Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Psychotherapist

Company
Location
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
9/8/2025
Description
The Specialist Psychotherapist team offers psychotherapy to a a diverse population including individuals with a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), and/or Epilepsy.

The successful applicant would be joining a well established team that have a track record of working collaboratively and supportively to achieve improvement in symptoms and quality of life.

The successful applicant would be expected to manage a clinical psychotherapy caseload, as well as contribute to discussion about wider service delivery and improvement with opportunities to engage in local and national research into this specialist area.

  • To establish/maintain a psychotherapy service for patients with functional neurological symptoms or psychological difficulties linked to other neurological conditions such as epilepsy.
  • To offer a front-line psychotherapy service for neurology patients, delivering psychotherapy to meet the diverse needs of service users.
  • Deliver trauma informed psychotherapy when appropriate.
  • To provide a versatile service, responding positively to individual needs including language, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, learning ability, communication style, mental health, gender identification, physical health conditions.
  • To develop understanding and promote awareness within a defined catchment area and the broader medical community of the interaction between psychological and physical dimensions of neurological illness.

Please note this advertisement is for a part time (22.5 hour) opportunity.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Aimee Morgan-Boon Job title: Neurology Psychotherapy Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0114 271 3928
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