Band 7 Psychosexual Therapist
Job summary
Psychosexual Therapist COSRT/BACP/UKCP accredited Umbrella is a unique comprehensive partnership of local service providers including community pharmacists, general practitioners, third sector and other partners, NHS Trusts and Birmingham City Council Services. Umbrella Sexual Health offers a fully integrated and accessible service to patients throughout Birmingham and Solihull, encompassing all aspects of sexual health.
We are looking to recruit a qualified part-time (18.75hrs) Psychosexual Therapist to join our dynamic and innovative team. The successful candidate will have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team offering a holistic approach to care and understand the treatment and management of psychosexual problems, including initial diagnostic assessment for those who feel they have gender dysphoria.
The successful applicant should have excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of team. They should be flexible and able to adapt to the needs of the service and have the ability to work autonomously.
For further details / informal visits contact: Natasha Anderson-Foster &Jara Phattey Natasha.Anderson@uhb.nhs.uk Main duties of the job *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.
As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential *Post Graduate Qualification in Sex and Relationship Therapy awarded from COSRT accredited course *COSRT accreditation or working towards or UKCP registered Desirable *MSC Psychosexual Therapy *Desirable Qualification in clinical supervision and/or extensive experience in role to provide competencies to provide supervision *Trauma informed therapeutic model
Experience · Essential
A comprehensive understanding of the range of presenting psychosexual and relationship issues and experience of direct client contact and provision of specialist therapeutic interventions. good and effective understanding of the range of psychosexual therapeutic interventions and their application A good understanding of physiological and psychological sexual disorder and the ability to develop a framework of care that identifies the predisposing, precipitating and maintaining factors using evidence based theoretical knowledge A sound understanding of human sexuality An absolute understanding of confidentiality.
An exact understanding of safeguarding and the integration of practise and procedure Experience of assessing psychosexual referrals and the ability to differentiate between appropriate and non-appropriate referrals Experience of working with clients presenting with a range of sex and relationship difficulties Experience of working with a diverse client group with a wide range of presenting problems and significant levels of distress Experience of using a range of therapeutic interventions and approaches with clients with sexual disorder Experience of multidisciplinary working Experience of applying research-based knowledge into appropriate practice Experience of policy development and implementation Experience of regular supervised practice including receipt and provision of clinical supervision in a variety of settings i.e. peer, individual and group Experience of teaching/mentoring less experienced qualified or trainee therapists
Desirable
Previous experience of working within an NHS/healthcare setting Experience of contributing toward service development, audit and outcome measures Additional Criteria
Essential
Professional appearance Displays genuine interest in the post applied for Positive and enthusiastic attitude Caring and approachable May be required to work cross site
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
