Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Adult Psychotherapist (B7- B8a Development Post)- part time

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Job summary

We are looking for applicants who are interested in taking up a Band 7-8a psychotherapy development post (qualified with BCP/UKCP/ CPJAC) a in our friendly and welcoming psychotherapy service in North-West Surrey Psychotherapy (Based in Chertsey).

You will have experience in working with people with severe and enduring mental health presentations and in offering assessment as well as individual psychotherapy. Group psychotherapy and experience in delivering MBT interventions is highly desirable. You will be supported in developing group therapy skills. Training in MBT and group psychotherapy is available with this post. We offer excellent opportunities for you to develop within this post. There are opportunities to actively participate in audit and research.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.

Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will kindly direct your call.

We positively welcome visits to the service and encourage you to meet with the team.

Interviews to be on Wed 20th March at Unither House, Chertsey.

Main duties of the job

To carry out high quality assessments of patients with a range of severe and enduring mental health difficulties who have been referred to the service for psychoanalytically informed interventions.
To provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy
To conduct both group analytic and mentalization based treatments following appropriate training and with ongoing supervision.

Please check the job description for more information on the requirements for this role.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

09 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£45,753 to £52,067 a year PA inclusive HCAs, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-5976761-COMM

Job locations

Unither House

Curfew Bell Road

Chertsey

KT16 9FG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years' experience of working in a secondary care mental health setting as an adult psychoanalytic psychotherapist Band 7 or above
In depth knowledge and experience of conducting psychotherapy consultations for individual and group analytic therapy.

Desirable

Experience of delivering consultations and therapy remotely
Experience of mentalization based treatment

Qualifications

Essential

UKCP accreditation with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years' experience of working in a secondary care mental health setting as an adult psychoanalytic psychotherapist Band 7 or above
In depth knowledge and experience of conducting psychotherapy consultations for individual and group analytic therapy.

Desirable

Experience of delivering consultations and therapy remotely
Experience of mentalization based treatment

Qualifications

Essential

UKCP accreditation with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic 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.