Nightingale Hospital
Lead Therapist
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About Nightingale Hospital
Nightingale Hospital is the only private mental health hospital in Central London, with over 30 years of experience in delivering specialised, evidence-based treatments in outpatient, day patient, and inpatient settings.
Our dedicated team of specialists is committed to diagnosing and treating a wide range of mental health conditions. Conveniently located, we are a two-minute walk from Marylebone mainline and Underground stations, and within a ten-minute walk of Baker Street and Edgware Road Underground stations.
We are owned by the international medical group Emeis, delivering the full spectrum of psychiatric care, alongside high-quality care home and rehabilitation services across the globe.
The Main Purpose of the Job
As the Lead Therapist for General Psychiatry, you will provide clinical and operational leadership for our General Psychiatry Therapy Service. Working closely with the Head of Therapies, you will lead a highly skilled multidisciplinary therapy team, ensuring the delivery of safe, innovative, and evidence-based care for patients experiencing a range of mental health difficulties (including anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and bipolar affective disorder).
You will play a key role in shaping and developing our therapeutic programme, maintaining clinical oversight of both group and individual therapies delivered by psychology, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy colleagues. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain a clinical caseload of complex patients, providing specialist assessment, formulation, and intervention while supporting the wider multidisciplinary team through expert consultation and clinical leadership.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced psychologist/therapist who is passionate about service development, quality improvement, and delivering outstanding patient care within a specialist mental health setting.
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Who We're Looking For
You will be a qualified and professionally registered therapist (such as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist) with current registration with the appropriate professional body (HCPC, BACP, UKCP, or equivalent).
You will have significant post-qualification experience working within inpatient mental health services.
You will have experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams, providing both clinical and managerial supervision.
You will have excellent knowledge of evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT) for a range of mental health conditions and current national guidance and best practice.
You will have experience managing complex clinical presentations, supporting multidisciplinary decision-making, and delivering high-quality patient-centred care.
You will demonstrate strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills, with the ability to motivate, inspire, and develop others.
Above all, you will be compassionate, collaborative, and committed to supporting patients throughout their recovery journey.
Main Responsibilities
As the General Psychiatry Therapy Lead, you will:
- Lead, develop, and evaluate the General Psychiatry Therapy Service, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychological care.
- Provide clinical leadership and oversight of all therapy provision within the General Psychiatry Service, including group and one-to-one interventions.
- Maintain a clinical caseload, delivering specialist assessment, formulation, and therapeutic interventions for patients with complex needs.
- Lead and support a multidisciplinary team of therapists and allied health professionals through effective supervision, mentoring, and performance management.
- Work collaboratively with consultants, nursing colleagues, and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide integrated patient care.
- Drive service development and continuous quality improvement, introducing innovative therapeutic approaches where appropriate.
- Ensure therapy programmes remain responsive to patient needs, clinically effective, and aligned with current evidence-based practice.
- Support recruitment, retention, and professional development of the therapy team.
- Promote a culture of recovery-focused, compassionate, and patient-centred care across the service.
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Salary
Competitive, dependent on experience, plus an additional London Allowance of £4,000 per annum (pro-rata for part-time roles).
Job Type
Part time - 4 days per week
Main Benefits
We offer a comprehensive range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary plus an additional London Allowance of £4,000 per annum (pro-rata for part-time roles)
- Negotiable relocation allowance
- 25 days' annual leave (increasing to 30 days with long service), plus bank holidays
- Opportunities for continuing professional development (CPD) and specialist training
- Generous company pension scheme with The People's Pension
- Travel loan scheme
- Annual discretionary staff bonus
- On-site restaurant with subsidised staff meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Comprehensive staff benefits package, including discounts and wellbeing apps
- Access to our employee benefits portal
- Free life assurance cover (4x salary)
- Free eye tests and contribution towards the cost of glasses (where required)
- Long service recognition
- Enhanced maternity
- Long-term disability insurance
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