• Job Description

  Req#: C9301-24-1045?language=en&page=305&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The South Staffordshire Lotus Service - Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS) welcomes applications for a full time Band 4 Assistant Psychologist working on a9-month fixed term.

  This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Psychology Graduate to join our psychologically informed service supporting people who have experienced perinatal loss, Tokophobia or trauma during their maternity journey.

  We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic individual who is confident working independently and who can show initiative. You will be joining a well-established multi-disciplinary team to deliver an excellent standard of care to people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties because of their maternity journey.

  The Lotus Service sits within the MPFT Perinatal Mental Health Service and we have a very supportive psychology team. This includes a growing Assistant Psychologist peer supervision group, the opportunity to shadow psychologists, continued professional development and service development sessions as well as access to excellent training.

  The Lotus Service provides assessment and treatment to patients who are registered with a South Staffordshire GP surgery. Our team mainly work with Queen's Hospital Burton and Royal Stoke University Hospital, but we also liaise with other hospitals to support patients wherever they choose to access their maternity care.

  Main duties of the job

  • To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of service users applying psychological, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user's care.
  • To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's problems, including simple procedures and techniques related to psychology therapies.
  • To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups.
  • To communicate and liaise with staff from other disciplines.
  • To assist in the delivery of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service.
  • To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
  • To review case files, depositions etc. where appropriate, analysing that information, providing summaries and reports under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist.
  • To prepare reports on clinical interventions with individuals and groups, the results of psychometric assessments, case note reviews and research/audit projects. Such reports may be written for, or read by, the service user, psychologists, members of the multi-disciplinary team, or staff from external agencies.

  About us

  By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

  • Supporting your career development and progression
  • Excellent NHS Pension scheme
  • Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Options for flexible working
  • Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
  • Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
  • If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
  • Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
  • Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
  • Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
  • Free car parking at all trust sites
  • Free flu vaccinations every year
  • Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

  And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

  Date posted

  19 June 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

  Reference number

  301-KM-24-6352569

  Job locations

  c/o Brockington Parent and Baby Unit, St Georges Hospital

  Corporation Street

  Stafford

  ST16 3SR

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification, and to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.

  Please note, if a high volume of applications is received, this advert may close early so please ensure you submit your application without delay. This position is not suitable for current undergraduates or recent graduates.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification, and to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.

  Please note, if a high volume of applications is received, this advert may close early so please ensure you submit your application without delay. This position is not suitable for current undergraduates or recent graduates.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Psychology OR a Lower Second Class Degree with a post-graduate qualification e.g. Master's Degree.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

  Desirable

  • Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, and/or research design and analysis.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Has significant experience of face to face work with people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and/or offending behaviour.
  • Experience of working in an inpatient or community setting
  • Has experience of working alongside other staff.

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems
  • Experience of assisting in delivery of group-based treatment.
  • Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
  • Has worked with clinical psychologists and has an awareness of professional standards/issues.
  • Experience of research methods, audit or other service evaluation techniques.

  Skills

  Essential

  • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
  • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to an acute or community mental health context.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively. Recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
  • Able to use library effectively, conduct literature searches, etc.
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

  Desirable

  • Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis
  • Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
  • Knowledge and skills specifically relevant to perinatal mental health
  • Experience of working with families and/or carers

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Psychology OR a Lower Second Class Degree with a post-graduate qualification e.g. Master's Degree.
  • Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

  Desirable

  • Further training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice, and/or research design and analysis.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Has significant experience of face to face work with people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and/or offending behaviour.
  • Experience of working in an inpatient or community setting
  • Has experience of working alongside other staff.

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems
  • Experience of assisting in delivery of group-based treatment.
  • Experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and multi-agency settings.
  • Has worked with clinical psychologists and has an awareness of professional standards/issues.
  • Experience of research methods, audit or other service evaluation techniques.

  Skills

  Essential

  • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
  • An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to an acute or community mental health context.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively. Recognises the limits of own competence and need for supervision.
  • Able to use library effectively, conduct literature searches, etc.
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

  Desirable

  • Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis
  • Experience of working with women in the perinatal period
  • Knowledge and skills specifically relevant to perinatal mental health
  • Experience of working with families and/or carers

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  c/o Brockington Parent and Baby Unit, St Georges Hospital

  Corporation Street

  Stafford

  ST16 3SR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  c/o Brockington Parent and Baby Unit, St Georges Hospital

  Corporation Street

  Stafford

  ST16 3SR

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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