Psychological Lead Therapist – Perinatal Team: Sponsorship Available

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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- 18th October 2026

Shortlisting- 21st October 2026

Interview- 29th October 2026

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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. AND Experienced of providing therapy in a mental health setting.
  • OR 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).

Desirable

  • Experience of providing dyadic therapy to parents and infants

Experience

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • Involvement in clinical research programmes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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