Psychological Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic CBT or EMDR accredited therapist or newly qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join EPUT's expanding psychological services for parents and their infants.

You will need a core profession, registration and/or accreditation aligned to a professional body such as BABCP. We encourage core professions such as nursing/OT with requisite 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 for 1 wte Band 7 in the Mid Locality Hub covering Chelmsford, Braintree and Maldon. EPUT offers flexible working options and job share/part time working can also be considered.

There are funded comprehensive trainings available for successful candidates including DBT, EMDR as well Advanced CBT. There are opportunities to shape a role to meet part time and flexible working arrangements.

PMHS consists of five perinatal hubs 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 streamlined, timely and effective for mothers in the perinatal period.

This role offers opportunities to work with a range of complex psychological needs arising during pregnancy, birth and postnatally.

The delivery of psychological therapies is through both individual and group approaches and there are a wide range of therapies utilised from CFT/CBT/EMDR as well as parent infant interventions such as VIG and COS.

Consultation is a key part of the service delivery and there will be an expectation to support staff across the service to formulate a family's difficulties as well as supervise staff with the delivery of psychological informed approaches.

You will join a Psychology Directorate that has had significant investment and is led by a Clinical Director of Psychological Services providing robust governance and support of EPUT psychologists. EPUT Psychological Services provide extensive community Adult Mental Health, In-Patient, and EIP, Secure & Forensic, Clinical Health, Asperger’s and Learning Disabilities services across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, so you will join an enthusiastic and diverse team of Clinical, Counselling and Forensic Psychologists, CBT therapists, and Psychotherapists and Family Systemic Psychotherapists.

The Services enjoys good links with universities in Essex, Hertfordshire and London, Clinical research, teaching and specialised interests are actively encouraged.

We welcome you to join us in shaping these services, as we believe that by investing in the development of our staff member’s careers, we are able to strengthen our services so as to provide the best quality care for our service users.

Delivery of high quality, evidenced based and specialised assessments and interventions, both individual and group.

Delivery of high quality consultation and supervision to staff.

Supporting senior management with service development initiatives and striving for high quality responsive care for mothers and their infants