Job summary
- Main area
- psychological therapies
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TG186-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital/ Lotus House
- Town
- Kettering/ Northampton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Highly specialist Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
Band 8a
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in Adult Mental Health, predominantly in the Adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) to design and deliver a Family Therapies offer.
There are a number of psychological therapy staff working in the CMHTs and the successful applicant would be part of a friendly and supportive team. More broadly, the psychological therapies community in NHFT is large and vibrant. There are many opportunities for connecting with others and being involved in projects across the trust.
The role may include an aspect of remote working and benefits from a recruitment incentive of £5,000 pro rata for successful candidates over 2.5 years. Initial payment of £2,000 will be made in the 1st month with a subsequent payment of £2,000 made on the 13th month of employment. The remaining £1,000 will be paid out in the 18th month of employment. Terms and conditions apply.
A relocation package is available up to £8, 000, if the successful postholder relocates to Northamptonshire and meet other eligibility criteria. This is subjected to approval
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work within CMHT Psychological Therapies carrying out a range of family focused activity. There will be the opportunity to supervise CMHT staff undertaking different forms of family therapy training as well as working with staff on a more informal basis. For a more detailed overview of the main duties of this role please see the job description for more details.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
qualifications
Essential criteria
- meets the essential criteria from the JD/PS
Desirable criteria
- additional relevant therapy training/qualifications
- additional supervision training/qualifications
experience
Essential criteria
- meets any essential criteria from JD/PS
Desirable criteria
- experience working in adult mental health
- experience working in CMHTs
- experience in a similar role/ developed a similar role
Skills
Essential criteria
- any essential skills listed in the essential criteria of the JD/PS
Desirable criteria
- relevant skills to the role
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fawzia Kauser
- Job title
- HighlySpecialist Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Nadia Karim
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Adult Mental Health Psychology Lead
07747458151
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