Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Psychotherapist post for six sessions to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming secondary care team in the North-West Surrey Psychotherapy Service at Unither House, Chertsey which is one of three psychotherapy services in the Trust.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations and/or those with a core professional training. The post holder will have substantial experience working as an adult psychotherapist in a specialist psychotherapy service, or its equivalent including experience in specialist assessment and treatment, individual, group and MBT psychotherapy, and long-term work with severe and enduring presentations. The postholder will also have experience offering consultation and supervision to more junior colleagues and colleagues from other teams. 

We strongly encourage applicants to visit/contact the department prior to interview. Please contact Carol Hunter on 01483 443683 who will direct your call or email [email protected]

Interviews to be held the morning of Wednesday 11th June at Unither House, Chertsey.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a lead in the management of referrals to the service and apply appropriate criteria in assessing suitability and ensuring effective communication and consultation with all referrers. 

The postholder will supervise and manage qualified staff members in the team, Band 8a and below and undertake their appraisals to ensure that a high standard of service provision is monitored and maintained.

The postholder will be responsible for the recruitment, interviewing and selection of trainee psychotherapists & trainee counselling psychologists in this modality across the Trust for all 3 psychotherapy services.

The role will provide supervision to a range of psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainees and counselling psychologists who work as honorary therapists in the service. This will include liaison with the training institutions as needed.

This postholder will have an opportunity to provide Reflective Practice for teams in the Trust as required.

The postholder will take on specific audits, quality improvement projects and delegated areas of management as well as deputising for the Head of Service when required. 

Please refer the attached job description for full details. 

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!