Senior Lecturer

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Lecturer to deliver high-quality teaching and supervision to postgraduate students. This role includes significant leadership responsibilities in the Doctoral Training programme in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, requiring a strong academic background and a commitment to equality and diversity.

Qualifications

• Qualified to teach at the required academic level.
• Experience in higher education teaching.
• Experience of doctoral supervision.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the management of placements and course responsibilities.
• Supervisor for Lecturers and Associate Lecturers.
• Teaching and supervision across Master's and Doctoral programmes.

Skills

Communication Skills

Engagement

Education

Masters level qualification or equivalent

PhD or PD in a related field

UK recognised qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children/young people

Job description

Go back Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Lecturer

The closing date is 14 July 2025

The position of Senior Lecturer has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to some aspects of course delivery. The post holder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision and tuition to master's and doctoral students, as required.

The post holder for this post will have specific leadership and managerial responsibilities in the M80 Doctoral Training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, to be determined, drawn from key aspects of the course including placement management; teaching and module leadership; management and liaison to support students with specific needs; clinical and/or research supervision. The post holder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.

Main duties of the job

Leadership

To contribute to the management of placements and the placement component of the M80 course, alongside the Placements Manager, as well as to undertake other course responsibilities, such as marking, tutoring etc.

To managerially supervise Lecturers and Associate Lecturers where required

Teaching & Training

To contribute to the teaching and supervision on a range of courses including complex clinical and/or research based Masters and where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Psychoanalytic Clinical Portfolio and related portfolios as required. With regards the teaching component, this will involve ensuring all administrative tasks, liaison, and related activities are managed in line with course expectations under the direction of the Course Leads, as well as liaison with library with regards reading lists etc.

About us

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of the individual's ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust's policies, procedures and obligation in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriately qualified to teach the discipline at the required academic level
• Masters level qualification or equivalent.
• UK recognised qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children/young people.
• A PhD or PD in a related field

Experience

• Substantial experience of teaching students in higher education
• Post qualification experience as required by the relevant professional and regulatory body.
• Experience of academic research and supervision, as required by the Trust and/or relevant validating body
• Experience of doctoral supervision preferably with one or more completions.
• Experience of doctoral examining

Skills

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and ability to convey complex ideas in teaching and learning environments
• Capacity to engage students from a wide range of educational, cultural and social backgrounds and ensure issues of equality, diversity and inclusion are attended to across all aspects of role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust

£61,927 to £68,676 a yearper annum pro rata, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

260-TP-913-B

Job locations

Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust