Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist


Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic B8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to work across our Perinatal MentalHealth Team and Maternity-Trauma, Loss and Care Service (M-TLC) in Milton Keynes. This post is for 33.75 hours per week. The team provide specialist care for women (and their babies) with moderate to severe mental illness, this includes offering pre-conceptual counselling alongside working with women during their pregnancy and up to 2 years postpartum where there is a perinatal need. This is an energetic, creative and welcoming team which aims to offer and inspire excellence in community perinatal mental health care.

The M-TLC Service provides consultation, advice, signposting and targeted interventions to women with moderate-severe/complex mental health difficulties associated with loss and trauma occurring in the maternity/perinatal/neonatal context including the parent infant relationship. This may include PTSD following birth trauma, perinatal loss and severe fear of childbirth (tokophobia).

The postholder will work alongside the Principal Psychologist in the M-TLC and Psychologists who work across the Perinatal Service and M-TLC both delivering and supporting the delivery of psychological interventions as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The teams includes a Psychiatrist, Specialist CPN’s, Occupational Therapist and a Nursery Nurse with administrators supporting the team. The postholder is accountable to the Team Manager for Perinatal Mental Health Team, the Lead Clinical Psychologist for Mental Health and the Service Manager for Mental Health.

The successful applicant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering care to women in a range of community settings including the woman’s home; children’s centre’s; GP surgeries, maternity wards and the use of virtual technology. The ability to work flexibly in multidisciplinary teams and in a range of settings is therefore essential. As a specialist psychologist or CBT Therapist you will provide specialist assessment and treatment for women in the perinatal period which will also involve close liaison with the wider MDT such as Midwives; Health Visitors; Safeguarding and Children’s Centres.

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

You must have experience of working in mental health services at secondary care level with complex presentations with women who may also be in crisis and who express suicidality. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable, and/or a keen interest in this specialist area alongside experience of facilitating group treatments.

The team is part of the wider Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) specialist perinatal mental health provision and there will be opportunities for networking with perinatal psychologists in this new and developing area of specialism across BLMK, the East of England Region and within CNWL.

Both regionally and locally we are committed to further training all disciplines within the team and there will be provision for training in line with a regional training programme.

For further information about this post please see attached job description

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026

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