The closing date is 05 October 2026
Salary; £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Job summary
The successful candidate will work with patients who require emotional and counselling support during pregnancy loss, termination of pregnancy and gynaecology care.
We are looking for someone with good communication skills who is able to listen, show empathy and provide appropriate counselling support to patients and their partners. The person should be comfortable having sensitive conversations and supporting patients.
They should be able to work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team, maintain appropriate professional boundaries and recognise when further support or referral may be required.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will provide counselling supportto any patient and/or their partner, who has experienced early pregnancy loss, or patients who are considering or have undergone termination of pregnancy
To deliver support to patients accessing the Early Pregnancy Loss Counselling services.
To deliver training, where necessary to the multi-disciplinary team.
To maintain accurate records and professional standards by attending regular supervision, continuous professional development and training relevant to this role.
Person Specification
Specialist knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the psychological, social, and emotional impact of pregnancy loss, infertility, and termination of pregnancy
- Awareness of the physiological experience and impact of pregnancy loss and termination of pregnancy
Desirable
- Understanding of infertility, including investigations and treatments, including the nature and complexity of loss associated with infertility.
- Knowledge and understanding of related physical and mental health issues (anxiety, depression, gynaecological problems).
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in Counselling, as recognized by the BACP
- Membership of BACP or other recognised professional counselling/ psychotherapy body
Desirable
- BACP Accreditation
- Supervision qualification
- Evidence of further professional training
Knowledge & Experiene
Essential
- In depth experience) of counselling related to specialist subject area.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team in a health/social care setting
- Experience of counselling individuals and couples.
- In depth knowledge of counselling theory and ability to work with a range of counselling models where indicated.
- Experience of loss and grief counselling
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking safeguarding of children and vulnerable adult assessment
IT and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to use the Trust and Department IT systems.
- Ability to communicate with staff and patients via video link platforms.
- Ability to provide counselling to patients via video, telephone and face to face meetings
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to utilise counselling supervision
- Ability to review and audit work
- Ability to deal with distressing and emotionally demanding situations
- Ability to maintain professional autonomy within the Department and multi-disciplinary team, and maintain boundaries and standards of good counselling practice
Desirable
- Experience of providing group support or patients
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).