# Senior Psychotherapist - Adult Community > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychotherapist-adult-community/3907730a-67d7-40a1-8935-48acd7c31fa9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-psychotherapist-adult-community/3907730a-67d7-40a1-8935-48acd7c31fa9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rochford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 10.5 hours per week (Hours and work pattern can be discussed) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T11:50:55.593Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Psychotherapist/Senior_Psychotherapist-v8259796 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8259796?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 7 or 8a depending on experience. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and creative Psychotherapist to our team. The successful candidate will have a passion for working with people with complex mental health needs in a community setting, experience of working closely with MDT colleagues, and a drive for ongoing development of high quality services. We are able to recruit to either a Band 7 or 8a position depending on your post qualification experience. You will provide one to one therapeutic input for service use across the North East Essex area, as part of the Specialist Mental Health Team MDT. Your understanding of a person's presenting difficulties will be shared with the team in consultation, supervision and teaching activities which form essential aspects of this role. You will work alongside others trained in a range of models of understanding psychological distress and difficulties, and assist those who use our services to develop their strengths and to build resilience. ### Main duties of the job Working alongside other experienced psychologists and psychotherapists, the successful applicant will be responsible for assessing and formulating service users presenting with complex needs, and planning, delivering and evaluating interventions. You will also provide consultation and training for staff and others, and placements and supervision for trainees and assistants. We are integrated into the local MDTs and close working with colleagues from a range of disciplines is an essential aspect of this role. This post holder will be based in Colchester however, flexibility is needed, as the team covers both Colchester and Tendring localities. ### About us The successful applicant will join our professional team of psychologists and psychotherapists working in Adult Community Mental Health Services in the North East Essex area of EPUT. The service currently comprises of Psychotherapists, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists, trainees and assistants. We also have close links with colleagues locally working in the Urgent Care, Personality Disorder and Complex Needs, Specialist Dementia, Perinatal, Eating Disorders, Transitions, and Inpatient settings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a more detailed list of responsibilities. The salary range on this advert displays the bottom of Band 7 to the top of Band 8a. If the successful candidate is appointed at Band 7, the salary scale will be £49,387 to £56,515 per annum. Appointment to Band 8a will hold a salary scale of £57,528 to £64,750 per annum. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Doctoral or masters level knowledge & understanding of the theory and practice of specialised psychotherapy assessment, formulation, intervention and outcome evaluation in treating people with complex mental health presentations. - Doctoral or masters level knowledge of mental health and psychological distress, including the theoretical and empirical evidence base and frameworks for conceptualising distress in context and working with complex needs. **Desirable** - Knowledge of policy and standards related to training in the psychological professions. ### Skills and Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with highly complex service user need in a community setting, including working with and managing risk. **Desirable** - Experience of running psychotherapy supervision groups and/or supervising those in training. ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Recognised highly specialist formal applied psychotherapy training to Doctoral or Masters Level or equivalent. - Registered or eligible for registration in UKCP, HCPC, BPC or equivalent. - Evidence of continuing professional development in line with the requirements of professional registration **Desirable** - Further qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. MBT, EMDR, schema therapy, sensori-motor psychotherapy ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990) - [jd psychotherapist (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653386) - [ps psychotherapist (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653387) - [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853) - [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355) - [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659) - [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849) - [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.