Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 86,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Disability Committed Employer

Stonewall Diversity Champions

Job summary

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist to join the Adult Mental Health Family & Couple Therapy Service at Springfield University Hospital. The role involves advanced systemic assessment, psychotherapy with families, supervision, and teaching across training and professional groups.

The post requires a postgraduate qualification in systemic psychotherapy, UKCP registration, and extensive supervisory and teaching

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in relevant mental health or social care profession and demonstrable supervised clinical practice equivalent to at least 50 hours of supervision.
• Qualifying level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy (MSc or equivalent).
• UKCP Registration as a systemic psychotherapist.
• Clinical Supervision Training.
• Training in teaching systemic psychotherapy.

Responsibilities

• To provide high-quality evidence based systemic psychotherapy service.
• To provide highly specialist systemic assessment and psychotherapy to service users and their family system.
• To provide supervision to trainee systemic psychotherapists.
• To teach and train systemic psychotherapy up to Masters’ level.
• To provide supervision to junior doctors and medical psychotherapy trainees.

Skills

Systemic psychotherapy

Supervision

Training professionals

Education

Postgraduate qualification

MSc Systemic Psychotherapy

UKCP Registration

Clinical Supervision Training

Teaching systemic psychotherapy

Job description

Highly Specialist Systemic Psychotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area Family Therapy Exp Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 294-COMM-8290276-EB

Site Springfield University Hospital Town London Salary £75,328 - £86,114 per rata inclusive of Inner London HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are delighted to be recruiting for this role as one of our long-standing and highly valued team members prepares for retirement. This presents a unique opportunity to join an established, supportive team and build upon a strong foundation of excellent work and commitment.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Systemic Psychotherapist with supervisory experience to be part of the Trust wide Adult Mental Health Family & Couple Therapy Service based at the Prudence Skynner Clinic, and to develop skills in a range of clinical, supervisory, teaching and consultation settings.

Main duties of the job

The team has a strong commitment to developing innovative treatment to work with families and couples in an adult mental health setting. The clinic is based in an inner London borough, and we work with a diverse group of families of different cultures and faiths.

The service has a long tradition of delivering systemic psychotherapy training and practice, both within the Trust and externally. We provide systemic training opportunities for a range of professionals in all mental health disciplines, including qualifying level Systemic Psychotherapy trainees. In addition, the team offers supervision to Systemic Family Psychotherapists and consults to multiple teams and agencies in and outside of the Trust.

The post-holder will have:

• an interest in and experience of working with mental health issues across the life span
• experience of training professionals in Systemic practice and psychotherapy
• experience of supervising Systemic Psychotherapists and other professionals

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Systemic Psychotherapist with a strong commitment in anti-oppressive practices driven by social justice.

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. T he Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide high-quality evidence based systemic psychotherapy service.

To provide highly specialist systemic assessment and psychotherapy to service users and their family system.

To provide specialist advice and consultation on service users systemic treatment to NHS colleagues, external agencies and carers, working with an appropriate level of professional autonomy within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures.

To provide supervision to trainee systemic psychotherapists

To teach and train systemic psychotherapy up to and including Masters’ Level

To provide supervision to junior doctors and medical psychotherapy trainees

To undertake research and complex audit and provide research advice to staff and trainees

To contribute to the development, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the Trust’s operational policies and services

To develop, implement, and audit services for families

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Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in relevant mental health or social care profession and demonstrable supervised clinical practice equivalent to at least 50 hours of supervision.
• Qualifying level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy (MSc or equivalent)
• UKCP Registration as a systemic psychotherapist
• Clinical Supervision Training
• Training in teaching systemic psychotherapy

Experience

• Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a systemic psychotherapist with families
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team to promote a cohesive service delivery
• Registration as Clinical Supervisor by Ass. For Family Therapy (AFT)

Knowledge & Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of systemic assessment and treatment of individuals, couples, family systems, groups and organisations, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Knowledge of and skill in using a wide variety of systemic theories and interventions and the ability to use these appropriately in relation to client need and work setting
• Skills in professional supervision to meet UKCP requirements; skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues
• Sufficient knowledge of other modalities to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients
• IT Skills

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3 rd party e-recruitment system
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. The contact details published on our official website are the Trust’s authorised contact channels and should be used for all recruitment communications, job applications, and verification of employment offers.

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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.

Name Heleni Andreadi Job title Head of Family Therapy & Courses Director Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 020 3513 6195

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Address Springfield University Hospital,
61 Glenburnie Rd,
London SW17 7DJ
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