CBT Therapist

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Great Yarmouth; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Great Yarmouth is seeking experienced cognitive behavioural therapists to provide evidence-based psychological therapies. You will work with clients presenting with anxiety and depression in a dynamic clinical environment, delivering both in-person and remote services. The role includes significant professional development opportunities and a strong support network within the organization.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

NHS pension

Access to Trust benefits

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based assessment and treatment.
• Ability to work in a high-volume clinical environment.
• Participation in regular clinical supervision for professional development.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of clients at Step 3 of Talking Therapies.
• Deliver 20 clinical contact hours per week.
• Contribute to clinical audits and service evaluations.

Skills

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Clinical supervision

Assessment skills

Education

Relevant mental health professional qualification

Job description

Overview

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of Talking Therapies services in the country. We are currently seeking cognitive behavioural therapists to join our recommissioned Norfolk and Waveney service, which provides evidence-based psychological therapies to people aged 16 and over.

This is a particularly positive time to join us, following contract renewal, as the service moves to a data-led, Place-based model, taking provision closer to the local population that it serves while developing an already broad portfolio of clinical specialisms, including perinatal, trauma and long term conditions. We are looking to recruit to enhance our place based model across West, North and East Norfolk. Recent innovations have included the launch of a mobile service delivery vehicle and the production of a short film for new fathers.

Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies is research active and is working closely with the University of East Anglia, a UK Top 25 university (Complete University Guide 2025) as both a provider of training for mental health professionals and a research partner as we build our portfolio of projects. We are also working with local acute healthcare providers to this end, embedding our therapeutic staff within wider systems of health. The service has excellent access to ongoing training and specialist supervision.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to hold a caseload of clients, working at the national standard for Talking Therapies, at Step 3 this is delivering 20 clinical contact hours per week, providing evidence-based assessment and treatment for people presenting with a range of commonly experienced disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Working within a busy, high volume clinical environment is often challenging and therefore, all staff are expected to participate in regular clinical supervision to ensure the quality of delivery and maintain professional development and wellbeing.

Our psychological therapies are delivered face to face, as well as online and by telephone, depending upon the needs of service users. Though hybrid working is part of the role, all staff are expected to attend team hubs and other delivery sites to see people as required, and to participate in a range of training and service activities.

It is an expectation that staff will contribute to the ongoing programme of development and improvement, including clinical audit, service evaluation and personal performance appraisal.

Vision and Approach

• Our vision for Norfolk and Waveney is to improve the lives of the 210,000 people who suffer with anxiety and depression, promoting sustained recovery and wellbeing in line with Talking Therapies Manual.
• Together with partners we will reduce the differentials in access, treatment and outcomes from Talking Therapies that those who experience inequalities face in our communities.
• Our approach brings together VCSE and statutory organisations at System, Place and community levels, aligning physical health and mental health pathways with networks of social and community support.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave, starting at 27 days per year.
• NHS pension.
• Access to various Trust benefits.

We are committed to quality through external scrutiny and have recently joined the Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies (APPTS), part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, College Centre for Quality Improvement assurance programme.