Assistant Clinical Psychologist

The Parent and Baby and Lotus service welcomes internal applicants for a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist post. This is a full time, permanent post., The Parent and Baby Day Service is a specialist perinatal secondary mental health service. The service is interested in the prevention, detection and management of perinatal problems that complicate pregnancy and the postpartum year. These problems can include new difficulties, recurrences of previous difficulties, and those women who have existing mental health problems. The team at the Parent and Baby Day Service provides a comprehensive service of high intensity with customised treatments for parents with psychological disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Psychology is well integrated, valued and respected by the team.

Lotus provide support for women/birthing people and their families who are looking for help with their mental health which has been significantly affected by pregnancy loss, tokophobia, birth trauma or trauma in a neonatal care setting. This service is psychology led and includes specialist midwifery within the MDT.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.