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Psychosexual Therapist

The closing date is 08 August 2025

We are seeking dedicated and skilled Psychosexual Therapists to join our dynamic team. We currently havemore than 2 vacancies available and welcome applications from candidates who can offer a minimum of 2days per week, ideally 2.5 days. Tuesday mornings are mandatory working hours, to align with essential teamactivities. The remaining working days offer some flexibility and can be discussed at interview.This is a hybrid role, primarily delivered remotely. However, you are expected to be able to provide face-to-face sessions (subject to clinic room availability) in Kent, The service currently operates in multiple locationsacross Kent, including Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Gravesend, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Margate.About the ServiceOur Psychosexual Therapy Service offers time-limited, structured therapy to individuals and couplesexperiencing sexual difficulties, as well as those with concerns around sexuality or gender. We work across arange of delivery modes, with an emphasis on solution-focused therapy.Want to Know More?We encourage informal enquiries. Please contact:Juliet Messenger, Psychosexual Therapy Lead? Juliet.messenger@nhs.net? 0300 123 9275

Main duties of the job

As a Psychosexual Therapist, you'll be responsible for:

• Managing a complex caseload independently, including assessing and delivering brief therapy
• Working with interpreters or advocates where necessary
• Safeguarding adults and children through appropriate risk management
• Contributing to service development and evaluation
• Maintaining accurate records in line with governance standards

About YouTo apply, you should have:

• A postgraduate diploma in Psychosexual Therapy (validated by COSRT or IPM)
• COSRT accreditation, or be actively working towards it
• A minimum of 200 hours of supervised clinical practice
• Experience in delivering brief, time-limited psychotherapy
• Knowledge of psychosexual therapeutic approaches, sexual health, gender, and sexuality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

You must be registered with a professional body and adhere to its code of conduct. A full UK driving licence andthe ability to travel (if face-to-face work is agreed) is required.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma in Psychosexual Therapy (validated by COSRT or IPM) COSRT accreditation or working towards accreditation

Experience

• Minimum 200 hours of supervised clinical psychotherapy practice
• Experience delivering brief, time-limited psychotherapy

Knowledge

• Understanding of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation awareness
• Specialist knowledge of therapeutic techniques, particularly in trauma
• Knowledge of national frameworks e.g. NICE, NSF
• Up-to-date knowledge of research-based psychological therapies
• Up-to-date knowledge of national debates in this area

Skills

• Ability to assess and treat a range of psychosexual difficulties in individuals and couples
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to explain clinically sensitive information clearly
• Able to manage own caseload and prioritise work effectively
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• IT literate and able to use digital clinical systems

Professional Requirements

• Current registration with relevant professional body and adherence to code of conduct

Other Requirements

• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel independently (if face-to-face work agreed)
• Commitment to safeguarding and understanding of capacity and consent

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.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper rata per annum