8a Adult Psychotherapist- part time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 8a psychotherapist to join our dynamic secondary care team of senior experienced psychotherapists, group analyst, consultant medical psychiatrist and trainees in psychiatry and psychology under supervision.

Our friendly and welcoming psychotherapy service is based at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford and the team has its own clinical space to conduct our therapeutic work. We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training. The post holder will have significant experience working as a psychotherapist in the NHS, assessing and treating complex secondary care patients and offering consultation and supervision to more junior colleagues or colleagues from other teams.

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.

We positively welcome visits to the service and encourage you to meet with the team. Please contact Carol Hunter, Senior Team Administrator on psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk.

Main duties of the job

The role primarily involves working with individuals with severe mental health issues using psychodynamic psychotherapy.

To provide individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

To provide Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) as part of the outpatient MBT programme.

To undertake high quality psychotherapeutic consultations/assessments for people referred to the Psychotherapy Service.

To work alongside patients, carers, referrers and professionals to provide safe, effective, and accessible psychotherapeutic treatment.

To supervise trainees and honorary therapists attached to the service.

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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 a Band 7 or above adult psychoanalytic psychotherapist
• Experience in delivering individual psychoanalytic therapy, group therapy and mentalization based treatment.

Qualifications

Essential

• UKCP or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• HCPC registration

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sandalwood House, Farnham Road Hospital
Farnham Road
Guildford
GU2 7LX

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