Job overview

Do you have empathy and passion to support women experiencing perinatal trauma and/or loss? Do you have experience of working within perinatal services or an interest in perinatal mental health and willingness to learn more about working within this field?

The Lotus Maternal Therapeutic Outreach Team are seeking to recruit a substantive 8a Clinical Psychologist to complete our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your skills within a specialist area and develop your confidence in working with service users who have experienced psychological trauma or bereavement.

The Lotus Maternal Therapeutic Outreach Service launched in June 2021, as a pilot site chosen to develop a Maternal Mental Health Service (MMHS) as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. We are now an established MMHS Service who often offer consultation and training for developing MMHS services and external agencies.

Together with the wider perinatal service, the Lotus team was awarded ‘Team of the Year’ in the NSFT Staff Excellence Awards 2022. We are a small, dedicated team comprising of Clinical Psychologists, Peer Support Workers and Specialist Midwives, offering specialist assessment and psychological interventions to women and birthing people who have experienced mental health difficulties relating to their perinatal experience, including: birth trauma, fear of childbirth (Tokophobia), pregnancy loss or death of a baby, and separation from their baby due to Children’s Services involvement.

Main duties of the job

This exciting opportunity is available to be part of a developing a service. The successful candidate will be required to provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and treatment skills. EMDR and trauma-focussed CBT experience, whilst not essential, is desirable.

The Lotus service covers the whole of Norfolk and Waveney area and provides a link between maternity services and other services involved in mental health care for women, including the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team, Children’s Services and local community organisations. This will involve working with a range of professionals, services, and agencies

Working for our organisation

At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce, including those from the global majority. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.