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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Band 8b Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - 1.0wte - Community Mental Health Team (Psychosis)</strong></p> <p>Our Vision: To become an innovative, forward-thinking, and inclusive teaching organisation, enabling us to provide consistently high quality, safe, and compassionate care - do you want to play an important part in this?</p> <p>Our values: Compassion; Respect; Excellence; Collaboration; Integrity - do you share our values?</p> <p>Voices... trauma... visions... stigma... withdrawal... exclusion... depression... substance use - the people we support need psychologists who can help them find a way through these experiences and make a meaningful recovery - are you ready to work alongside them and their families?</p> <p>Peer workers... multi-disciplinary teams... transformation... new partnerships... organisational change - do these excite you?</p> <p>If the answer to these is 'Yes', we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a clinical/counselling psychologist who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of people experiencing psychosis. </p> <p>Our Community Mental Health teams are multi-disciplinary and support adults in the community who experience significant mental health problems including those with ongoing difficulties as a result of psychosis. Compassionate care is at the heart of what we do, and the contribution of psychology and provision of psychological interventions is highly valued. We have a strong commitment to provide an excellent standard of care and to continually improve.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This is a truly exciting time as we change what we do and how we deliver community mental health services. This newly integrated CMH team is developing a pathway for people with psychosis and an enhanced pathway for people with psychosis where meaningful engagement can be a challenge. You will work closely with senior colleagues across our teams and localities on team and service development whilst providing psychological interventions to people with greatest complexity. </p> <p>We want you to feel supported within your role and we are keen see our psychologists flourish and develop with training in Family Interventions (BFT), CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for example. We also have access to the Bespoke training platform and an excellent psychological skills development team.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.</p> <p>We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.</p> <p>These include:</p> <p>generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us</p> <p>excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more</p> <p>salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more</p> <p>discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes</p> <p>wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more</p> <p>staff networks and support groups</p> <p>We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.</p> <p><strong>Please note:</strong> It is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>11 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £64,455 to £74,896 a year
      
        pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>444-7375649B-MH</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Swanswell Point</p>
      <p>Stoney stanton Road</p>
      <p>Coventry</p>
            <p>CV1 4FS</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As a Principal Psychologist, you will join senior colleagues in delivering strong leadership in psychology provision in the team, as well as contributing to the Trust-wide development of our services. You will work principally with people with complex difficulties and their families, delivering recovery focussed interventions in the community. You will be expected to promote values that seek to support recovery in this client group and maximise the potential of individuals with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of psychosis. As part of the Psychology team you will also be expected to support Clinical Psychology trainees, Clinical Associates in Psychology and other practitioners in their training and development. Research is also highly valued and we welcome people who support our research vision. </p> <p>It is essential that candidates have some pre or post qualification experience of working with people with psychosis; have a commitment to and interest in providing psychological interventions for psychosis as well as having good risk management skills. Experience of applying cognitive behavioural models to psychosis and recovery would be advantageous, and interests in ACT, Compassion Focused Therapy and EMDR would be welcome. </p> <p>You are required to hold a current professional registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist (clinical or counselling), and it would be advantageous to be BABCP accredited or have passed a BABCP accredited CBT training course. A recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in CBT for psychosis is highly desirable. The ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area is essential, as is the ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group.</p> <p>For further information or an informal chat about this post then please contact:</p> <p>Dr Gary Willington, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead Psychologist for Community Psychosis Services on 07721 880505</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As a Principal Psychologist, you will join senior colleagues in delivering strong leadership in psychology provision in the team, as well as contributing to the Trust-wide development of our services. You will work principally with people with complex difficulties and their families, delivering recovery focussed interventions in the community. You will be expected to promote values that seek to support recovery in this client group and maximise the potential of individuals with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of psychosis. As part of the Psychology team you will also be expected to support Clinical Psychology trainees, Clinical Associates in Psychology and other practitioners in their training and development. Research is also highly valued and we welcome people who support our research vision. </p> <p>It is essential that candidates have some pre or post qualification experience of working with people with psychosis; have a commitment to and interest in providing psychological interventions for psychosis as well as having good risk management skills. Experience of applying cognitive behavioural models to psychosis and recovery would be advantageous, and interests in ACT, Compassion Focused Therapy and EMDR would be welcome. </p> <p>You are required to hold a current professional registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist (clinical or counselling), and it would be advantageous to be BABCP accredited or have passed a BABCP accredited CBT training course. A recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in CBT for psychosis is highly desirable. The ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area is essential, as is the ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group.</p> <p>For further information or an informal chat about this post then please contact:</p> <p>Dr Gary Willington, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead Psychologist for Community Psychosis Services on 07721 880505</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.</li>
        
