3 JAN 2025

Band 8a fixed term for 9 months, or NHS secondment (maternity cover)

We are offering a rare opportunity to join our well established Lighthouse MMHS in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin. We are a Psychology led, values driven team, providing a service for families (including partners) who have experienced birth trauma, pregnancy/neonatal loss, or moderate to severe distress related to fear of pregnancy/childbirth. The team hold a significant amount of expertise, with our clinical lead and several clinicians having also been involved in delivery of the Maternity Review Psychology Service for families who were part of the Ockenden Review.

We are looking for a compassionate, family focused Psychologist with a keen interest in maternal mental health, to work collaboratively with colleagues in providing a service to families experiencing moderate to severe distress related to birth trauma, loss, or fear of pregnancy/childbirth.

The post holder will work closely with specialist midwives, consultants and other mental health services, to offer a holistic service for families

• Provision of a Psychology service within the Lighthouse Maternal Mental Health Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, including complex mental health needs. This is to involve providing specialist psychological assessments, leading to psychological formulations of distress; interpretation & opinion; and forming judgements to inform service provision & providing necessary psychological interventions.
• The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. In so doing, they will be responsible for adhering to relevant Trust policies and professional ethics & standards. The post holder will be accountable for both professional & clinical actions.
• As a senior clinician, the post holder will develop a field of expertise that is a basis for providing advice to the service within which they work and will contribute to service and project development across the wider Trust area. This to include leading or contributing to training, supervision and governance aspects of the specific models of service delivery.
• The post holder will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by more junior Psychologists within Lighthouse and provide peer supervisory support to colleagues as appropriate.
• The post is to include the provision of training placements for Psychologists in Training as required.
• The role includes employing research skills for audit, policy & service development and research

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