Job summary
- Main area
- Perinatal mental health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 9-5 Mon - Fri
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Mon-Fri)
- Job ref
- 444-7326807-MH
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Willenhall Primary Care Centre
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/08/2025
Employer heading

Psychological therapist for perinatal mental health service
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
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PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
Psychological Therapist for Perinatal mental health service- Band 7
Full time, permanent role
Are you passionate about ensuring that women and baby have access to high quality and evidence-based mental health and psychological care?
Maternal mental health is a life-saving, crucial and growing area of practice bringing together some of the most passionate and skilled health professionals in the NHS. 10% of women develop a mental health problem during pregnancy or within the immediate period after the birth of their baby and untreated can have a devastating impact on the women affected and their families. In the UK, mental health in pregnant and post-natal women has previously often gone unrecognised, undiagnosed and untreated.
Main duties of the job
Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS specialist perinatal mental health service work is a multidisciplinary team that is meeting the specific needs of ante and perinatal women with a high quality multi-disciplinary service and linking with the full range of health and social care professionals including GPs, health visitors and midwives as well as gynaecology, obstetrics ETC.
The service is a dynamic, exciting collaboration across three commissioning groups and three maternity hospitals and a range of community settings.
Working for our organisation
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.
These include:
· 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 groups
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate degree /Relevant Professional Qualification i.e RMN
- Current registration with Professional Body appropriate to qualifications
- Specialist Therapy Qualification, as appropriate to the role
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist model specific and individualised psychological assessment, formulation and Intervention skills.
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapies
- Skilled and competent in evidence-based psychological therapies
- The ability to analyse complex data and make expert judgements based on Information from a variety of sources.
- The ability to plan, organise and deliver work, exercising clinical judgement, and managing time effectively.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in psychological therapy in the field of adult mental health settings, including assessment, formulation and interventions, drawing on a evidence based psychological models and knowledge, and including work with service users with mild, moderate, severe and enduring mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and/or personality disorder
- Experience of model-specific psychological assessment of clients and collaborative work with other professional groups, e.g. medical, nursing, social work.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gina Aamodt-Leeper
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476212176
- Additional information
Vicki Cox
Team Leader
PMHT
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