        <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
        
        <li>Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Knowledge and skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.</li>
        
        <li>High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies</li>
        
        <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
        
        <li>Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Other
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Requirement to travel throughout the Trust</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.</li>
          
          <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
          
          <li>Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge and skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.</li>
          
          <li>High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies</li>
          
          <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
          
          <li>Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Other
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Requirement to travel throughout the Trust</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Swanswell Point</p>
      <p>Stoney stanton Road</p>
      <p>Coventry</p>
            <p>CV1 4FS</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Swanswell Point</p>
          <p>Stoney stanton Road</p>
          <p>Coventry</p>
                    <p>CV1 4FS</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Clinical / Counselling Psychologist, Band 8b

Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) or Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>We are recruiting for a Psychological Therapist to join our team.</p><p>We are looking for some to ensure systematic provision of a high quality, specialist psychological therapy service to clients within mental health services who have an eating disorder.</p><p>You will work alongside MDT colleagues to ensure that the service can provide compassionate and holistic recovery focused care to address the complex mental health needs of people with eating disorders.</p><p>To supervise and support the other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. To provide an evidence based psychological therapy service to people with an eating disorder. To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research.</p><p>To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team / service and to cooperate in the delivery of psychological therapies with the aim of meeting national and local guidelines and targets.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul><li>Processing and assessment of referrals made for psychological therapy in line with NICE guidelines.</li><li>Deliver Psychological Services to a range of patients with complex needs and eating disorder in line with NICE guidelines.</li><li>Liaise with members of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate to ensure best clinical outcomes for patients in treatment.</li><li>Be responsible and accountable for the delivery of high-quality evidence based psychological therapy, using agreed clinical outcome measures to continually evaluate clinical interventions.</li><li>Be proactive in the management and treatment of patients referred to ensure that waiting times are kept with agreed standards.</li><li>Participate in the development of Community Mental Health Service and development of professional practice and role.</li><li>Processing and assessment of referrals made for psychological therapy in line with HONOS clustering and NICE guidelines.</li><li>Deliver Psychological Services to a range of patients with complex needs and eating disorders in line with HONOS clustering and NICE guidelines.</li><li>Liaise with members of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate to ensure best clinical outcomes for patients in treatment.</li><li>Be responsible and accountable for the delivery of high-quality evidence based psychological therapy, using agreed clinical outcome measures to continually evaluate clinical interventions.</li><li>Be proactive in the management and treatment of patients referred to ensure that waiting times are kept with agreed standards.</li></ul><p><em><strong>Please see full Job Description.</strong></em></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.</p><p>With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.</p><p>Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.</p><p>Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>16 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        Based on full time hours
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>348-IOW-9122</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre</p>
      <p>62 High Street</p>
      <p>Newport</p>
      <p>Isle of Wight</p>
      <p>PO30 1BA</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.</p><p>We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.</p><p>We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>RMN, Dip SW, Dip OT, BSc OT, HCPC registered Psychologist, BACP Psychotherapist.</li>
        
        <li>Post-qualification training to at least post graduate diploma level e.g. CBT</li>
        
        <li>Accreditation with BABCP.</li>
        
        <li>Post-qualification training in Eating Disorders</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with Eating Disorders in inpatient/day care/ specialist community settings.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of family working with Eating Disorders.</li>
        
        <li>Post qualification training in clinical supervision from an accredited training provider.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.</li>
        
