Job summary
# GROW YOUR MEDICAL CAREER AT NHFT
NHFT are currently looking to appoint a Medical Psychotherapy Tutor based at Campbell House, Northampton with work expected across multiple hospital sites within Northamptonshire.
The post is a part time post consisting of 5 sessions (2 Direct Clinical Care and 3 SPA session).
The Medical Psychotherapy Tutor will be responsible for the organisation and educational governance of psychotherapy training in NHFT.
The Medical Psychotherapy Tutor will establish and support excellent communication links to doctors in training to promote a shared vision of the Trusts Commitment to remaining a high quality clinical education provider
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Ensure that all core trainees have the opportunity to complete the psychotherapy requirements of the core curriculum.
Advise and support core and higher trainees in their learning by reviewing progress in psychotherapy.
Oversee the establishment and running of the core trainee Balint or case based discussion group(s.)
Provide and oversee psychotherapy assessments for patients and be responsible for ensuring sufficient cases are provided and assessed as suitable cases for core and higher trainees.
Oversees the waiting list of therapy cases for core trainees and higher trainees.
Monitor the selection of appropriate short and long therapy cases in accordance with the core curriculum.
Select and support appropriate psychotherapy case supervisors to supervise and assess the trainees.
Ensure the psychotherapy case supervisors are aware of the aims of psychotherapy training in psychiatry and are in active practice of the model
of therapy they supervise according to GMC requirements.
Ensure the psychotherapy case supervisors are trained in the Psychotherapy Workplace Based Assessments (WPBAs).
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About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- GMC Specialist Registration in Medical Psychotherapy
- MRCPsych
Behaviours & Values
Essential
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a MDT
- Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
- Ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to participate in in-house training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of the ability to communicate with colleagues and staff at all levels.
- Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences
- Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
- To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
- An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner
- Able to plan and deliver postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- GMC Specialist Registration in Medical Psychotherapy
- MRCPsych
Behaviours & Values
Essential
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a MDT
- Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
- Ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to participate in in-house training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of the ability to communicate with colleagues and staff at all levels.
- Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences
- Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
- To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole
- An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner
- Able to plan and deliver postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
