Senior Perinatal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

This post is part of the Clinical Psychology leadership team responsible for overseeing the Clinical Psychology provision in their patch. The Clinical Psychology team across the service comprises one band 8b Clinical Psychologist, band 8a Clinical Psychologists and band 7 Clinical Psychologists.

The post holder will actively contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of perinatal mental health services using advanced clinical leadership skills and knowledge to provide training and consultancy in clinical psychology within the specialty area of perinatal mental health. The post holder will be responsible for assessing and treating service users in Camden and Islington. 20% of their workload is expected to be management & leadership and 80% will be clinical interventions. They are expected to hold a highly complex caseload., The current posts advertised are for 2 part-time (0.6wte), permanent role for 2 Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologists:

1. Based in the South Team, with borough of responsibility Islington.

2. Based in the East Team, with borough of responsibility Haringey.

Important note: The successful candidates will be expected to build community links, referral pathways and provide clinical assessments and evidence based interventions both at their borough of responsibility and their team base. The post holders will jointly oversee the Clinical Psychology caseload of the South sub-team (Camden and Islington) and the East sub-team (Enfield and Haringey) with another 8a already in post in each of the sub-teams.

Both posts are eligible for inner London HCAS. Please indicate your preference in your application.

They will ensure the formulation of profession specific highly specialist care and treatment plans which provide specialist interventions / care to service users with complex mental health conditions. The post holders will be responsible for supporting and supervising band 7 Psychologists and/or trainees, ensuring that the Clinical Psychology team understands and operates to the requirements of the service line operational policy and service line strategy and that safe, evidence based, NICE concordant, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users.

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.