Psychosexual Therapist

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Lothian invites applications for Psychosexual Therapist positions at Chalmers Sexual Health Centre in Edinburgh. The role offers a part-time, 0.4 WTE contract with flexible working patterns across the Sexual Health service and related clinics.

The post requires COSRT-accredited psychosexual therapy qualification or healthcare qualification with sex therapy experience, plus psychotherapy credentials. PVG clearance is mandatory; salary is Band 6.

Qualifications

• Essential: COSRT-accredited psychosexual therapy qualification or healthcare qualification with sexual dysfunction experience plus psychotherapy qualification.
• Desirable: experience delivering time-limited psychological therapy interventions.
• PVG Scheme membership/Disclosure Scotland clearance is required before starting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct patient care through face-to-face and virtual consultations.
• Participate in care across LSRHS, including termination of pregnancy service as needed.
• Maintain flexible working patterns and respond to team lead instructions.

Skills

Non-judgemental approach

Patient-centred care

Effective communication

Clinical consultation

Initiative & independence

Flexible delivery (phone/video)

Workload prioritisation

Education

COSRT-accredited psychosexual therapy qualification

Healthcare qualification with sexual dysfunction experience

Psychotherapy qualification

Working towards qualification

Job description

Job reference: 262176
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date: 28/10/2026
Employment type: Various Contract Options
Hours Per Week: 15
Location: Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, Edinburgh
Department: Sexual Health
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian

Job Advert

Psychosexual Therapist positions, with various contracts, have become available at Chalmers Sexual Health Centre, Edinburgh. This includes a permanent 15 hour per week position (0.4 WTE) working from Chalmers.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced psychosexual therapist(s) to work with our psychosexual service within Lothian Sexual and Reproductive Health Service (LSRHS). The fully integrated service is composed of Chalmers Centre and 10 local clinics, which includes a psychosexual therapy service. LSRHS provides Tier 4 and 5 specialist sexual health services working across 4 Community Health and Social Care Partnerships meeting the needs of 80,000 patient attendances per annum.

The post holder(s) would deliver direct patient care through face to face and virtual consultations. They would be expected to participate in the care of people requiring a variety of sexual health issues in a non-judgemental and empathetic manner.

Essential Criteria

• Psychosexual Therapy qualification from a COSRT accredited course or a healthcare qualification with experience working with sexual dysfunctions, plus a psychotherapy qualification. We would also consider candidates who are working towards an appropriate qualification.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of delivering time-limited psychological therapy interventions in their clinical practice.

The role may include time limited interventions to other patients attending LSRHS as required and agreed with the team lead and wider LSRSH team including termination of pregnancy service.

Key Skills and Behaviours

• Evidence of a non-judgemental person centred approach, ability to use initiative and work independently, effective communication skills, highly developed clinical consultation skills, flexibility and willingness to work across all areas of the LSRHS, and to deliver care in a range of different ways (e.g. via telephone or video consultations) and the ability to manage and prioritise own workload.

Working patterns are negotiable between Monday to Friday.

Informal queries should be directed to Caroline Wilson, Psychosexual Clinical Team Lead, [e-mail].

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.