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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

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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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jo Brook
Job title
Perinatal Parent Infant MH Training Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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