        <li>Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to analyse highly complex information in which expert opinion may differ to allow the formulation of the appropriate treatment plan. Skills in the ability to organise ongoing and complex activities including managing own caseload.</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of key legislation in relation to mental health and learning disabilities with particular reference to these most relevant to Adult Mental Health.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of continuing professional development as required by appropriate registration body.</li>
        
        <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive or highly contentious information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
        
        <li>Applied use of psychometric test equipment.</li>
        
        <li>Commitment to providing evidence-based therapies in line with NICE guidelines and PBR pathways.</li>
        
        <li>Commitment to finding positive and creative solutions to demand management.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.</li>
          
          <li>Being qualified as Clinical Supervisor by the BABCP, or other recognised regulatory authority.</li>
          
          <li>Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for Eating Disorders.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time.</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates high standards in written communication</li>
        
        <li>Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people with eating disorders as part of an MDT.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing evidence based Psychological Therapies to people with an eating disorder, such as MANTRA, CBT-E, SSCM.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of family working with ED.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Additional Criteria
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Please see full Job Description</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Please see full Job Description</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>RMN, Dip SW, Dip OT, BSc OT, HCPC registered Psychologist, BACP Psychotherapist.</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification training to at least post graduate diploma level e.g. CBT</li>
          
          <li>Accreditation with BABCP.</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification training in Eating Disorders</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with Eating Disorders in inpatient/day care/ specialist community settings.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of family working with Eating Disorders.</li>
          
          <li>Post qualification training in clinical supervision from an accredited training provider.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.</li>
          
          <li>Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to analyse highly complex information in which expert opinion may differ to allow the formulation of the appropriate treatment plan. Skills in the ability to organise ongoing and complex activities including managing own caseload.</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of key legislation in relation to mental health and learning disabilities with particular reference to these most relevant to Adult Mental Health.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of continuing professional development as required by appropriate registration body.</li>
          
          <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive or highly contentious information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
          
          <li>Applied use of psychometric test equipment.</li>
          
          <li>Commitment to providing evidence-based therapies in line with NICE guidelines and PBR pathways.</li>
          
          <li>Commitment to finding positive and creative solutions to demand management.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.</li>
            
            <li>Being qualified as Clinical Supervisor by the BABCP, or other recognised regulatory authority.</li>
            
            <li>Well developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for Eating Disorders.</li>
            
            <li>Knowledge of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time.</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates high standards in written communication</li>
          
          <li>Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people with eating disorders as part of an MDT.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing evidence based Psychological Therapies to people with an eating disorder, such as MANTRA, CBT-E, SSCM.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of family working with ED.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Additional Criteria
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Please see full Job Description</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Please see full Job Description</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre</p>
      <p>62 High Street</p>
      <p>Newport</p>
      <p>Isle of Wight</p>
      <p>PO30 1BA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Newport Health and Wellbeing Centre</p>
          <p>62 High Street</p>
          <p>Newport</p>
          <p>Isle of Wight</p>
          <p>PO30 1BA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Psychological Therapist for Eating Disorders

