Band 7 Psychosexual Therapist
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£49,387 – £56,515 / year
Salary
As advertised by the employer
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Going rate
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2224 (97% match) is an eligible occupation, and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
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What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2224 Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists Most likely code | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
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
Main duties of the job
*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
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
About the employer
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.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists (SOC 2224) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay- Offer £49,387–56,515
- Median £48,204
ONS publishes no quartiles for this occupation, so the shaded band is a rough guide.
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