Psychosexual Psychotherapist | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | Skelmersdale, WN8 6QS |
| Company: | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7011845/382-FICC13-25 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self -motivated individual to join our dynamic and progressive psychosexual service. The successful candidate will provide evidence based therapy for individuals and couples referred into the service and maintain and manage a set caseload efficiently and productively. The post holder will be required to explore and reflect on their outcomes analysis and productivity data to enable a vibrant modification approach to their work that empowers insight and appropriate adaptations to support their value within the organisation and the NHS in the current climate.
Please note there are 2x 15hr positions available, the posts are split across different locations they are as follows:
1 15hr post to be worked at Preston & North Lancashire over 2 days,
1 15hr post to be worked at Accrington & West Lancashire over 2 days.
The post holder will have specialist qualification and knowledge to accurately provide assessment, formulation and intervention for clients presenting with psychogenic and/or organic sexual disorder and to address relationship issues precipitating to or maintaining sexual disorder and/or intimacy issues. The post holder will be capable of working professionally and autonomously to provide direct clinical care and support to clients demonstrating high level, expert therapeutic skills and knowledge. The post holder will maintain a specific and significant caseload and manage such reporting to the Principal Therapist. The post holder will be a team contributor responsible for the provision of a high quality, efficient, effective and specialist service for clients with sexual disorder and relationship issues referred from primary and secondary care within the geographical footprint of Lancashire and Blackpool.
We are a small but dynamic team who provide excellent care to the clients that we help. Our service user outcomes and feedback demonstrate the quality and care that we provide. This is the main ethos of the service and we would only welcome into the team a practitioner who strives professionally with the same aims and drivers. Whilst driven and hard working, we are team focused and the wellbeing of the staff at all times remains a priority. We learn from each other and best practise is shared at every opportunity. We provide clinical placements for trainee therapists and work closely with the University of Central Lancashire. We hold an annual service conference, have in service group supervision and an established framework for individual supervision and we support at every given opportunity the professional development of our team members
• To act as an expert practitioner in Psychosexual Therapy
• To maintain a specific caseload and manage such reporting to the Principal Therapist.
• To work effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide an efficient and high quality standard of care for clients referred into the service
• To maintain a high standard of personal clinical practice including access of regular supervision as specified by the College of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT)
• To contribute to the maintenance a positive and efficient service waiting list.
• To provide evidence of effective service delivery through on-going monitoring and evaluation in line with key performance indicators.
• To support the governance and quality improvement agenda for the organisation. Ensure supervision and Care Quality Commission standards and regulations are embedded in practice.
• Adhere to Trust clinical and management policies and procedures.
• To support innovation and change within clinical practice in line with Trust requirements, and emerging national priorities and guidance.
• To ensure that all clinical interventions carried out are evidence based and clinically effective.
• Possess the skills and wide range of clinical knowledge to work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake independent, direct consultation and provision of care.
• Formulate, provide and evaluate intervention /treatment for complex patients including rationale for decision making.
• To adopt the concept of customer care and challenge performance or interactions which fail to deliver a quality service to internal and external customers.
• Be a role model for the service demonstrating a clear understanding of organisational goals and represent the beliefs and values of the organisation
• Comply with all training to identify and manage risk including safeguarding concerns ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Maintain own professional registration and hold responsibility for own continued professional development meeting requirements to maintain a professional portfolio and demonstrating evidence of reflective practice
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.