Highly Specialist Senior Trauma psychotherapist | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking a professional to manage complex trauma cases within a multi-disciplinary team. The role includes clinical management responsibilities and contributing to the quality and safety of services. Candidates from under-represented backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. The position emphasizes a commitment to diversity and requires handling trauma-specific modalities.

Responsibilities

• Hold a complex caseload within the trauma multi-disciplinary team.
• Facilitate work within the remit of trauma and addictions.
• Maintain clinical records and communicate with referrers.
• Manage multi-factorial risk presentations.
• Line and clinical management for band 7 clinicians.

Job description

Responsibilities

• The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the trauma multi‑disciplinary team, offering highly skilled trauma‑informed treatments or therapies, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. The post is specifically to link up the two‑year postgraduate trauma course students (D19) to facilitate and support their clinical placements. Supervision of team members in their trauma‑informed psychotherapy work will also be required.
• The postholder will also facilitate work within the remit of trauma and addictions within the service, holding expertise in developing this complex area of work, including chairing a monthly workshop.
• The postholder will be in the senior management team of the service which will allow the close liaison with DET for the students, supporting the management functions of the team in collaboration with the clinical lead and the lead for clinical governance.
• You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services.
• The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.
• Managing and responding to multi‑factorial risk presentations and synthesizing complex data in the service of trauma‑informed care plans, crisis plans and management oversight of team caseloads.
• Line and clinical management and supervisory responsibility for band 7 clinicians, deputising or supporting the leadership where needed.
• Membership of the senior management team with management responsibilities in line with this.
• The post holder will hold their own complex caseload within the team including responsibilities for risk management and clinical governance.
• The use of trauma‑specific modalities will be expected within this caseload, held within a psychoanalytic frame. This will inevitably mean managing powerful countertransference experiences as an essential aspect of the work.

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from under‑represented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of the individual’s ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s policies, procedures and obligation in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025