Job summary
- Main area
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Course delivery is Thursday)
- Job ref
- 260-TP-1004
- Employer
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tavistock Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £72,921 - £83,362 per annum including Inner HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Course Lead for Postgraduate Certificate in Perinatal and Infant MHC
NHS AfC: Band 8b
It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Job overview
Course Lead for Postgraduate Certificate in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Care
Are you an experienced academic in Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Social with a passion for teaching and academic leadership?
We are looking for a qualified and dedicated individual to develop and lead a Postgraduate Certificate in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will develop and deliver a new postgraduate module in Infant Mental Health and be responsible for the existing Perinatal Mental Health postgraduate module which will be offered together as a new Post Graduate Certificate in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Care within the Trust's Nursing & Workforce Development Portfolio. This will involve designing and taking through university processes to ensure the validation of a postgraduate certificate for delivery in the 2026-27 Academic Year.
The post holder will lead the team delivering the course and be responsible for managing the course team, course budget and recruitment. They will ensure good relationships with applicants, students and staff and all aspects of learning, teaching and academic governance are attended to including ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion is effectively addressed in student and staff recruitment, learning and teaching materials and assessment.
Key Details:
Online teaching on Thursdays
What We're Looking For:
Qualified and registered as a practitioner in Psychotherapy/ Social Work/ Psychology/ Nursing/Occupational Therapy in UK
Expertise and experience in teaching and learning at Masters level
Strong knowledge, experience and skills in perinatal parent infant mental health multidisciplinary practice
Commitment to and track record in anti-racist, intersectional and compassionate practice and teaching
Working for our organisation
For over 100 years, the Tavistock and Portman clinics have embodied a distinctive way of thinking about and understanding mental distress, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Our vision is to be a leader in mental health care and education, using talking and relational therapies to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives
Our mission is to work in partnership with people, families and communities to provide high-quality specialist mental healthcare, alleviate emotional distress and pioneer innovative education and research.
Our values
We strive for excellence
We champion inclusivity
We place compassion at our core
We have respect for each other
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- UK recognised qualification and professional background relevant to perinatal mental health/ parent infant mental health and appropriate professional registration in e.g. Psychotherapy, Social Work, Psychology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post-qualifying experience in perinatal mental health/parent-infant mental health
- Substantial experience of course organisation and teaching at postgraduate level or equivalent experience
- Experience of managing a complex network of relationships, interfacing with a range of external agencies.
- Understanding of and commitment to the value of difference in experience in a training context and of overseeing inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies
- Substantial experience of working as an educator
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to support, develop, supervise and undertake course management responsibilities
- Ability to develop new training/education initiatives and contribute to business development initiatives
- Planning and organisational skills including the development and implementation of specific training programmes
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of a range of clinical evidence-based approaches within the perinatal mental health and parent infant mental health field
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policy and service frameworks for mental health and education, with particular regard for perinatal mental health and parent infant mental health.
- Knowledge of the infrastructure requirements for delivering postgraduate and/or professionally accredited programmes of study, including academic governance and quality assurance processes
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Brook
- Job title
- Perinatal Parent Infant MH Training Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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