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Are you a passionate and reflective Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist looking to make a real difference?</strong> Come and join our friendly and welcoming team in the<strong> Oxfordshire CAMHS Getting More Help service</strong>, based in<strong>Abingdon and Banbury.</strong></p> <p>We're looking for someone who is excited to bring their skills, creativity, and insight into a well-established, multi-disciplinary team. You'll be working alongside experienced clinicians who value collaboration, mutual support, and shared learning.</p> <p>What You'll Be Doing:</p> <p>* Delivering a variety of psychotherapeutic interventions including individual child psychotherapy, short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP), State of Mind Assessments and parent-child relationship work* Contributing thoughtful, psychoanalytically informed insights to MDT discussions and care planning* Holding a protected psychotherapy caseload, with time set aside for high-quality, reflective work</p> <p>What We Offer:</p> <p>* A nurturing environment where psychoanalytic thinking is valued and embedded in our approach* Regular clinical supervision with our Consultant Child Psychotherapist* Ongoing management support and a culture of team-based reflection and development* Membership of a wider network of Child Psychotherapists across the Trust, with regular opportunities to connect, share and grow* A Trust that prioritises staff wellbeing and offers a rich programme of CPD and training opportunities</p>    <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>
<li><strong>Caseload Management</strong>: Hold a protected psychotherapy caseload, offering assessments and a range of interventions including individual psychotherapy, short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP), State of Mind Assessments, and parent-child interventions.</li>
<li><strong>Assessment &amp; Treatment</strong>: Conduct psychoanalytic assessments for complex referrals and implement treatment plans based on psychodynamic principles.</li>
<li><strong>Therapeutic Delivery</strong>: Deliver highly specialist psychotherapy to children and adolescents, often in emotionally charged or complex family situations.</li>
<li><strong>Multidisciplinary Collaboration</strong>: Contribute to multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions and provide consultation to colleagues.</li>
<li><strong>Risk Management</strong>: Undertake risk assessments and advise others on risk-related issues.</li>
<li><strong>Care Coordination</strong>: Act as care coordinator where appropriate, ensuring communication with referrers and other professionals.</li>
<li><strong>Communication</strong>: Handle sensitive and complex information with skill, especially in emotionally intense or high-risk scenarios.</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles.</p> <p>Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.</p> <p>As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: <strong>"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"</strong></p> <p>Our values are:<strong>"Caring, safe and excellent"</strong></p> <p>At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:</p> <ul>  <li>Excellent opportunities for career progression</li>  <li>Individual and Trust wide learning and development</li>  <li>27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service</li>  <li>NHS Discount</li>  <li>Pension scheme</li>  <li>Lease car scheme</li>  <li>Employee Assistance Programme</li>  <li>Mental Health First Aiders</li>  <li>Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)</li>  <li>Staff networking and support groups</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum | pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>267-OC7363125-1A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Raglan House</p>
            <p>Oxford</p>
            <p>OX3 7JH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see attached JD and PS for further information on the role for anything further please speak with Miriam Creaser for details</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see attached JD and PS for further information on the role for anything further please speak with Miriam Creaser for details</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Master's level pre-clinical training at  a training school recognised by the  Association of Child  Psychotherapists (ACP) and post- graduate training at doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a  training school accredited by the ACP</li>
        
        <li>Maintenance of ACP Registration</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>ACP Supervisors training</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills &amp; Competencies
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Advanced skills in professional  supervision and an ability to deliver  regular supervision to a range of  professionals and psychotherapy  trainees</li>
        
        <li>Masters or Doctoral level  knowledge of research  methodology consistent with  psychoanalytic work</li>
        
        <li>Well developed skills in the ability  to communicate effectively, orally  and in writing, complex, highly  technical and/or clinically sensitive  information to clients, their families,  carers and other professional  colleagues both within and outside  the NHS</li>
        
        <li>Has received training (either formal  of through experience) and carried  out risk assessments within scope of  practice</li>
        
        <li>Able to develop good therapeutic  relationships with clients</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of principles and  methods of clinical audit, research and service evaluation</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>and service evaluation</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Sufficient experience of working as  a qualified psychotherapist within  an NHS CAMHS clinic</li>
        
        <li>Advanced knowledge and skills in  Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and  its effective application to the  mental health problems of children  and adolescents with complex  disorders and diagnosis, including  pervasive and severe emotional and  psychological difficulties</li>
        
        <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified  service targets</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage competing  demands / manage a caseload</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates high standards in  written communication</li>
        
        <li>Able to write clear reports and  letters to other agencies</li>
        
        <li>Experience with routine outcome  monitoring</li>
        
        <li>Experience of teaching and liaising  with other professional groups</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of  supervising clinical  staff</li>
          
          <li>Experience of group  work</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working  with or supervising  trainee  psychotherapists</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Master's level pre-clinical training at  a training school recognised by the  Association of Child  Psychotherapists (ACP) and post- graduate training at doctoral level in clinical child psychotherapy at a  training school accredited by the ACP</li>
          
          <li>Maintenance of ACP Registration</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>ACP Supervisors training</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills &amp; Competencies
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Advanced skills in professional  supervision and an ability to deliver  regular supervision to a range of  professionals and psychotherapy  trainees</li>
          
          <li>Masters or Doctoral level  knowledge of research  methodology consistent with  psychoanalytic work</li>
          
