8b Principal Adult Psychotherapist- part time

Integrated Care System; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health provider in Surrey is seeking a Principal Adult Psychotherapist for a part-time role. The successful candidate will manage referrals, supervise staff, and provide high-quality psychoanalytic therapy services. This role offers a competitive salary and the chance to lead in a supportive Trust environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Excellent health and wellbeing support

Free parking

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Adult Psychotherapy and managing clinical presentations.
• Experience supervising trainees and qualified psychotherapists.
• Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of referrals and assess suitability for treatment.
• Supervise and manage qualified staff members.
• Conduct recruitment and selection of trainee psychotherapists.

Skills

Supervision

Clinical assessment

Risk management

Psychoanalytic intervention knowledge

Education

Post graduate level training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

BCP or UKCP accreditation in Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision

Job description

Go back Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

8b Principal Adult Psychotherapist- part time

The closing date is 10 August 2025

My job makes better lives by working to deliver on our aspiration to ensure that we provide outstanding quality care and support. We have an exciting opportunity to recruit to a Principal Psychotherapist post, for 6 sessions in the NorthWest Surrey Psychotherapy Service in Chertsey which is one of 3 psychotherapy services in the Trust that offers psychoanalytic psychotherapy to its patients.

We strongly encourage applicants to visit/ contact the department prior to interview. Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call.

Please note that the interview will be held the morning of Wednesday 20th August 2025 at Unither House, Chertsey, KT16 9FG.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a lead in the management of referrals to the service and apply appropriate criteria in assessing suitability and ensuring effective communication and consultation with all referrers.

The postholder will supervise and manage qualified staff members in the team, Band 8a and below and undertake their appraisals to ensure that a high standard of service provision is monitored and maintained.

The postholder will be responsible for the recruitment, interviewing and selection of trainee psychotherapists & trainee counselling psychologists in this modality across the Trust for all 3 psychotherapy services. The role will provide supervision to a range of psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainees and counselling psychologists who work as honorary therapists in the service. This will include liaison with the training institutions as needed.

This postholder will have an opportunity to provide Reflective Practice for teams in the Trust as required.

The postholder will take on specific audits, quality improvement projects and delegated areas of management as well as deputising for the Head of Service when required.

Please refer the attached job description for full details.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Experience

• Substantial experience as an Adult Psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations
• Substantial experience in working and managing risk with regards to clinical presentations
• Comprehensive knowledge of psychoanalytic theories of intervention and technique equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate with comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
• Extensive experience of supervising trainees, qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapists and other professional providing psychological therapies in group or individual psychotherapy

Qualifications

• Post graduate level training/qualification or equivalent in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to meet the standards and registration with BPC or UKCP, CPJA section. Certificate in MBT training through the Anna Freud Centre.
• BCP or UKCP accreditation in Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Qualification/training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervision

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£64,337 to £74,415 a year(Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata