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This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic CBT Therapist/ Psychological Therapist/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join Essex Parent Infant Mental Health Service.

You will need have had accredited training as well as current registration with an appropriate body such as HCPC, BACP, BABCP.   We encourage core professions such as Nursing/OT with the requisite therapy accreditation to apply. You will be working alongside other qualified clinicians including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and Psychotherapists to deliver formulation based individual and group interventions. 

This post is 0.6 wte Band 7 in the North West Hub covering Stansted, Harlow & Loughton.   

There is a high standard of in house specialist supervision available to support new and existing skills in CBT with BACAP registered supervisors as well as supervisions to support other models such as EMDR/CFT/DBT and parent infant interventions such as VIG and COS. The service offers a comprehensive perinatal training package available for successful candidates. 

PMHS consists of five perinatal hubs across Essex with a MDT staff mix comprising of Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, OT, Social Work and Nursery Nursing.  PMHS has established pathways with maternity, health visiting, secondary care mental health services and primary care services which strengthens provision to be timely and effective for mothers in the perinatal period.

Main duties of the job

Delivering high quality and effective interventions through both group and individual approaches.

Conducting high quality initial assessments of mothers and birthing people requiring perinatal support.

Conducting specialised perinatal psychological assessment of a mother's or birthing people's  mental health and psychological needs including the relationship with their infant. 

To provide psychological advice to other professionals both within and external to the service

To support the senior psychology team with development of the perinatal psychology offer. 

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.