          <li>Well developed skills in the ability  to communicate effectively, orally  and in writing, complex, highly  technical and/or clinically sensitive  information to clients, their families,  carers and other professional  colleagues both within and outside  the NHS</li>
          
          <li>Has received training (either formal  of through experience) and carried  out risk assessments within scope of  practice</li>
          
          <li>Able to develop good therapeutic  relationships with clients</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of principles and  methods of clinical audit, research and service evaluation</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>and service evaluation</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Sufficient experience of working as  a qualified psychotherapist within  an NHS CAMHS clinic</li>
          
          <li>Advanced knowledge and skills in  Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and  its effective application to the  mental health problems of children  and adolescents with complex  disorders and diagnosis, including  pervasive and severe emotional and  psychological difficulties</li>
          
          <li>Ability to meet agreed/specified  service targets</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage competing  demands / manage a caseload</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates high standards in  written communication</li>
          
          <li>Able to write clear reports and  letters to other agencies</li>
          
          <li>Experience with routine outcome  monitoring</li>
          
          <li>Experience of teaching and liaising  with other professional groups</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of  supervising clinical  staff</li>
            
            <li>Experience of group  work</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working  with or supervising  trainee  psychotherapists</li>
            
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Oxford Health NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Raglan House</p>
            <p>Oxford</p>
            <p>OX3 7JH</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Oxford Health NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Raglan House</p>
                    <p>Oxford</p>
                    <p>OX3 7JH</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Child Psychotherapist

Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This position has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to an aspect of course delivery, in this instance, the assessment component of the MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (M58), which is accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council. The post holder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to master's and where appropriate, doctoral students, as required. The post holder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.</p> <p><strong>Portfolio Information</strong></p> <p>The MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (M58) is situated within the DET Psychoanalytic Portfolio. Other courses currently within this portfolio are:</p> <ul>  <li>Masters in Psychological Therapy with Children, Young People and Families, (M34) BPC accredited</li>  <li>Trust Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatrists (M14) BPC accredited</li>  <li>Trust Certificate in Interdisciplinary Training in Adult Psychotherapy (M1) BPC accredited</li>  <li>Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (M80) ACP accredited</li> </ul>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>Overview and main duties of the post</strong></p> <p>The position of Psychodynamic Psychotherapist has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to an aspect of course delivery such as module leadership; assessment; recruitment etc. The postholder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to master's and where appropriate, doctoral students, as required. The postholder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.</p>   <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>The Trust has a national brief for training in the mental health professions, social care, education and forensic services across the age range. In 2020 the Trust was the first NHS body successful in obtaining registration with the Office for Students (OfS). Its academic awards are validated by university partners, mainly the University of Essex.</p> <p>The Trust develops and delivers training initiatives that meet the needs of a modern health and social care sector and is responsive to policy and initiatives from government and other relevant agencies. The Trust is a welcoming and supportive organisation committed to ensuring its student body is diverse and reflects the populations its trainees will be working with. Its offer, provided through a range of platforms both digital and face to face, includes postgraduate programmes, CPD courses, and bespoke training for organisations.</p> <p>Beyond this the Trust also provides organisational consultancy through Tavistock Consulting and hosts the National Workforce Skills Development Unit which works closely with Health Education England (HEE) to address key workforce challenges in the wider healthcare workforce.</p> <p>Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>260-TP-940-B</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p>
      <p>St George's Centre, St George’s Road,</p>
      <p>Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding),</p>
            <p>LS10 4UZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
     <p> Where appropriate contribute to the teaching and supervision on a range of courses including complex clinical and/or research based Masters and where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Psychoanalytic Portfolio and related portfolios as required. If allocated module leadership responsibility, this will involve ensuring all administrative tasks, curriculum, teaching, reading lists, and related activities are managed in line with course expectations under the direction of the Course Leads.</p> <p> To deliver asynchronous lectures, face to face or online workshops and seminars across the programmes.</p> <p> Where appropriate to provide clinical or research supervision to students across courses in the portfolio and responding to often highly complex issues requiring consideration of a range of possible options and providing expert knowledge and input.</p> <p> To act as personal tutor to allocated students on a range of programmes and liaising with the student support and engagement lead as required.</p> <p> To attend a mandatory EDI training (a minimum of one day).</p> <p> To ensure teaching and supervision integrates an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory framework and takes account of equality, diversity and inclusion.</p> <p> To contribute to marketing initiatives when required, including attendance at Trust-wide and course specific open events for prospective students.</p> <p><strong>This is not an exhaustive list, p</strong><strong>lease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.</strong></p>   

