Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Principle Perinatal Clinical Psychologist
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Principal Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8b 0.6 WTE
We are seeking an experienced and innovative Principal Perinatal Clinical Psychologist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team in Coventry and Warwickshire. This is a key clinical leadership role, supporting the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological care for adults experiencing a range of moderate to severe perinatal mental health difficulties such as trauma, mood disorders and co-morbid physical and mental health problems as well as difficulties in the bond with their baby.
You will provide clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to psychological professionals and other multidisciplinary colleagues, alongside offering a highly specialist psychological therapies service to service users. Working closely with senior clinicians and operational managers, you will help to shape services, and embed trauma-informed and formulation-driven practice across the pathway.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for adults with moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems.
- Offer consultation, and supervision to psychologists, trainees, and wider MDT colleagues.
- Lead on the safety and governance aspects of the delivery of psychological services in the team, including the management of referrals, ensuring processes around clinical data and information are followed and that staff have the training and development to practice safely within the limit of their competence.
- Take a leading role in service development, innovation, and evaluation, supporting implementation of NICE-concordant care.
- Contribute to workforce development, including leadership of psychology provision across the pathway.
- Develop strong partnerships across local services, community organisations, and voluntary sector partners to improve outcomes and accessibility.
- Champion psychological perspectives within the team, promoting recovery-focused and trauma-informed approaches
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Candidate Information Pack Dec 24
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
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- Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- Staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Gina Aamodt-Leeper
- Job title: Consultant Perinatal Psychologist
- Email address: gina.aamodtleeper@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02476212176
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