Interpersonal Therapist
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Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) delivers an NHS Talking Therapies service. An opportunity has arisen for either a qualified Interpersonal Therapist Band 6 or a Trainee Interpersonal Therapist Band 5 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies service based in Lincoln although you may also be required to cover alternative bases to meet service need. The Service provides evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model, treating people with mild to moderate common mental health problems. The Trainee Interpersonal Practitioner (Band 5) will be provided with the appropriate IPT training starting November 2026 with the expectation of successfully completing the course and requirements to pass. Once successfully completed training you would move to a Band 6.
In return we can offer you:
o A well-established, friendly and supportive therapy team.
o Personal and Professional Development opportunities.
o Regular management and clinical supervision.
o Annual appraisal
o Early access to our staff wellbeing service and psychology therapies
o Excellent working environment.
o NHS Pension
o NHS benefits
For further information regarding this post please contact Meika Woods, Team Manager for Lincoln Talking Therapies, on email Meika.woods1@nhs.net or Lauren Andrews Lead counsellor/IPT on Lauren.andrews16@nhs.net
Job description
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mental health qualification (Registered Nurse, OT, Counsellor)
- oRegistration and accreditation with a core professional body (e.g. HCPC, BACP)
Desirable
- IAPT approved qualification (CfD, DIT, CBT)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of substantial post qualification experience in conducting psychological therapy
- Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework
- Demonstrable evidence of supervised practice
- Knowledge of the application of therapy in mental health practice
- Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets
Desirable
- Delivery of time limited interventions
- Experience of working in a Talking Therapies service
Skills
Essential
- Advanced interpersonal skills
- Good written and communication skills
- A good level of analytical and judgemental skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously with caseload and administration
- Ability to undertake psychological assessments of service users referred to the service. To include identification of the service users problem, comprehensive risk, assessment and identification of goals for therapy.
- Ability to make decisions on suitability of new referrals adhering to referral protocols.
- To formulate service user problems and implement therapeutic IPT interventions to meet the service user needs and within NICE guidelines.
- To be able to deliver group or individual interventions in line with the organisation's requirements.
- Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of all relevant policies.
- Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches in treatment e.g NICE guidelines.
Desirable
- oWorked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
About the employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.