The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our growing network of affiliate Psychotherapists delivering face to face, phone and video-based treatments.  This a great chance to use your skills, experience and professional approach to make a tangible difference to our clients' emotional health and wellbeing whilst working flexibly for as many hours as you choose.

You should possess excellent therapeutic skills and understanding of the quality standards required to provide first-class clinical care.  On behalf of Vita Health Group you will assess patients and deliver psychotherapy to a range of clients with common mental health problems. Some of the benefits of working with us include:

• Opportunity to deliver face-to-face therapy.
• Opportunity to work with adults
• Quality support from a wider team of clinical and operational professionals.
• Work the hours that are convenient to you.
• Get paid for every session delivered.

Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• Appropriate level of UKCP, BACP, COSCA registration/accreditation.
• Experience of assessing patients for and providing individual psychotherapy.
• Utilising of a range of theoretical models and clinical formulation to make recommendations for a treatment plan, including brief interventions and long-term work.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of wider VHG team.
• Effective management of invoicing to ensure timely payment.
• An awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion.

Desirable:

• Further training in another modality or type of psychotherapy, e.g. MBT
• Additional relevant accreditations
• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professionals (e.g. nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, social work) or extensive clinical experiences at post-qualification level
• Evidence of further evidence-based training (EMDR , MBT, etc)
• Face to face clinic availability highly desirable

If you have any questions please contact joinournetwork@vhg.co.uk and we will be happy to help. 

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.  We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK’s largest corporate companies to help assist their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/

To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.  To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks.

We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will arrange.

VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. 

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months. 

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.

Vita Health Group