Job summary
Solutions4Health are delighted to be offering the role of Psychosexual Therapist at Newcastle Sexual Health Clinic / Remote. This is a Part Time Permanent job with a salary of £46,148 - £52,809 depending on experience.
Solutions4Health have been commissioned by Newcastle City Council to deliver NHS specialist sexual health services, integrated community sexual health and contraception provision and psychosexual services for the people of Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are looking to find an experienced and enthusiastic psychosexual therapist to support the delivery of our service and seek applicants who have a desire for delivering evidence-based face-2-face and remote therapeutic interventions. You will be educated to a degree level and hold an equivalent counselling qualification which is recognised and accredited by the British Associated for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy. You will have completed a relevant post graduate professional qualification in psychosexual counselling approved by COSRT.
Our psychosexual therapy service will provide assessment and treatment for individuals and their sexual partners who are experiencing difficulties with their sexual functioning, where the primary cause is psychological, or where the psychosexual problem has developed because of physical pathology.
Main duties of the job
To manage an appropriate clinical caseload and waiting times, ensuring timely access to assessment and treatment.
To be responsible for planning own day-to-day clinical work, including clinics, meetings and appointment scheduling.
To provide specialist assessments based on the interpretation and integration of complex information from different sources, such as referral sources, interviews and self-report measures.
To provide specialist psychosexual counselling/therapy tailored to the needs of individuals and sexual partners.
To participate in joint working with other healthcare professionals as required and agreed with the Head of Operations.
To provide service audit and evaluation in accordance with the specifications set out by the local commissioning team.
To provide advice, guidance, consultation and teaching, as required, on matters relating to psychosexual counselling/therapy, to other professions.
Responsible for providing complaint responses regarding the Psychosexual service.
To contribute to the development and operation of the sexual problems integrated care pathway, particularly in relation to the provision of psychosexual counselling/ therapy.
To participate in service evaluation and audit programmes in relation to own practice and the needs of the department and local population when required, including monitoring adherence to clinical governance guidelines and standards.
In accordance with good practice guidelines, the post holder should take part in clinical supervision from an appropriate practitioner. This involves the guidance and discussion of clinical work, research and audit.
To engage in an appropriate programme of personal development particularly in sexual medicine, and to document this, in adherence with the requirements of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) or Institute of Psychosexual Medicine.
About us
Solutions4Health are an innovative company with a passion and a track record for tackling health inequalities. We provide a one stop solution for commissioners accountable for outcome focused integrated Public Health services.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, as we do not sponsor work permits and outside work permits are not accepted as proof of a right to work in the UK.
We encourage applicants meeting the criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.
Solutions4health are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments, either at application or interview stage, please contact our HR team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Solutions4Health are delighted to be offering the role of Psychosexual Therapist at Newcastle Sexual Health Clinic / Remote. This is a Part Time, Permanent job with a salary of £46,148 - £52,809 depending on experience.
Role Summary
Solutions4Health have been commissioned by Newcastle City Council to deliver NHS specialist sexual health services, integrated community sexual health and contraception provision and psychosexual services for the people of Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are looking to find an experienced and enthusiastic psychosexual therapist to support the delivery of our service and seek applicants who have a desire for delivering evidence-based face-2-face and remote therapeutic interventions. You will be educated to a degree level and hold an equivalent counselling qualification which is recognised and accredited by the British Associated for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy. You will have completed a relevant post graduate professional qualification in psychosexual counselling approved by COSRT.
Our psychosexual therapy service will provide assessment and treatment for individuals and their sexual partners who are experiencing difficulties with their sexual functioning, where the primary cause is psychological, or where the psychosexual problem has developed because of physical pathology. The service will be available to everyone aged 16 years and over and their partners who meet the referral criteria and who live within the Newcastle upon Tyne area and are registered with a Newcastle upon Tyne GP.
About Us
Solutions4Health are an innovative company with a passion and a track record for tackling health inequalities. We provide a one stop solution for commissioners accountable for outcome focused integrated Public Health services.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, as we do not sponsor work permits and outside work permits are not accepted as proof of a right to work in the UK.
