Counsellor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic counsellor to join our well established occupational health service. The occupational health service is a fully integrated multidisciplinary team comprising of Doctors, Nurses, physiotherapists, Administrative support, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and Counsellors.

We are looking for a part time counsellor to join the team on a permanent basis. If you are a BACP/UKCP accredited counsellor with post graduate counselling qualification we want to hear from you.

The job offers both a challenging and fulfilling role supporting staff working for Newcastle Hospitals with mental health and well-being. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to offer a comprehensive and responsive mental health support for staff.

The post holder must have post graduate experience providing primary care setting counselling service as well as experience of dealing with clients with presenting with multiple complex issues.

• Interview date: 3 July 2023
• 14 hours 15 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

To provide counselling for staff and external occupational health contracts in designated occupational health clinics, with responsibility for managing own caseload and for maintaining accurate and relevant client records.

Contribute to service development including education and delivery of groupinterventions

To work at all times in line with the policies, procedures and service standards of the Trust and within the Code of Ethics and Practice for Counsellors (BACP)

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

• To provide counselling for staff and external occupational health contracts in designated occupational health clinics, with responsibility for managing own caseload and for maintaining accurate and relevant client records.
• Contribute to service development including education and delivery of group interventions
• To work at all times in line with the policies, procedures and service standards of the Trust and within the Code of Ethics and Practice for Counsellors (BACP)

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.