# Clinical Psychologist

**Company**: Brent & Harrow Perinatal Mental Health Service
**Location**: Harrow
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £63,665 to £70,887
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team within the Brent & Harrow Perinatal Mental Health Service. The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions for women experiencing a range of mental health, social and emotional difficulties during the perinatal period.

The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and service policies, participating in team meetings, case discussions and reflective practice. They will contribute to the development of effective, recovery-oriented models of care and work closely with relevant local services, including maternity, Talking Therapies, mental health and children's social care services.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing highly specialist psychological assessments of women referred to the PMHS

- Formulating and implementing plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients' mental health problems

- Developing and delivering evidence-based treatment protocols for severe and complex psychological disorders occurring in the perinatal period

- Exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients

- Providing specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals

The salary for this post is £63,665 to £70,887 per annum, depending on experience.

We are looking for a candidate with a post-graduate doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, and eligible for chartered status with the BPS.

## Skills

### Required
- Clinical Psychology
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Evidence-based Interventions
- Autonomous Practice
- Team Collaboration

### Nice to have
- EMDR
- Trauma-focused CBT
- Experience of working with perinatal presentations
- Experience of working with families impacted by mental health

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