We encourage applicants meeting the criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.
Solutions4health are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments, either at application or interview stage, please contact our HR team.
If you think you are suitable for this role, please apply now!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Solutions4Health are delighted to be offering the role of Psychosexual Therapist at Newcastle Sexual Health Clinic / Remote. This is a Part Time, Permanent job with a salary of £46,148 - £52,809 depending on experience.
Role Summary
Solutions4Health have been commissioned by Newcastle City Council to deliver NHS specialist sexual health services, integrated community sexual health and contraception provision and psychosexual services for the people of Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are looking to find an experienced and enthusiastic psychosexual therapist to support the delivery of our service and seek applicants who have a desire for delivering evidence-based face-2-face and remote therapeutic interventions. You will be educated to a degree level and hold an equivalent counselling qualification which is recognised and accredited by the British Associated for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy. You will have completed a relevant post graduate professional qualification in psychosexual counselling approved by COSRT.
Our psychosexual therapy service will provide assessment and treatment for individuals and their sexual partners who are experiencing difficulties with their sexual functioning, where the primary cause is psychological, or where the psychosexual problem has developed because of physical pathology. The service will be available to everyone aged 16 years and over and their partners who meet the referral criteria and who live within the Newcastle upon Tyne area and are registered with a Newcastle upon Tyne GP.
About Us
Solutions4Health are an innovative company with a passion and a track record for tackling health inequalities. We provide a one stop solution for commissioners accountable for outcome focused integrated Public Health services.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, as we do not sponsor work permits and outside work permits are not accepted as proof of a right to work in the UK.
We encourage applicants meeting the criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity.
Solutions4health are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments, either at application or interview stage, please contact our HR team.
If you think you are suitable for this role, please apply now!
Person Specification
Psychosexual Therapist
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Counselling qualification which is recognised and accredited
- Relevant post graduate professional qualification in psychosexual counselling approved by COSRT
- Skills in assessment, intervention and management of psychosexual problems.
- Well-developed skills in communicating effectively in written and oral modes, including the capacity to impart clinically sensitive and technical information to a range of recipients.
- Skills in providing consultation, teaching and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
- A capacity to establish priorities and organise workload effectively
- Ability to manage own caseload and work independently
- Ability to work alongside other professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Makes appropriate referrals to colleagues
- Ability to manage time effectively and productively, and to work in a self-motivated and self-starting manner
- Experience
- Experience of counselling people with sexual problems
- Experience of using behavioural interventions such as sensate focus
- Experience of multidisciplinary working.
- Evidence of continued professional development related to counselling e.g. through attendance at workshops, seminars and reading of up-to-date professional journals and books
- Other
- Keeps appropriate, contemporaneous notes from consultations and presents these in accordance with best practice
- Maintains confidentiality
- Sex-positive approach to working with a variety of client groups
Desirable
- Masters in Relationship Therapy or comparative
- COSTR approved supervisors training
Person Specification
Psychosexual Therapist
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Counselling qualification which is recognised and accredited
- Relevant post graduate professional qualification in psychosexual counselling approved by COSRT
- Skills in assessment, intervention and management of psychosexual problems.
- Well-developed skills in communicating effectively in written and oral modes, including the capacity to impart clinically sensitive and technical information to a range of recipients.
- Skills in providing consultation, teaching and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
- A capacity to establish priorities and organise workload effectively
- Ability to manage own caseload and work independently
- Ability to work alongside other professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Makes appropriate referrals to colleagues
- Ability to manage time effectively and productively, and to work in a self-motivated and self-starting manner
- Experience
- Experience of counselling people with sexual problems
- Experience of using behavioural interventions such as sensate focus
- Experience of multidisciplinary working.
- Evidence of continued professional development related to counselling e.g. through attendance at workshops, seminars and reading of up-to-date professional journals and books
- Other
- Keeps appropriate, contemporaneous notes from consultations and presents these in accordance with best practice
- Maintains confidentiality
- Sex-positive approach to working with a variety of client groups
Desirable
- Masters in Relationship Therapy or comparative
- COSTR approved supervisors training
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.