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
       <p> Where appropriate contribute to the teaching and supervision on a range of courses including complex clinical and/or research based Masters and where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Psychoanalytic Portfolio and related portfolios as required. If allocated module leadership responsibility, this will involve ensuring all administrative tasks, curriculum, teaching, reading lists, and related activities are managed in line with course expectations under the direction of the Course Leads.</p> <p> To deliver asynchronous lectures, face to face or online workshops and seminars across the programmes.</p> <p> Where appropriate to provide clinical or research supervision to students across courses in the portfolio and responding to often highly complex issues requiring consideration of a range of possible options and providing expert knowledge and input.</p> <p> To act as personal tutor to allocated students on a range of programmes and liaising with the student support and engagement lead as required.</p> <p> To attend a mandatory EDI training (a minimum of one day).</p> <p> To ensure teaching and supervision integrates an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory framework and takes account of equality, diversity and inclusion.</p> <p> To contribute to marketing initiatives when required, including attendance at Trust-wide and course specific open events for prospective students.</p> <p><strong>This is not an exhaustive list, p</strong><strong>lease see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.</strong></p>     
  


      
  
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>UK recognised qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy/ Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis and registration with the BPC.</li>
        
        <li>Substantial experience of teaching students in higher education</li>
        
        <li>Capacity to engage students from a wide range of educational, cultural and social backgrounds and ensure issues of equality, diversity and inclusion are attended to across all aspects of role</li>
        
        <li>Commitment to and track record in anti- discriminatory, anti-racist practice and teaching</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Track record of writing for publication</li>
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>UK recognised qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy/ Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis and registration with the BPC.</li>
          
          <li>Substantial experience of teaching students in higher education</li>
          
          <li>Capacity to engage students from a wide range of educational, cultural and social backgrounds and ensure issues of equality, diversity and inclusion are attended to across all aspects of role</li>
          
          <li>Commitment to and track record in anti- discriminatory, anti-racist practice and teaching</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Track record of writing for publication</li>
            
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    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p>
      <p>St George's Centre, St George’s Road,</p>
      <p>Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding),</p>
            <p>LS10 4UZ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust</p>
          <p>St George's Centre, St George’s Road,</p>
          <p>Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding),</p>
                    <p>LS10 4UZ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Priory Hospital, Southampton are looking for an enthusiastic clinical or counselling psychologist to join the psychology team in delivering individual therapy, group therapies and assessments as part of delivering excellent standards of care for NHS service users requiring inpatient hospital admission.</p><p>This role could cater for someone seeking flexible working alongside another job role or other commitments as we are looking to recruit a psychologist for 15 hours per week in a part-time permanent role.</p><p>The individual therapy delivered at our hospital is exclusively with the service users on our specialist eating disorder ward, Skylark, therefore we are seeking a psychologist with an interest or previous experience in working with those suffering with an eating disorder.</p>  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The successful candidate will be welcomed into a passionate and positive team of professionals, headed by a Counselling Psychologist within the psychology team, and made up of a Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Creative Arts Therapist, and an Assistant Psychologist. This team isoverseen within the wider therapy services umbrella headed by therapy manager and Occupational Therapist, Sarah Marsh.</p><p>There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and your passion, style and ambitions would be taken into account as you grow within the role. Particular professional development would see the candidate gaining distinct experience in working with acute distress and eating disorders, allowing for the possibility of specialism.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>In addition to the above, we are routinely involved in delivering carer support, assessments and written psychological formulations for the adult acute wards, facilitating training for staff, holding consults/peer supervision,and holding reflective practice sessions for staff;a candidate enthusiastic towards these aspects of delivering a psychology service for a hospital would be welcomed as they would form an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and would sit alongside a number of other allied health professions, including occupational therapy, psychiatry, medicine, dietetics and social work.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>14 May 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Hospital medical and dental staff</p>

