Job summary
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Psychological Therapist to join EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service.
The post holder will contribute to a service that supports adults aged 18+ with complex emotional needs or difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'. EMERGE Leeds has a particular emphasis on working with young adults, supporting transitions, and taking an early intervention approach. Our service works closely with community and third sector partners across Leeds to offer compassionate, trauma informed care to people who, often in the context of trauma, adversity, and the misuse of power, have developed coping strategies that lead to distress or harm.
As part of the role, the post holder will contribute to our established carers offer, including a long running peer support and psychoeducation group for family members, partners, and informal carers.
Another central component of the role will be inputting into our well established Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills group programme for adults aged 18 and over. While previous DBT experience is advantageous, we will provide appropriate training to the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist psychological input into the EMERGE Leeds: Complex Emotional Needs Service, including the city wide Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) team.
- To work autonomously and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- To provide high quality psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
- To offer advice on service users' psychological care to clinical colleagues and other relevant agencies, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust's policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, service evaluation and research within the service area.
- To provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development in service areas of primary responsibility
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a psychological therapist who is creative, flexible, and confident in working with the complex interpersonal dynamics that are intrinsic to this area of practice.
EMERGE Leeds sits within the wider Leeds Personality Disorder Services, which offer a reflective, supportive, and learning oriented environment for staff.
The team is based in Leeds and currently operates a hybrid model, working both face to face and remotely. Regular travel across Leeds by car is required.
Applicants must be registered healthcare professionals (e.g., nurse, psychologist, social worker) with relevant therapeutic qualifications and experience (as per person specification). We also warmly welcome applications from trainee clinical psychologists.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a psychological therapist who is creative, flexible, and confident in working with the complex interpersonal dynamics that are intrinsic to this area of practice.
EMERGE Leeds sits within the wider Leeds Personality Disorder Services, which offer a reflective, supportive, and learning oriented environment for staff.
The team is based in Leeds and currently operates a hybrid model, working both face to face and remotely. Regular travel across Leeds by car is required.
Applicants must be registered healthcare professionals (e.g., nurse, psychologist, social worker) with relevant therapeutic qualifications and experience (as per person specification). We also warmly welcome applications from trainee clinical psychologists.
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications and registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist. OR Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route. OR Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychology assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies relevant to complex emotional needs/difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'.
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist. OR Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route. OR Masters or above in a psychotherapy and accredited as a psychotherapist with UKCP or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychology assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies relevant to complex emotional needs/difficulties consistent with a diagnosis of 'personality disorder'.
- 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
