Psychosexual Therapist

NHS; Blyth; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Psychosexual Therapist to join our team and work within the Northumbria Sexual Health Service. The 15 hour post is based at the One to One Centre at Blyth Hospital site but may also be required to work from satellite outreach clinics in the county.

Our service provides clinic-based care and digital online services to patients requiring support with maintaining their sexual health including all forms of contraception, STI screening, treatment and psychosexual therapy as well as health promotion to the local population.

Main duties of the job

To support the delivery of the psychosexual service for NHCT, providing a confidential and expert service to those patients experiencing sexual difficulties. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others, (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement, and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

To be comfortable in dealing with a wide range of sexual issues and can respond with sensitivity, empathy and maturity in the context of exposure to explicit and highly sensitive personal information and able to deal effectively and therapeutically with high levels of interpersonal conflict and emotional issues. To provide specialist psychological assessments of individuals and couples referred to the psychosexual therapy service based on appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including referral information, in depth interview, self report and observation. To formulate and implement plans for the specialist treatment of individuals and couples. The formulation to be based on complex factors related to the personal development of the individuals, their past experience and the nature of the dynamics that have shaped their relationship. The implementation to take into account individual needs and circumstances, personal preference, health status, resources and motivation and to be informed by theoretical and therapeutic models, current evidence and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention. To make highly specialist clinical decisions and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the treatment, referral and discharge of patients. To undertake risk assessments and risk management for individual clients with child protection issues and adult safeguarding issues. To receive informed consent and to communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans to individuals and couples. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, report writing and appropriate sharing of information in accordance with professional codes of practice, Trust policies and procedures and National guidelines. To maintain advanced theoretical and practical expertise and be able to reflect in practice to identify individual strengths and development needs to ensure effective practice. Undertake clinical and professional supervision and meet the requirements for ongoing professional registration. To be familiar with the codes of ethics and current professional guidelines of the appropriate specialist professional organisation and to ensure their appropriate application within the service. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and its implications for clinical practice and professional management in the specialist service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A recognised qualification in psychosexual Health Care, e.g. Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy
• Post qualification training/continuing professional development relevant to this post
• Experience in allied specialties i.e. GUM, contraception or sexual health services
• Recognised accreditation/affiliation to a professional body e.g. BACP, COSRT, BPS, IPM

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata, per annum