Art Psychotherapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Nottingham; In loco; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

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Living wage employer

Descrizione del lavoro

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust invites applications for an HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist to join adult inpatient services. The role focuses on developing art therapy interventions within inpatient care, both inpatients and possible outpatient work, and will work with a multidisciplinary psychology team to broaden access for patients who struggle with other talking therapies.

The post involves educating staff about referrals, delivering group and individual art therapy, and

Competenze

• HCPC registered as an Art Therapist.
• Experience with complex inpatients.
• Understanding of risk management.
• Experience in other therapeutic interventions.
• Supervision training and experience.
• Understanding of Structured Clinical Management.

Mansioni

• Provide highly specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for inpatients at NHFT.
• Hold a caseload of ward patients with some outpatient sessions if required.
• Educate inpatient staff about referrals and identify suitable art therapy cases.
• Deliver high quality, person-centred care in collaboration with the team.
• Support service development, audits and research.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff, trainees and volunteers.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Conoscenze

Art therapy

Inpatient experience

Risk management

Supervision training

Structured clinical management

Formazione

HCPC registered Art Therapist

Descrizione del lavoro

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Art Psychotherapist

The closing date is 23 November 2026

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

As a Specialist Practitioner/ Art Therapist within the team, you will:

Provide highly specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for inpatients at NHFT.

Hold a caseload of patients on the ward with some additional outpatient sessions if required to complete the work.

This is a new role so the post holder will need to educate inpatient staff about appropriate referrals and actively seek patients that are suitable for art therapy.

Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver high quality, Person Centred Care.

Support and contribute to service development, audit and research.

Provide clinical supervision to staff, trainees and volunteers in line with experience and service need.

Work autonomously within professional guidelines.

Person Specification

Qualfied Art Therapist

• HCPC registered as an Art Therapist
• Experience of working with complex patients / inpatients
• Understanding of risk managment
• Experience of other therapeutic interventions
• Supervision training and expereince
• Understanding of Structured Clinical Management

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust