Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in London/Essex region seeks an experienced Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) to work across Bexley Adult Community Mental Health Services, including Older Adults teams. You will assess mental health needs of patients and families, provide evidence-based family interventions, and supervise colleagues.

The role covers Erith and Bexleyheath centres. You will engage with the MDT, provide training and live supervision to practitioners and trainees, and

Qualifications

• Masters or Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy with UKCP registration.
• Post-registration systemic psychotherapy experience required.
• Experience supervising family therapy clinics and training in supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' mental health needs and families.
• Offer evidence-based interventions to families with specific needs.
• Liaise with MDT and other teams and agencies as part of care plans.
• Provide consultation and training to adult community mental health teams.
• Provide live supervision to systemic practitioners and family therapy trainees.
• Contribute to research and service improvement initiatives related to Adult Mental Health.

Skills

Systemic psychotherapy

Risk assessment

Supervision experience

MDT liaison

Education

Masters or Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy

Job description

We seek to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) to join Bexley Adult Community Mental Health Services across different teams, including the Older Adults Team.

You will have a Masters or Doctorate level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy, with post registration systemic psychotherapist experience, as well as experience supervising family therapy clinics and a willingness to train in systemic supervision.

You will have a UKCP registration and excellent therapeutic skills, be skilled in assessing and managing risk, and be able to be responsive and flexible in working with people across the age range.

You will support teams and clinicians to embed ways of engaging and working with families.

The role covers the Erith Centre and the Bexleyheath Centre.

As a Systemic Psychotherapist, you will assess patients' mental health needs and their families, and offer evidence-based interventions to families with specific needs.

You will liaise with members of the MDT and other teams, services and agencies as part of the ongoing care plan as and when needed.

You will offer consultation and training to all the adult community mental health teams and offer supervision to our colleagues in the acute service.

You will also offer live supervision to systemic practitioners and family therapy trainees.

You will contribute to research and service improvement initiatives related to Adult Mental Health and systemic psychotherapy.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in the community and in secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich and in Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Manuel Navarro Job title: Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07766 368 198