Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Erith; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Erith is seeking a Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services. The role is Band 8a and part-time at 22.5 hours per week, with a permanent contract.

You will hold a Masters or Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy, be UKCP registered, and bring experience supervising family therapy clinics. You will work across Erith and Bexleyheath centres, collaborating with MDTs and contribute to service

Qualifications

• Masters qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy.
• Current UKCP Registration.
• Willingness to train in Systemic Supervision.
• Experience supervising family therapy clinics.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and families, offering evidence-based systemic interventions.
• Liaise with MDTs and external services as part of care planning.
• Provide clinical supervision to the Family Consultation Service.
• Offer specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families.
• Provide consultation on assessments and treatment to teams and agencies.
• Contribute to research and service development in Adult Mental Health.

Skills

Systemic theory

Risk assessment

MDT collaboration

Diverse communities

Live supervision

Education

Masters qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy

UKCP Registration

Job description

Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist

Band 8a

Main area Adult Community Mental Health Services Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 277-8216072-CMH

Site Bexley ADAPT & Bexley OAMH Town Erith and Bexleyheath Salary £63,665 - £70,887 pro rata pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/10/2026

Job overview

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

T he role covers the Erith Centre and the Bexleyheath Centre.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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 the 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 Listen

We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide the Bexley Working Age Adult Directorate and the Older People Service with a high quality, evidence based, systemic psychotherapy service to adult community patients, families, carers and professional networks.

To provide clinical supervision to the Family Consultation Service in the Borough.

To provide specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families of patients.

To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding assessments, diagnoses and treatment to teams, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines.

To provide specialist consultation to other professionals looking to increase their expertise in systemic psychotherapy.

To collaborate in the evaluation of the service and contribute to its development and implementation.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters Quaification in Systemic Psychotherapy
• Current UKCP Registration
• Willingness to train in Systemic Supervision

Experience

• Working with families in a relevant mental health or social welfare setting
• Working with wide variety of client groups and degrees of severity
• Care coordination experience and MDT relationships
• Working with psychosis or personality disorder diagnoses

Skills / Ability

• Using a wide range of systemic theories / interventions / client focus
• Working with racial / diverse communities
• Extensive experience of live supervision of FT clinics

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.