Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Job overview

This is a training role supported by NHS England. The post-holder will work within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Reproductive Trauma Service (RTS), providing high volume low intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role.

The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

The post holder will be expected to provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to women accessing the service, whilst also attending all taught and self-study days necessary to complete the course at the University of Lancashire.

Main duties of the job

This is a key, organisation-wide role in developing and maintaining high standards of care for women who experience specific mental health difficulties in their pregnancy and the postnatal period, and their families. You will gain relevant knowledge and skills which you will use to contribute to the care of, and treatment delivery for women during pregnancy and beyond with complex mental health difficulties, in particular those presenting with tokophobia, birth-related trauma and perinatal loss, working alongside the wider RTS team, in partnership with maternity services, health visiting services, and other mental health services.

Potential interview dates - 17th or 18th November

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• Undertake initial assessments for women referred into the service and contribute to MDT discussions to determine service suitability, appropriate allocation and input.
• Provide a range of evidence based psychological interventions to individuals in line with clinical guidance, whilst developing problem statements from a perinatal perspective
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
• Work closely with other members of the team ensuring treatment plan remains appropriate and necessary adjustments/amendments to treatment plan are agreed and actioned.

Training and Supervision

• Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments.
• Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
• Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
• Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical and case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.
• Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice.
• Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice.

Professional • Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g., NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

• Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
• Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems, and perinatal specific mental health difficulties.
• Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed, and reviewed with supervisors/ line manager on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.
• Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
• Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
• Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

General • To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services.

Collaborative Practice

• Understand the impact of poor maternal mental health on infants and other family members, and the role that maternity services can play in mitigating this.
• Regularly liaise with Midwives, GPs, Health Visitors, Obstetricians, Community Mental Health Teams and other agencies in relation to the care of pregnant women and new mothers with specific mental health difficulties.
• Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women in relation to their mental health needs, ensuring women from diverse backgrounds are able to access the service and address their specific needs.
• Liaison with peer support to request additional support for women and their families where needed.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the impact of common psychiatric medications on women and babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding and have links to experts (specialist perinatal psychiatrists and pharmacists) to keep this knowledge up to date and seek additional information where required.

Applicant requirements

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.