Highly Specialist Psychotherapist| | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focused and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will review cases where patients have impasses, complaints or disputes with their clinical care. They will contribute, develop and run groups, primarily psychoeducation groups, and be involved with service user groups and co-production. You will provide consultation to external agencies such as GPs, schools and Local authorities, and expert consultation and specialist psychological advice to other staff and agencies outside the Trust. The post holder will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviours. You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings. The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families. The post holder will hold their own complex caseload within the team including responsibilities for risk management and clinical governance, planning and prioritising these. Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer highly skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities. Work with the team manager on intake and referral coordination, provide consultation to external agencies as required such as GPs, schools and Local authorities, and review cases where patients have impasses, complaints, or disputes with their clinical care.

• Delegated responsibility for investigating complaints and processing Freedom of Information requests, to ensure, where appropriate, agreed standardised assessment questionnaires are completed with clients as per team protocol and to systematically collect data on caseload as required by the team manager.
• Formulate specialised plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user/patient’s psycho-social difficulties taking into account multiple theoretical approaches and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
• Arrange reviews and communicate sensitively and effectively with patient/service users to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
• Liaise with the referral agent and networks around identified patients for their own and shared cases, including liaison with local services and participation in outreach meetings.

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.

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

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025