Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Principal Adult Psychotherapist

This job is now closed

Job summary

This vacancy is for a Band 8B Principal Psychotherapist with substantial NHS experience to join this well-established specialist NHS psychotherapy service. The service currently offers individual, brief and group psychotherapy.

We are a supportive department with a strong commitment to continuing professional development and training. We provide an educational setting for the training of psychotherapists and have links to various training organisations.

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to contribute to the development of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in the NHS. The Leicestershire Trust is developing integrated practice and the post holder should be able to work collaboratively with our colleagues within Specialist Psychological Therapies and more widely across the Trust. Our aim is to increase the application of psychoanalytic thinking and the post-holder will provide consultation and supervision to health and social care staff regarding complex clinical matters.

Ideally we wish to recruit full time but applications from those wishing to work alternative hours or a job share will be considered. We encourage flexible working and combined working from home and base.

Leicester is about an hour by train from London. Relocation expenses may be available to successful candidates wishing to move to the region.

Informal discussion and visits are welcomed, please contact:

Caroline Phillips Head of Service

Email: caroline.phillips29@nhs.net

Tel 0116 295 2323

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry a full clinical caseload seeing patients under supervision for individual, brief and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy. They will screen and assess new referrals and consult with others about their assessments.

The post holder should be an experienced supervisor and be prepared to take on supervision of team members and take on specific projects and delegated areas of management as well as deputising for the Head of Service when required. They will line manage psychodynamic psychotherapy staff members.

We are a training department and have offered training at introductory, intermediate and specialist levels. The post holder would be prepared to be a tutor, and be able to contribute new ideas to the department's existing teaching activities. There will be opportunities for leading seminars, supervising trainees and other educational involvement.

Potential applicants must be able to provide significant emotional containment over long time periods, and tolerate significant relational challenge whilst maintaining a therapeutic frame.

The post holder will be linked to a local mental health team and will contribute from a psychoanalytic perspective to meetings and assessments of that team.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

05 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9313-23-0167

Job locations

Leicestershire Health Headquarters

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4QF

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Essential criteria
1. To have undertaken a recognised qualification in a core mental health profession e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy with substantial previous experience as an NHS psychotherapist within a secondary care mental health service or specialist outpatient psychotherapy service or equivalent 2. Qualification and/or training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (must be UKCP or BCP Registration.) 3. Recognised advanced and specialist post-registration continuing professional development in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the standards of either UKCP CPJA section or BPC

Desirable

Desirable criteria
1. Knowledge of and experience in other psychotherapeutic models

Experience

Essential

Essential criteria
Comprehensive knowledge of psychoanalytic theories of intervention and technique equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and treatments
and of mental health provision in statutory and voluntary sectors
Considerable experience as a Senior Adult Psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent, including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual and group psychotherapy, time-limited and long term work with a wide range of patients.
Experience of clinically supervising trainees on introductory and intermediate level trainings in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Essential criteria
1. To have undertaken a recognised qualification in a core mental health profession e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy with substantial previous experience as an NHS psychotherapist within a secondary care mental health service or specialist outpatient psychotherapy service or equivalent 2. Qualification and/or training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (must be UKCP or BCP Registration.) 3. Recognised advanced and specialist post-registration continuing professional development in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the standards of either UKCP CPJA section or BPC

Desirable

Desirable criteria
1. Knowledge of and experience in other psychotherapeutic models

Experience

Essential

Essential criteria
Comprehensive knowledge of psychoanalytic theories of intervention and technique equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and treatments
and of mental health provision in statutory and voluntary sectors
Considerable experience as a Senior Adult Psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent, including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual and group psychotherapy, time-limited and long term work with a wide range of patients.
Experience of clinically supervising trainees on introductory and intermediate level trainings in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Health Headquarters

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Health Headquarters

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)