Senior Lecturer - Leeds

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Senior Lecturer - Leeds

The closing date is 03 July 2025

The position of Senior Lecturer has been introduced to enable flexible delivery within a portfolio of courses, and where appropriate, across portfolios. It aims to facilitate the post holder in implementing a wide range of skills within an integrated post. At senior level, the post holder will be required to undertake a leadership role in relation to an aspect of course delivery; in this instance, oversight of the digital component of the MA in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (M58L), which is accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council. The post holder will work flexibly across a range of programmes to provide teaching, supervision, and tuition to master's and, where appropriate, doctoral students, as required. The post holder will also be involved in recruitment and assessment processes and will assist flexibly in all aspects of course delivery within the portfolio and other portfolios where relevant.

This position is for Leeds

Main duties of the job

To take particular leadership responsibility for the digital component of the M58 Leeds (by developing digital capabilities of the course and exploring and implementing opportunities for digital innovation in pedagogy), alongside other course responsibilities, such as teaching, supervising, tutoring, etc.

• To manage and supervise Lecturers and Associate Lecturers where required

To contribute to teaching and supervision on a range of courses including complex clinical and/or research-based Masters and, where appropriate, Doctoral programmes, within the Psychoanalytic Portfolio and related portfolios as required.

To provide clinical or research supervision to students across courses in the portfolio, responding to often highly complex issues requiring consideration of a range of possible options and providing expert knowledge and input.

To ensure teaching and supervision incorporate an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory framework and take into account principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Team Manager / Service Manager.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in light of changing service requirements, and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

About us

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people, and adults. With 500 staff across multiple sites, we are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high-quality mental health services should be accessible for all who need them. We emphasize the importance of social experience at all stages of life and focus on psychological and developmental approaches to health promotion, prevention, and treatment of mental ill health. For more information, please visit:

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification Qualifications

• BPC psychoanalyst, analytic psychotherapist

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required to verify any criminal convictions.

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 per annum, pro rata