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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Principle Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8b 0.6 WTE

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Principal Perinatal Clinical Psychologist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team in Coventry and Warwickshire. This is a key clinical leadership role, supporting the development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological care for adults experiencing a range of moderate to severe perinatal mental health difficulties such as trauma, mood disorders and co-morbid physical and mental health problems as well as difficulties in the bond with their baby.

You will provide clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to psychological professionals and other multidisciplinary colleagues, alongside offering a highly specialist psychological therapies service to service users. Working closely with senior clinicians and operational managers, you will help to shape services, and embed trauma-informed and formulation-driven practice across the pathway.

Key Responsibilities

Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for adults with moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems.
Offer consultation, and supervision to psychologists, trainees, and wider MDT colleagues.
Lead on the safety and governance aspects of the delivery of psychological services in the team, including the management of referrals, ensuring processes around clinical data and information are followed and that staff have the training and development to practice safely within the limit of their competence.
Take a leading role in service development, innovation, and evaluation, supporting implementation of NICE-concordant care.
Contribute to workforce development, including leadership of psychology provision across the pathway.
Develop strong partnerships across local services, community organisations, and voluntary sector partners to improve outcomes and accessibility.
Champion psychological perspectives within the team, promoting recovery-focused and trauma-informed approaches

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

These are detailed in the job description.

We would welcome somebody who is a dynamic team orientated person who is keen on service development and ensuring that we provide a high quality timely service.

As the Principal Clinical Psychologist you will work alongside colleagues in the Psychology Service and wider MDT to ensure that we are meeting targets and working with the local population health needs.

About You We are looking for a clinician who is:
A Clinical or Counselling psychologist who is HCPC-registered
Experienced in working with adults with severe and complex mental health needs in community settings.
Skilled in delivering, supervising, and evaluating evidence-based psychological therapies (e.g., CBT, DBT, CAT, EMDR, schema therapy).
Confident in service development, leadership, and strategic influence within multidisciplinary teams.
Committed to reducing health inequalities and promoting co-production with service users and carers.

Passionate about supervision, reflective practice, and developing others.

We welcome and questions on this rare opportunity.