Psychosexual Therapist

Job summary
We are seeking dedicated and skilled Psychosexual Therapists to join our dynamic team. 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 Service
Our Psychosexual Therapy Service offers time-limited, structured therapy to individuals and couples experiencing sexual difficulties, as well as those with concerns around sexuality or gender. We work across a range of delivery modes, with an emphasis on solution-focused therapy.

Main duties of the job

• 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 You
To 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 and the 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
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent .

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) 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 View email address on meeveem.com, 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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Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person Specification
Qualifications, Training and Experience (Essential)

• Postgraduate diploma in Psychosexual Therapy
• COSRT accreditation or being able to demonstrate you are working towards accreditation.
• You will also have over 200 hours of supervised clinical psychotherapy practice and experiences of offering brief time limited psychotherapy interventions

Knowledge & Skills (Essential)

• You'll need have sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing, including the capacity to impart clinically sensitive and technical information to a range of recipients
• You will have specialist knowledge of therapeutic techniques through substantial training in the assessment and psychological treatment of trauma
• You will have up-to-date knowledge of research-based treatments in the field of psychological therapy
• You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases

Knowledge & Skills (Desirable)

• Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage as well as an understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance

Personal Attributes (Essential)

• A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country)

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).