8b Principal Adult Psychotherapist- part time

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 May 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Psychotherapist post for six sessions to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming secondary care team in the North-West Surrey Psychotherapy Service at Unither House, Chertsey which is one of three psychotherapy services in the Trust.

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 substantial experience working as an adult psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations. The postholder will also have experience offering consultation and supervision to more junior colleagues and colleagues from other teams.

We strongly encourage applicants to visit/contact the department prior to interview. Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call or email psychotherapyswneh@sabp.nhs.uk

Interviews to be held the morning of Wednesday 14th May at Unither House, Chertsey.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a lead in the management of referrals to the service and apply appropriate criteria in assessing suitability and ensuring effective communication and consultation with all referrers.

The postholder will supervise and manage qualified staff members in the team, Band 8a and below and undertake their appraisals to ensure that a high standard of service provision is monitored and maintained.

The postholder will be responsible for the recruitment, interviewing and selection of trainee psychotherapists & trainee counselling psychologists in this modality across the Trust for all 3 psychotherapy services.

The role will provide supervision to a range of psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainees and counselling psychologists who work as honorary therapists in the service. This will include liaison with the training institutions as needed.

This postholder will have an opportunity to provide Reflective Practice for teams in the Trust as required.

The postholder will take on specific audits, quality improvement projects and delegated areas of management as well as deputising for the Head of Service when required.

Please refer the attached job description for full details.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

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!

Date posted

11 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,337 to £74,415 a year (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

325-7064449-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

Substantial experience as an Adult Psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations
Substantial experience in working and managing risk with regards to clinical presentations
Comprehensive knowledge of psychoanalytic theories of intervention and technique equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate with comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
Extensive experience of supervising trainees, qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapists and other professional providing psychological therapies in group or individual psychotherapy

Qualifications

Essential

Post graduate level training/qualification or equivalent in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to meet the standards and registration with BPC or UKCP, CPJA section. Certificate in MBT training through the Anna Freud Centre.
BCP or UKCP accreditation in Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Desirable

Qualification/training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience as an Adult Psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations
Substantial experience in working and managing risk with regards to clinical presentations
Comprehensive knowledge of psychoanalytic theories of intervention and technique equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate with comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
Extensive experience of supervising trainees, qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapists and other professional providing psychological therapies in group or individual psychotherapy

Qualifications

Essential

Post graduate level training/qualification or equivalent in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to meet the standards and registration with BPC or UKCP, CPJA section. Certificate in MBT training through the Anna Freud Centre.
BCP or UKCP accreditation in Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Desirable

Qualification/training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision

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.