Job summary
- Main area
- Counsellor or Psychotherapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week (one day per week)
- Job ref
- 331-B18900925
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Furness General Hospital
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Counsellor - Occupational Health
NHS AfC: Band 6
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
To work in the Occupational Health Department at Furness General Hospital, providing counselling to staff members of UHMBT.
We are a short term therapy service and therefore you need to be comfortable offering 6 session therapy.
Main duties of the job
To provide short term counselling to staff members of UHMBT.
To run some training sessions for staff members. To work within the multi disciplinary team of Occupational Health. Please Job Description and Person Specification.
Providing counselling, working within the multidisciplinary team, including working as an active member in the therapy team. Providing occasional support training sessions.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- registered with BACP or UKCP
- At least 1000 client hours
- Evidence of recent CPD
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Mason
- Job title
- Therapy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524 512290
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