    
       
        <h3>Grade</h3>
      
      <p>Specialist</p>
  
  

  
  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      Depending on experience
      
        £48,250 - £58,250 Depending on experience
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>E0358-25-0006Shampton</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Marchwood Park</p>
      <p>Marchwood</p>
      <p>Southampton</p>
            <p>SO40 4DA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.</p>  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Group therapy takes place across our three wards, with groups for eating disorder difficulties, and too groups for adults on an acute admission on either our Starling or Sandpiper wards which both serve adults with acute mental health difficulties requiring hospital admission. Experience of delivering groups deriving from CBT, DBT and/or ACT approaches would be desirable.</p>    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
          
          <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</li>
          
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>The successful candidate will be an HCPC registered practitioner psychologist.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience in outpatient or inpatient NHS services would be desirable owing to the nature of this role being NHS facing and within an inpatient context. </li>
            
            <li>This role will be on-site and therapies delivered in-person.</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Marchwood Park</p>
      <p>Marchwood</p>
      <p>Southampton</p>
            <p>SO40 4DA</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>The Priory Hospital</p>
          
          <p>Marchwood Park</p>
          <p>Marchwood</p>
          <p>Southampton</p>
                    <p>SO40 4DA</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Priory Hospital Woodbourne are looking for a Registered Psychologist to join the team. This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Youll be part of a dedicated and compassionate team, all working together to ensure the smooth running of the hospital and to support the wellbeing of our patients. While your role doesnt involve providing direct care, your contribution is vital in helping to maintain a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for everyone. Whether you're assisting with day-to-day operations, keeping things organised, or ensuring our spaces are well looked after, your support plays an important part in creating a positive experience for those who live and work here.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Priory Hospital Woodbourne, located in a peaceful and picturesque suburb of South West Birmingham, is a specialised addiction rehab centre, providing expert treatment for a range of addictions, including alcohol, drugs and support for behavioural addictions.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Other</p>

    
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £48,250 to £58,250 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>E0358-02WOODBOURNE</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
        <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
      <p>Harborne</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B17 8BY</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>As a core member of both the Therapy Team and MDT, you will:</p><ul> <li>Provide comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and reports.</li> <li>Deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT-informed, ACT, Schema Therapy).</li> <li>Contribute to care planning and risk management through collaborative MDT discussions.</li> <li>Offer clinical guidance to nursing, occupational therapy, and medical colleagues to promote a psychologically-informed environment.</li> <li>Facilitate reflective practice sessions, staff training, and contribute to service development. Work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, and other professionals to ensure holistic care for patients with complex needs</li></ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>As a core member of both the Therapy Team and MDT, you will:</p><ul> <li>Provide comprehensive psychological assessments, formulations, and reports.</li> <li>Deliver evidence-based individual and group interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT-informed, ACT, Schema Therapy).</li> <li>Contribute to care planning and risk management through collaborative MDT discussions.</li> <li>Offer clinical guidance to nursing, occupational therapy, and medical colleagues to promote a psychologically-informed environment.</li> <li>Facilitate reflective practice sessions, staff training, and contribute to service development. Work closely with psychiatrists, nurses, dietitians, and other professionals to ensure holistic care for patients with complex needs</li></ul>
    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>We are seeking an HCPC Registered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) with experience working in inpatient mental health settings, ideally with exposure to acute services and/or eating disorder care. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong skills in assessment, formulation, and the delivery of evidence-based interventions. Experience or training in specialist approaches for eating disorderssuch as MANTRA, CBT-E, DBT, or FBTand the ability to apply these within multidisciplinary inpatient or community settings would be highly desirable. The role requires excellent collaboration skills, the resilience to thrive in challenging situations, and a commitment to reflective practice, supervision, and ongoing professional development.</li>
        
