Psychological Lead Therapist - Perinatal Team

Transformationunitgm; England; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust is seeking a skilled Psychological Lead Therapist for the Perinatal Mental Health Team. The role involves delivering evidence-based psychological therapies, supporting parent-infant relationships, and developing clinical practices. Applicants need to have a doctorate level qualification in psychology and relevant accreditation. The position offers full-time hours and provides various benefits, promoting a healthy work-life balance and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Skilled in delivering high-quality psychological therapy.
• Experience in providing dyadic therapy to parents and infants.
• Accredited by a recognized therapy body.
• Experience in mental health practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological therapy across various settings.
• Make clinical decisions and contribute to care planning.
• Support colleagues in the team.
• Engage in training for specialist therapies.

Skills

Compassionate care

Clinical decision-making

Evidence-based therapy

Consultation and support

Education

Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology

Accreditation from a recognized Psychological Therapy body

Job description

Main area psychological therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri) Job ref 453-25-7550426

Employer Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site New Mill Town Bradford Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 12/12/2025

Psychological Lead Therapist - Perinatal Team

NHS AfC: Band 7

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

Job overview

We are seeking a skilled, compassionate, and accredited Psychological Lead Therapist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team. This is a unique opportunity to deliver evidence-based psychological therapies, including parent-infant interventions, while helping to shape service development and clinical practice. You will be provided with parent-infant therapeutic intervention training.

Closing- 4th December 2025

Shortlisting- 5th December 2025

Interview- 12th December 2025

Main duties of the job

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality psychological therapy, including parent-infant interventions, across a range of settings including homes, clinics, and via telemedicine.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions and contribute to care planning.
• Provide consultation and support to colleagues across the team.
• Assist the Team Manager and Clinical Lead with operational duties and service development.
• Engage in training to deliver specialist therapies that support perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships.
• Promote a perinatal frame of mind in all aspects of care, enhancing the parent-infant relationship.

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical, psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
• Specialist post graduate training to masters level or equivalent in a psychotherapeutic modality AND Experience of providing therapy in a mental health setting AND Accreditation from a recognised Psychological Therapy body ie. BABCP, BACP, UKCP via: (a) Professional route; requiring previous mental health qualification e.g. Clin. Psych., RMN, Dip. SW. or (b) where applicable, the KSA (knowledge, skills and attitude) route (e.g. with the BABCP).
• Experienced of providing therapy in a mental health setting.
• Experience of providing dyadic therapy to parents and infants

Experience

• Experience in relevant area of mental health practise.
• Application of minimum of 2 years delivering evidence based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
• Clinical leadership experience.
• Involvement in innovative clinical practice. Experience delivering psychological therapies to groups of patients. Experience in applying specialist psychological therapies. Experience of delivering psychological therapies to people with psychosis (CBTp/ FI)

Knowledge

• Evidence based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service. Relevant specialist clinical courses/training. Research awareness Some understanding of the importance of the parent-infant relationship.
• Involvement in clinical research programmes

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.

Bradford has been awarded the coveted status of UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations. Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.

We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from the groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.