B7 Adult Psychotherapist - part time

NHS; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

A health services organization in Chertsey seeks a part-time Adult Psychotherapist to join their team. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in psychodynamic psychotherapy and hold a relevant UKCP or BPC accreditation. Responsibilities include conducting consultations, liaising with professionals, and maintaining patient assessments. This role offers a competitive salary ranging from £50,008 to £56,908 per year, pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing support

Free parking

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of psychoanalytic therapy is mandatory.
• Knowledge of conducting psychotherapy for individual therapy is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake psychotherapeutic consultations and provide individual psychotherapy.
• Liaise with professionals regarding patient referrals.
• Maintain up-to-date risk assessments on patients.
• Involve patients in their personal care plans.
• Conduct group analytic and mentalization based treatments.

Skills

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Conducting psychotherapy consultations

Liaising with professionals

Education

UKCP or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

B7 Adult Psychotherapist – part time

The closing date is 15 December 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a 6 session Band 7 Adult Psychotherapist post to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming secondary care team in the North‑West Surrey Psychotherapy Service at Unither House, Chertsey which is one of three psychotherapy services in the Trust.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience of working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training in mental health.

The post holder will have substantial experience working 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.

We strongly encourage applicants to visit/contact the department prior to interview. Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call or email to [e-mail]

Interviews to be held the morning of Wednesday 14th January 2026 at Unither House, Chertsey.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Main duties of the job

To undertake psychotherapeutic consultations and provide individual psychodynamic psychotherapy.

To liaise with professionals, carers and relatives as required about referrals patients to the service.

Maintaining up‑to‑date risk assessments on patients that are directly involved in your care.

To involve patients in their personal care plans taking their individual needs and preferences into account.

To conduct both group analytic and mentalization based treatments following appropriate training and with ongoing supervision.

To help advise other professionals and trainees engaged in mental‑health work about the role and suitability of Psychoanalytically informed interventions.

Please refer to the job description for more information on the requirements for this role.

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 Trusts 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

• In depth understanding and training in the delivery of individual psychoanalytic therapy is mandatory.
• In depth knowledge and experience of conducting psychotherapy consultations for individual therapy is mandatory

Qualifications

• UKCP accreditation with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College or BPC accreditation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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

£50,008 to £56,908 a year (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata