Principal Adult Psychotherapist

at  West London NHS Trust

The Cassel is a long established, national specialist Tier 4 service comprising an Inpatient Service and a comprehensive Outreach Programme for adults diagnosed with personality disorders. It is recognised as a centre of excellence for the treatment of personality disorders and is unique in offering a highly specialised combination of formal psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychosocial nursing in a therapeutic community setting, complemented by a full programme of community activities.
This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapist to join the multidisciplinary team of our Inpatient Service.
The successful applicant will carry out assessments, provide twice-weekly individual psychotherapy to a caseload of patients, teach and supervise colleagues and trainees, and contribute significantly to the containment of the therapeutic community as a whole via a firm commitment to the Cassel’s culture of enquiry. Supervision will be provided as part of the post.
The post holder is expected
To provide efficient, effective and highly specialist individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy, to include assessment, treatment and discharge/follow-on care planning to a case load of patients with severe, complex and persistent mental health needs from a multi-problem background.
To work autonomously as a senior clinician with full responsibility for risk assessment and risk management within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
To actively contribute to the day-to-day operational management of the Inpatient Service.
As a senior clinician, to carry delegated responsibility for clinical decisions and overall risk assessment and management in the absence of the Head of Psychotherapy & Social Work and/or the Clinical Lead on a regular basis.
To actively contribute to the Cassel Hospital’s culture of enquiry across a number of settings.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Please refer the Job description for details