Art Psychotherapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT) seeks an HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist to develop art therapy interventions in adult inpatient services. The role involves establishing art therapy as a new specialism within the psychology team and collaborating with multidisciplinary colleagues to support patients with complex presentations.

The post focuses on delivering individual and group interventions, including Trauma-informed approaches, in acute psychiatric care settings at

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist with NHS inpatient experience.
• Experience with trauma and neurodiversity in psychiatric settings is desirable.
• Ability to develop and lead art therapy interventions for groups and individuals.

Skills

Art Psychotherapist

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Adult inpatient services at NHFT are excited about developing psychological interventions on the wards to include an Art Therapist. The successful applicant will be working in acute and intensive psychiatric care with a variety of complex presentations.

We are excited about a newly created position for a HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist within adult Inpatient Services at NHFT. The successful applicant will be responsible for developing art therapy interventions within inpatient services because this will be a new specialism. The art therapist will be working as part of the existing psychology team.

We are interested to broaden our provision to include patients who may struggle with other talking therapies. There is a male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Northampton and a female PICU in Kettering. Experience of complex presentations is required. We are thinking particularly of patients who are traumatised, may experience psychosis or difficulties that mean communication is difficult, for example autism and neurodivergence. We are keen to provide groups as well as individual interventions, for example The Tree of Life.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.