Job requirements
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist at a highly specialist level.
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings. Including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment.
- Experience
Experience of working clinically with people presenting with challenging behaviour, and/or people who have communication difficulties.
- Qualifications
Qualification in relevant core mental health professional training
- Qualifications
t is a condition of employment that the post-holder is registered with their core professional body - e.g. Health and Care Professions Counsil (HCPC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC etc).
- Qualifications
Doctoral training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or Post-graduate training and accreditation in one or more psychological approaches. For a Psychological Therapist this would need to include CBT and/or EMDR with relevant accreditation by BABCP or EMDR Association UK.
- Personal Attributes
A passion and enthusiasm for working with people experiencing complex mental health problems.
- Personal Attributes
Able to prioritise, work independently and on own initiative
- Personal Attributes
Able to multi-task and set goals for completion.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work well under pressure and/or in times of crisis.
- Personal Attributes
Flexibility, creativity, and preparedness to be innovative in a developing organisation.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to be reliable, co-operative and consistent both as an independent clinician and in team settings.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to demonstrate commitment to own personal & professional development.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work across community settings and travel across a geographical area.
- Personal Attributes
Computer literate.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex data analysis as practiced within the field of psychological care.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by professional bodies.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
- Experience
Experience of group work
- Experience
Training or experience in parent-infant relational work such as Vance, Circle of Security. ideo Interaction Guid
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional bodies.
- Qualifications
Additional therapy training and accreditation relevant to perinatal or maternal mental health.
- Qualifications
Additional therapy training in approaches relevant for trauma or loss.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with diverse client groups.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Experience of assessing and treating clients psychologically within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Skills, knowledge and abilities
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Job overview
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
The South Staffordshire Perinatal and Maternal Mental Service is a specialist service delivering person centred care to expectant and new mothers who are experiencing moderate to severe and complex mental health problems within the perinatal period, or families who have mental health needs associated with loss and trauma occurring in the maternity and neonatal context.
Due to recent staff changes an opportunity has arisen to join our service on a fixed term basis. We are looking for a dynamic, passionate, and creative psychological professional who wants to make a difference to the lives of mothers, babies, and their wider families. You will have a passion for supporting both Adult and Infant Mental Health and have an interest in improving maternity systems and supporting those who have mental health needs associated with maternity or neonatal trauma or loss.
The successful candidate will be joining a supportive, engaged team of Perinatal and Maternal MH psychological professionals, MDT and wider service. The post holder will receive regular supervision and CPD as well as informal support. Across MPFT Perinatal Services there is a strong structure in place comprising of qualified clinical psychologists, psychological therapists and assistant psychologists supported by a Lead Psychologist for Perinatal and Maternal MH.
Main duties of the job
The service is part of MPFT Perinatal Services which includes Brockington Parent and Baby Unit and Shropshire Community Perinatal Mental Health Team. Psychological Professionals play an integrative role in the MDT and are valued and well supported by colleagues. While this post will be primarily focused on delivering psychological support to individual families there will be scope for delivering training and consultation to partner agencies and service development.
The team offers a range of individual and group interventions from a range of theoretical models. Clinical supervision structures are in place to support clinicians to access model specific supervision for specific interventions. We have an established CPD programme within the team and you will be supported to develop your psychological skills in this specialty. The psychology team have close connections with other psychologists within the Children and Families care group, the Maternal Mental Health Service within the Shropshire care group, and perinatal services in North Staffordshire, alongside the local DClinPsy courses offering regular trainee placements, research opportunities and perinatal course teaching.
The services covers the geographical region of South Staffordshire. There is an expectation for the successful post holder to be able to travel to meet the service need. We welcome applications for flexible and hybrid working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist in the South Staffordshire Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service, providing clinical services directly to mothers, babies and their families within the perinatal period or those experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties arising from their maternity experience. This role will incorporate complex assessments leading to psychological formulations of mental health; interpretation, of assessment instruments and forming intervention plans, and the delivery of interventions to this population. The role will require provision of consultation and advice to professionals across South Staffordshire.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling) or CBT Therapist with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Stafford, England. It is listed as a Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £49387.00 to £56515.00. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Would also consider secondment). The application deadline is 15 Oct 2026.
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