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We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced and innovative Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist to join the Leeds Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service. In this role, you will provide specialist psychological therapy to service users across our Outpatient Service, the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine (NICPM), and a 2-year community pilot connecting both services. This position offers the chance to work with complex and varied presentations, develop innovative approaches, and contribute to integrated care pathways across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.

The postholder will primarily work within the Leeds Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service. This is a well-established service and is one of the largest liaison psychiatry services in the UK. The service works with service users who present with complex persistent physical symptoms and long-term conditions. The Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service focus is upon the biopsychosocial model and treatment by the multidisciplinary team.

The National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine (NICPM) provides specialist, multidisciplinary care for service users with complex psychological and physical health needs, including trauma-focused and cognitive behavioural interventions to support recovery and improve functioning.

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The Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service, in conjunction with the NICPM, is currently running a 2-year pilot allowing service users under the care of Outpatients and/or NICPM to receive treatment and therapy in the community. This approach aims to provide continuity of care, reduce length of stay, facilitate early discharge, and prevent unnecessary admissions.

As an integral member of the team, the postholder will provide specialist cognitive behavioural therapy to service users in the Outpatient Service, the community, and the NICPM. Trauma-focused therapy is a key intervention across all settings, with strong multidisciplinary support for working with people with complex trauma. The 2-year pilot offers opportunities to work in innovative ways and gain experience with complex and unusual presentations. Working alongside the consultant psychiatrist, psychotherapists also guide and supervise the team in psychological interventions, ensuring continuity of progress throughout the service user’s journey.

In return, we offer a comprehensive induction, robust support structures, regular management and clinical supervision, and a strong focus on leadership and professional development.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.