Psychosexual Therapist in Salford

Main area: Psychosexual Therapy

Grade: Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 12 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working)

Job ref: 437-8031516

Site: Lance Burn Health Centre

Town: Salford

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/06/2026 23:59

Post: 0.32wte/12hrs Band 8A Psychosexual Therapist (COSRT accredited)

Base: Lance Burn Medical Centre Salford

Less experienced candidates will start at Band 7 until demonstrating appropriate competencies for rebanding to 8A.

We are keen to recruit an experienced psychosexual therapist who will work with MFT Salford Sexual Health services providing specialised assessment and treatment for all forms of sexual dysfunction. The postholder will be based with the Northern team at their Salford Base and work alongside key MDT professionals to deliver high quality care to those with identified psychosexual difficulties.

GMMH are the host trust in recruiting/employing psychosexual therapists via an agreement with MFT. You will be employed by GMMH and will receive support and supervision from a small team of experienced psychosexual therapists in GMMH.

Main duties of the job:

• Assessment, formulation and intervention of psychosexual difficulties, drawing on the established evidence base.
• Provision of consultation to other healthcare professionals around psychosexual difficulties/presentations.
• Contributing to MDT approaches.
• Provision of supervision, as well as training/teaching where appropriate.
• Participating in relevant departmental meetings around delivery and evaluation of services, as well as improvements.

Pay Enhancements: 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in relevant area e.g. Nursing, AHP, Social Work, Counselling, Psychotherapy.
• Post‑Graduate Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy.
• COSRT accredited/eligible for COSRT accreditation.
• Registration with BACP/UKCP or other counselling or psychotherapy accrediting body.
• MSc in Psychosexual Therapy/other relevant Masters degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience of working as a qualified psychosexual therapist (less experienced candidates may be appointed at Band 7 and work towards 8A competencies prior to rebanding).
• Considerable experience in assessment and therapeutic work with adults (and their partners) with psychosexual difficulties in a relevant setting (e.g. health/third sector/charity).
• Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full responsibility for service users’ psychosexual care and treatment within multidisciplinary care.
• Experience of providing supervision (professional / clinical), teaching and training.
• Experience of applying psychosexual therapy in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of representing psychosexual therapy services in multidisciplinary settings.

Knowledge:

• Current knowledge of best practice and developments in psychosexual therapy including specifically impaired sexual interest, impaired sexual arousal, erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disorders, vaginismus, sexual pain/discomfort, sexual aversion and phobias.
• Knowledge of how to work with associated difficulties often presenting within a psychosexual context e.g. trauma, addictions (including sexual addiction), physical health conditions.

Skills:

• Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychosexual assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Ability to use own initiative and to work under supervision where appropriate.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi‑disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non‑professional groups.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychosexual therapists.

Other:

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework.

Important information about working for GMMH: All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. For further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website (www.nhsemployers.org). Those requiring a DBS Update Service must subscribe to the service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout employment.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion: We are strongly committed to ensuring our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we serve and to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups such as BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.

Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received.