Psychodynamic Psychotherapist | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,156 - £71,148 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, Yorkshire(West Riding),, LS10 4UZ |
| Company: | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7388911/260-TP-940-A |
Summary
This position has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to an aspect of course delivery, in this instance, the assessment component of the MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (M58), which is accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council. The post holder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to master’s and where appropriate, doctoral students, as required. The post holder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.
Portfolio Information
The MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (M58) is situated within the DET Psychoanalytic Portfolio. Other courses currently within this portfolio are:
• Masters in Psychological Therapy with Children, Young People and Families, (M34) BPC accredited
• Trust Certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists (M14) BPC accredited
• Trust Certificate in Interdisciplinary Training in Adult Psychotherapy (M1) BPC accredited
• Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (M80) ACP accredited
Overview and main duties of the post
The position of Psychodynamic Psychotherapisthas been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to an aspect of course delivery such as module leadership; assessment; recruitment etc. The postholder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to master’s and where appropriate, doctoral students, as required. The postholder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.
The Trust has a national brief for training in the mental health professions, social care, education and forensic services across the age range. In 2020 the Trust was the first NHS body successful in obtaining registration with the Office for Students (OfS). Its academic awards are validated by university partners, mainly the University of Essex.
The Trust develops and delivers training initiatives that meet the needs of a modern health and social care sector and is responsive to policy and initiatives from government and other relevant agencies. The Trust is a welcoming and supportive organisation committed to ensuring its student body is diverse and reflects the populations its trainees will be working with. Its offer, provided through a range of platforms both digital and face to face, includes postgraduate programmes, CPD courses, and bespoke training for organisations.
Beyond this the Trust also provides organisational consultancy through Tavistock Consulting and hosts the National Workforce Skills Development Unit which works closely with Health Education England (HEE) to address key workforce challenges in the wider healthcare workforce.
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
· Where appropriate contribute to the teaching and supervision on a rangeof coursesincluding complex clinical and/or research based Masters and where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Psychoanalytic Portfolio and related portfolios as required. If allocated module leadership responsibility, this will involve ensuring all administrative tasks, curriculum, teaching, reading lists, and related activities are managed in line with course expectations under the direction of the Course Leads.
· To deliver asynchronous lectures, face to face or online workshops and seminars across the programmes.
· Where appropriate to provide clinical or research supervision to students across courses in the portfolio and responding to often highly complex issues requiring consideration of a range of possible options and providing expert knowledge and input.
· To act as personal tutor to allocated students on a range of programmes and liaising with the student support and engagement lead as required.
· To attend a mandatory EDI training (a minimum of one day).
· To ensure teaching and supervision integrates an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory framework and takes account of equality, diversity and inclusion.
· To contribute to marketing initiatives when required, including attendance at Trust-wide and course specific open events for prospective students.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Thursday 14 Aug 2025