Psychosexual Psychotherapist

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider on the west coast of Lancashire seeks a qualified therapist to manage specialized assessments and interventions for sexual disorders. The successful candidate will work independently, maintain a significant caseload, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience in therapeutic practices. Opportunities for professional development and flexible working are encouraged, focusing on a balanced work-life approach.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Post holder must have specialist qualifications to provide assessment and intervention for clients with sexual disorders.
• Ability to manage a significant caseload with high-level therapeutic skills is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a specific caseload and report to the Principal Therapist.
• Work effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure high-quality standard of care.
• Ensure all clinical interventions are evidence-based and clinically effective.

Skills

Assessment and intervention for sexual disorder

Expert therapeutic skills

Autonomous practice

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical governance adherence

Education

Specialist qualification in therapy

Job description

About the Organisation

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. We provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7,000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining a healthy home‑life balance. Working patterns such as part‑time working, self‑rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term‑time, reverse term‑time and flexitime working can be explored.

About the Role

The post holder will have specialist qualification and knowledge to accurately provide assessment, formulation and intervention for clients presenting with psychogenic and/or organic sexual disorder and to address relationship issues precipitating or maintaining sexual disorder and/or intimacy issues. The post holder will be capable of working professionally and autonomously to provide direct clinical care and support to clients demonstrating high level, expert therapeutic skills and knowledge. The post holder will maintain a specific and significant caseload and manage reporting to the Principal Therapist.

We are a small but dynamic team who provide excellent care to the clients that we help. Our service user outcomes and feedback demonstrate the quality and care that we provide. This is the main ethos of the service and we would only welcome into the team a practitioner who strives professionally with the same aims and drivers. Whilst driven and hard working, we are team focused and the wellbeing of the staff at all times remains a priority.

We provide clinical placements for trainee therapists and work closely with the University of Central Lancashire. We hold an annual service conference, have in‑service group supervision and an established framework for individual supervision and we support at every given opportunity the professional development of our team members.

Please note there are 2× 15‑hour positions available, the posts are split across different locations:

• 15‑hour post to be worked at Preston & North Lancashire over 2 days.
• 15‑hour post to be worked at Accrington & West Lancashire over 2 days.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a specific caseload and report to the Principal Therapist.
• Work effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide an efficient and high‑quality standard of care for clients referred into the service.
• Maintain a high standard of personal clinical practice, including regular supervision as specified by the College of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT).
• Contribute to the maintenance of a positive and efficient service waiting list.
• Provide evidence of effective service delivery through ongoing monitoring and evaluation in line with key performance indicators.
• Support the governance and quality improvement agenda for the organisation, ensuring supervision and Care Quality Commission standards and regulations are embedded in practice.
• Adhere to Trust clinical and management policies and procedures.
• Support innovation and change within clinical practice in line with Trust requirements, and emerging national priorities and guidance.
• Ensure that all clinical interventions carried out are evidence‑based and clinically effective.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake independent, direct consultation and provision of care.
• Formulate, provide and evaluate intervention/treatment for complex patients, including rationale for decision‑making.
• Adopt the concept of customer care and challenge performance or interactions which fail to deliver a quality service to internal and external customers.
• Be a role‑model for the service, demonstrating a clear understanding of organisational goals and representing the beliefs and values of the organisation.
• Comply with all training to identify and manage risk including safeguarding concerns, ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Maintain own professional registration and hold responsibility for own continued professional development, meeting requirements to maintain a professional portfolio and demonstrating evidence of reflective practice.

Qualifications & Experience

Post holder will have specialist qualification and knowledge to accurately provide assessment, formulation and intervention for clients presenting with psychogenic and/or organic sexual disorder and to address relationship issues precipitating or maintaining sexual disorder and/or intimacy issues.

Additional Information

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

Dealing with DBS: If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre‑employment checks. You may be required to repay the cost on appointment, collected via a salary deduction. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Charges are: Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50, Enhanced DBS check £53.50.

You are encouraged where possible to register for the DBS update service. The annual registration fee is £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures. Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed. The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here. Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this. Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.

In line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non‑smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking. The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.