Art Psychotherapist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the City of Westminster is seeking a part-time art psychotherapist to join their Psychological Service. This role involves providing art therapy to adults with life-limiting conditions, collaborating with clinical psychologists and cardiac teams. The ideal candidate brings experience in art therapy and a commitment to patient care in a supportive environment. Join a welcoming team that values psychological input for both patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing art therapy to adults.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical psychologists.
• Skill in handling life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide art therapy assessment and intervention to inpatients and outpatients.
• Work closely with cardiac and critical care teams.
• Coordinate psychological provision with the clinical psychologist.

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a part‑time (0.5 WTE) art psychotherapist to join our Psychological Service for adults who receive treatment at the Barts Heart and Thorax Centre (BHTC) at St Bartholomew's Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. This post will cover areas of the BHTC related to cardiac conditions and critical care. The post holder will work with adults who have life‑limiting and life‑threatening conditions.

The post holder will receive referrals from cardiac and critical care teams across BHTC and will work closely with the psychological services lead clinical psychologists, offering a good balance of autonomy and support. This is a varied role providing art therapy assessment and intervention to both inpatients and outpatients. The BHTC teams are very welcoming, value psychological input for patients and staff, and will appreciate the post holder maintaining the range of therapies available.

Supervision and Line Management

The service is managed by a consultant clinical psychologist, who leads and develops the psychological provision for BHTC patients and coordinates support for staff. The service also includes senior clinical psychologists, each coordinating psychological provision for their area of BHTC.

Line management will be provided by the principal clinical psychologist for the service. Clinical supervision will be provided by a senior art psychotherapist based at the St Bartholomew's Hospital site.

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.