Job summary
This post in the Dynamic Psychotherapy Service covers the population of
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We are part of a Specialist
Psychological Therapy Service that includes a Personality Disorder Pathway and
a CBT service.
This service
has strong ties with the NHS Departments of Psychotherapy in Derby, Leicester
and Nottingham, particularly in respect of training NHS psychotherapists
through the UKCP accredited South Trent (ST) Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training.
We are looking
for a forward thinking psychotherapist, with excellent communication skills who
can play an active role within the Specialist Psychological Therapies team as
we move into service redesign and improvement. The service is based at
Gwendolen House Leicester.
The post holder will carry full caseload seeing
patients under supervision for individual, brief, group psychoanalytic
psychotherapy and assessing new referrals.
This means that applicants will need a qualifying level of training
in psychoanalytic psychotherapy registered with the CPJA college of the
UKCP and have experience of delivering psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the NHS.
Main duties of the job
To
work autonomously as a Senior Adult Psychotherapist within professional
guidelines and the overall framework of the Services policies and procedures.
To
deliver under supervision the systematic provision of a psychoanalytic
psychotherapy service to patients, taking referrals from all sectors of care.
To
supervise and support the treatment of patients by psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy
provided by Visiting Therapists and trainees within the Service.
To
support and work under supervision to offer specialist consultation,
supervision and training to colleagues within Adult Mental Health services
To
contribute to policy changes and service development in line with the
principles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Under
supervision undertake research and utilise research skills for audit, policy
and service development.
To
support teaching and training within the Service at introductory and intermediate
levels and as competence develops take on greater responsibility for teaching.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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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
- To have undertaken a qualifying training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and be registered with the UKCP (cpja college) or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
- To have a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, social work, medicine or is able to demonstrate equivalence to a core profession in NHS mental health services
Desirable
- Qualification in other psychoanalytically informed models for example Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Transference Focused Psychotherapy, Mentalisation Based Treatment
- Car driver or suitable alternative
- Able to undertake flexible working hours
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field.
- Training in and experience of working with a range of other therapeutic models.
- Work within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, such as inpatient, day patient and outpatient.
- Clinical work with patients drawn from a wide range of diagnostic groups.
- Clinical supervision of mental health clinicians
- Training in specialist dynamic or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, inclusive of theoretical education, and a wide range of clinical work, with supporting in-depth supervision by a trained UKCP CPJA college or BPC registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
- An experience of personal therapy research, audit and clinical governance.
- Capacity to undertake research and service audit projects under supervision.
- Evaluate and research the efficacy and practice of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Skills
Essential
- Capacity to provide psychoanalytic psychotherapy to a full caseload of patients, including those with severe and complex problems under supervision.
- Capacity to organise and manage under supervision a complex caseload of patients who are suffering from severe difficulties and who require specialist Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
- Capacity to assess new referrals for analytic psychotherapy under supervision following appropriate induction and training.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To have undertaken a qualifying training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and be registered with the UKCP (cpja college) or BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
- To have a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, social work, medicine or is able to demonstrate equivalence to a core profession in NHS mental health services
Desirable
- Qualification in other psychoanalytically informed models for example Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Transference Focused Psychotherapy, Mentalisation Based Treatment
- Car driver or suitable alternative
- Able to undertake flexible working hours
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field.
- Training in and experience of working with a range of other therapeutic models.
- Work within a variety of multi-disciplinary team settings, such as inpatient, day patient and outpatient.
- Clinical work with patients drawn from a wide range of diagnostic groups.
- Clinical supervision of mental health clinicians
- Training in specialist dynamic or Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, inclusive of theoretical education, and a wide range of clinical work, with supporting in-depth supervision by a trained UKCP CPJA college or BPC registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
- An experience of personal therapy research, audit and clinical governance.
- Capacity to undertake research and service audit projects under supervision.
- Evaluate and research the efficacy and practice of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Skills
Essential
- Capacity to provide psychoanalytic psychotherapy to a full caseload of patients, including those with severe and complex problems under supervision.
- Capacity to organise and manage under supervision a complex caseload of patients who are suffering from severe difficulties and who require specialist Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
- Capacity to assess new referrals for analytic psychotherapy under supervision following appropriate induction and training.
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).
