Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - N/A
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-8073680
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jeanette Wallace House
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £63,665 - £70,887 per annum inclusive of HCAs (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Psychotherapist/Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are pleased to be recruiting to an 8a Psychodynamic psychotherapist post (0.6 wte) to be a senior therapist within the psychodynamic modality of our multi-modality therapy team in secondary care. The post holder will be an experienced clinician practicing psychodynamically with adults with moderate-severe mood, anxiety and personality disorders. The post holder will ideally have experience of line managing and supervising therapists providing psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as offering consultation and link-working with colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will support the work of the lead 8b Principal Psychodynamic psychotherapist within the team. They will hold a caseload of psychodynamic psychotherapy cases, delivering assessment and therapy to the more complex presentations. They will line manage and supervise more junior staff within the service and provide professional supervision. The post holder will contribute to service audits and development projects, and consultation within the team and to other professionals.
Working for our organisation
1. The successful applicant will work alongside other Psychodynamic psychotherapists delivering assessment and therapy. They will also work alongside psychotherapists offering Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Clinical/Counselling Psychologists offering CBT, tf-CBT, Schema informed therapy and EMDR, as part of this well-established multi-modality team. There are line management and supervisory responsibilities, as well as link-working with CMHTs to provide consultation, teaching, co-working. The team is based in central Croydon (Jeanette Wallace House) and face-to-face sessions are provided at this base and at other Croydon sites. Wednesdays are an essential team day.
Development opportunities: The Trust provides access to a wide range of CPD opportunities and all staff are encouraged to undertake development opportunities and activities relevant to their post. As a multi-modality team there are opportunities for learning and development alongside other modalities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To provide a highly specialist psychological interventions according to discipline: Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in secondary care.
· To promote service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
· To be active in the provision of staff support within their area, including but not limited to Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Psychodyamic Psychotherapy Diploma (BACP, UKCP registered)
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions, e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy OR to have equivalent relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS.
- Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration. (A/I) For Psychologists: · Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I) For Family / Systemic Psychotherapists: Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (A/I) PLUS Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification, accredited by UKCP (A/I) For Psychotherapists: Entry-level qualification in Psychotherapy that has been accepted by the APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP (specify which, according to nature of post) for purposes of professional registration. (A/I) (for a job requiring specific professional qualification(s), change this point to specify the required qualification(s). For Arts Therapists: Masters Degree (or equivalent) in Arts Therapy or Dance Movement Therapy. (or specify Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dramatherapy or Dance Movement Therapy) Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a psychodynamic psychotherapeutic practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher. (A/I/R)
Desirable criteria
- Supervision training to diploma standard
- Additional training in psychodynamic/psychoanalytic supervision to certificate/diploma standard
Experience
Essential criteria
- Adult secondary care psychodynamic therapy experience
- Personal therapy of sufficiant duration / depth
- Experience of supervising Band 7 and/or honoraries
Skills
Essential criteria
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers (and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews where appropriate)
- To plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees as appropriates. (A/I/R)
- Consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people’s needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation.
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meeting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Sutcliffe
- Job title
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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