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>We are seeking an HCPC Registered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) with experience working in inpatient mental health settings, ideally with exposure to acute services and/or eating disorder care. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong skills in assessment, formulation, and the delivery of evidence-based interventions. Experience or training in specialist approaches for eating disorderssuch as MANTRA, CBT-E, DBT, or FBTand the ability to apply these within multidisciplinary inpatient or community settings would be highly desirable. The role requires excellent collaboration skills, the resilience to thrive in challenging situations, and a commitment to reflective practice, supervision, and ongoing professional development.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
      
      <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
      <p>Harborne</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B17 8BY</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Priory Healthcare</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Woodbourne Priory Hospital</p>
          
          <p>Woodbourne Road</p>
          <p>Harborne</p>
          <p>Birmingham</p>
                    <p>B17 8BY</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/" target="_blank">https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Registered Practitioner Psychologist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Passionate about CBT and want to join a welcoming and dynamic team to gain further valuable CAMHS skills and experience? Come and join Brighton CAMHS where your skills, experience and ideas will be appreciated and valued! </p> <p>We are looking for a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist to join us for a 9 month fixed term contract, or who might be open to a secondment from their existing post within SPFT, at up to 1.0 FTE.</p> <p>We would particularly welcome applicants from minoritized backgrounds and those that actively demonstrate an interest in increasing young peoples' participation in shaping CAMHS delivery. BABCP accreditation is required for Band 7 positions.</p> <p>Our team has strong links to universities and researchers. A key advantage of working in secondary care is the chance to work alongside and learn from highly specialist nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists (with trainings in systemic, DBT, creative, analytic and CBT). Within Sussex CAMHS we have a strong psychology and CBT team. You will be well-supported with training and CPD, and opportunities for career development.</p> <p>We would expect the therapist to be conversant with IAPT principles, and practiced in using ROMS and disorder specific outcome measures as part of evaluation and of their work, as well as part of ongoing team audit. It would also be helpful if the therapist has demonstrated experience of offering training and consultation to other professionals within and outside the team as necessary. </p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As a member of the CAMHS team, you would participate in the core multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention work of the team, and engage in multi-agency liaison work as necessary. You would also be required to participate in the supervision, training and the overall governance requirements of SPFT CAMHS.</p> <p>We operate a pathways model and you would hold some clinical lead responsibilities within these, including decision-making around treatment options, and supervision of low intensity CBT practitioners and trainees. You would also play a lead role in our group interventions.</p> <p>You'd part of a very busy but lively and welcoming CAMHS team, which offers a wide range of individual, group and systemic interventions, and is involved in a number of innovative evaluation and research projects and service developments. As such, you would be encouraged to develop your skills, ideas and interests to further your expertise and that of the team, in accordance with service needs.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.</p> <p>Working in Sussex:</p> <ul>  <li>Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed</li>  <li>Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London</li>  <li>With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure</li> </ul> <p>We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.</p> <p>Other key staff survey results include:</p> <ul>  <li>70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work</li>  <li>79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team</li>  <li>77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles</li> </ul> <p><strong>We encourage flexible working</strong>. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>04 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>6 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>354-CS-21770</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Aldrington Centre</p>
      <p>35 New Church Road</p>
      <p>Hove</p>
            <p>BN3 4AG</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For a comprehensive understanding and full details of the responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document. It contains all the necessary information and should provide you with a clear overview of what is expected. </p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>For a comprehensive understanding and full details of the responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description document. It contains all the necessary information and should provide you with a clear overview of what is expected. </p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices</li>
        
        <li>Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Knowledge/Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse</li>
        
        <li>A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy</li>
        
        <li>Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context</li>
        
        <li>A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group</li>
        
        <li>A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy as specified in one of the Appendices</li>
          
          <li>Professionally registered as specified in the same Appendix</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Knowledge/Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), as specified in the same Appendix, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse</li>
          
          <li>A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy</li>
          
          <li>Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context</li>
          
          <li>A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of guidance and legislation in relation to the client group</li>
          
          <li>A high-level specialist knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapy as specified in the same appendix, as applied to the client group using this service</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Aldrington Centre</p>
      <p>35 New Church Road</p>
      <p>Hove</p>
            <p>BN3 4AG</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Aldrington Centre</p>
          <p>35 New Church Road</p>
          <p>Hove</p>
                    <p>BN3 4AG</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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