Clinical Psychologist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum (pro rata P/T) inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, W2 6HF |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6209627/333-J-PERI-0135-A |
Summary
We are a group of perinatal services who are looking for qualified psychological therapists to join our teams. We are keen to expand our MDT to continue with the development of our psychologically informed pathways of care we offered to the women accessing our services; their babies, partner’s and family during the perinatal period (from pre-conception to 2 years of age).
We recognise that perinatal mental health is a specialist service and we are keen to invest in the development of new practitioners joining our service to develop their knowledge, skills, clinical practice, leadership and confidence in working in this area. We are therefore looking for applicants who either have experience in perinatal services or have a good foundation with transferable skills and an interest in perinatal work.
We are looking for applicants for a Band 8a clinical psychologist who will be in a position of leadership within our perinatal services. We are looking for motivated and committed clinical psychologists who are passionate to lead the development of psychological therapies and the therapy pathways within our perinatal mental health services. We are particularly interested in applicants who are either interested in training in Systemic Therapy or have started their systemic therapy training.
• Providing psychological treatment for a caseload of clients with complex perinatal mental health needs during their pregnancy and up to one year post-natally. These may be longstanding mental health problems or those presenting for the first time.
• To deliver interventions which provide support to mothers and their families in caring for their babies’ developmental needs, promoting infant mental health and wellbeing.
• To work with service users in a variety of settings, including service user homes, antenatal clinics, Children’s centres and outpatient clinics.
• To be involved in joint assessments including participating in a duty rota and telephone triage for referrals with support of experienced Perinatal Practitioners, Team Leader and other clinicians.
• To ensure accurate and concise record keeping relating to both parents and babies as well as documenting interactions with external agencies where appropriate.
• To provide written and verbal feedback relating to the mother’s care of her baby and general feedback relating to the baby’s well-being at clinical and local authority meetings.
• To communicate in a clear and professional manner with all parents, colleagues and extended agencies involved in safeguarding of the baby.
• To have close working links with our designated Mother and Baby unit, Coombe Wood
• To also work in partnership with local health visiting teams, maternity services, children’s centres, Children’s services and adult mental health services
CNWL’s Perinatal Mental Health Services provides support for pregnant & postnatal women experiencing mental health /emotional difficulties in the boroughs of Brent, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, Hillingdon and Westminster, providing community and inpatient care.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
• Providing psychological treatment for a caseload of clients with complex perinatal mental health needs during their pregnancy and up to one year post-natally. These may be longstanding mental health problems or those presenting for the first time.
• To deliver interventions which provide support to mothers and their families in caring for their babies’ developmental needs, promoting infant mental health and wellbeing.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024
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