Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal Psychological Therapist
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This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Perinatal Mental Health Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Psychological Practitioner (Psychologist, Adult Psychotherapist, Arts Psychotherapist or CBT Therapist) to join our well-established MDT working in the Perinatal Mental Health Service.
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides evidence-based care for women, their infants and their families, in line with the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term plan. The service prioritises access and care for women with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and works closely with general adult services, maternity, primary care and social care.
While this post will primarily focus on delivering psychological interventions to individuals and families (both directly and by supervising and supporting MDT colleagues) there will also be scope for delivering training, teaching and consultation to other professionals.
The successful candidate will be joining a supportive and engaged Psychological Interventions team and will receive regular supervision and CPD as well as informal support.
Key Responsibilities:
- To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of women within the perinatal service and to provide specialist advice guidance to other staff members when required.
- To provide high-quality evidence-based psychological treatments to women with complex co-morbidity, providing individually tailored psychological treatment programmes addressing problems such as severe depression and anxiety, perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder, personality disorder and psychosis. The post holder will provide either direct treatment of vulnerable women, and consultation/guidance/training to non-psychological staff.
- To support the wider health and social care environment in raising awareness around perinatal mental health issues in general and within psychological therapy approaches.
- Emphasis is on multi-disciplinary team working delivering good psychological outcomes (rather than emphasis on psychotherapy).
- The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, facilitating the integration of a psychological perspective into the team’s understanding of the clinical issues.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.
- The role may entail working as lead health care professional if appropriate.
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Qualification, Training & Experience Requirements:
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About Us:
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
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Staff Engagement:
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Nicci Earley
- Job Title: Psychological Lead
- Email Address: nicci.earley@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0300 421 3342
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