Psychosexual Therapist

Job overview

Post: 0.43wte/16hrs Band 8A Psychosexual Therapist (COSRT accredited)

Less experienced candidates are eligible to apply and would commence at Band 7 until demonstrating appropriate competencies for rebanding to 8A.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our established Psychosexual Service.  You will have a base at a Central Manchester site but you would be supported to perform some of your role remotely.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic psychosexual therapist with an appreciation of the challenges and rewards of working within a culturally diverse city.

The service sits within GMMH, a large mental health trust.  You would be joining a small but highly experienced team of established psychosexual therapists, and you would be supported/line managed by the clinical lead for the service.  A high standard of supervision and potential opportunities for career development exist.

Main duties of the job

Role will include:

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 the delivery and evaluation of services, as well as improvements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

• 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
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts