Psychotherapists wanted in the Brent Integrated Psychotherapy Service (BIPPS)

We are currently recruiting psychodynamic psychotherapy posts within the Brent Integrated Psychology and Psychotherapy Service. BIPPS is a Tier 2, specialist mental health service based in the Community Teams (Hubs) and available to adults over the age of 18 years residing in the borough of Brent.

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Main duties of the job

Within a stepped care model, BIPPS offers step 3 assessments and psychological interventions for complex, refractory and chronic presentations across 3 different clinical pathways: Psychosis, Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) and Complex Mental Health problems (CMH). The psychologists and psychotherapists in BIPPS have strong and evolving links with clinical staff in the HUBs.

We see patients with the following presentations: psychosis, including Bipolar Disorder, persistent mood disorders, including long term severe depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD & Complex Trauma, 'Personality disorder'/debilitating interpersonal sensitivities.

We offer a variety of evidence based talking therapies, including: EMDR, CBT and CBT-P, DBT, MBT, Psychoanalytic & Systemic Psychotherapy.

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and motivated psychodynamic psychotherapists to join our service and are hoping to recruit from the following groups:

• Qualified Psychodynamic Psychotherapists
• Advanced Trainee Psychodynamic Psychotherapists

About us

This role is not accompanied by any financial remuneration. However, the successful candidate will benefit from:

• Deepening their understanding of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working across statutory and non-statutory organisations
• Gaining insight into the unique contribution of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a modern NHS context and a multi-modal therapy service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patients that are deemed as suitable for psychodynamic psychotherapy are offered up to 40 weekly sessions. Your clinical work will be supervised by a psychoanalytic psychotherapist (frequency to be confirmed depending on experience and whether you are qualified or in training) and there may be opportunities to observe/carry out clinical work in related modalities (e.g. MBT) as well as conducting assessment consultations, again depending on your interest and experience.

The post (s) would particularly suit clinicians who are wanting to develop their skills in applying psychodynamic principles and techniques to a clinical population presenting with refractory and complex emotional difficulties, often against the background of trauma and adverse early experience, and who are keen to work in a multimodal NHS therapy service closely linked with the CMHTs.

Person Specification

education and qualifications

Essential

• qualified psychotherapists

Experience

Essential

• Experience of adult mental health

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

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fairfield House

Roe Green Kingsbury

brent

NW9 0PS

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