Specialist Counsellor Women\'s Health

Specialist Counsellor for Women’s Health

Closing date: 28 January 2026

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Specialist Women’s Health Counsellor to join our multidisciplinary team within the Centre for Women’s Health.

This is a part‑time post (15 hours per week), with working days on Monday and Friday, offering an excellent opportunity for a skilled clinician seeking a specialist role alongside other professional or personal commitments.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern,iz Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state‑of‑the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

At RDUH, we are proud of the care we provide to 天天中彩票 and families across Devon. You will join a supportive, values‑led organisation that recognises the importance of psychological care as a core part of women’s health services. We are committed to staff wellbeing, flexible working where possible and ongoing professional development.

You will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions to women, couples and families experiencing emotional distress related to maternity, gynaecology and neonatal care. This includes work with trauma, grief and loss, birth trauma, tokenskiophobia, anxiety and adjustment following complex reproductive or neonatal experiences.

You will work autonomously within a supportive multidisciplinary environment and contribute to psychologically informed care across women’s services.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver specialist counselling and psychological therapies within maternity, gynaecology and neonatal services
• Provide trauma‑informed interventions, including EMDR, in line with NICE guidance
• Undertake specialist assessment, formulation, risk assessment and care planning
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, offering consultation, group work and debriefing
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service evaluation and audit
• ащwork in line with professional, ethical and safeguarding standards

You will be:

• BACP accredited
• EMDR trained or currently completing EMDR training
• Experienced in working with trauma, grief and complex emotional presentations
• Confident working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Compassionate, reflective and committed to high‑quality, patient‑centred care

Experience with in women’s health, maternity, neonatal or acute hospital settings is highly desirable.

Working Pattern: Mondays and Fridays

Interview Date: To be confirmed

For further information please contact: Naomi Kelly, Perinatal Matron,  naomi

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