Cbt Therapist

South West London And St George'S Mental Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

The Sutton Early Intervention team is a friendly multidisciplinary team providing psychological therapies for first-episode psychosis, based at the Wilson Hospital in Mitcham. A CBT therapist will work as part of a supportive team of clinical psychologists and CBT therapists on a 3-day-per-week fixed-term contract until July 2027.

Experience with psychosis is desirable but not essential; applicants must be qualified health care practitioners in nursing, OT, social work or clinical/counselling

Qualifications

• BABCP Accreditation as CBT practitioner or eligible for accreditation.
• Post graduate Diploma/Masters in CBT.
• Recorded/registered qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy or clinical/counselling psychology.
• Trained in Cognitive Behavioural Family Interventions for Psychosis.
• Post graduate diploma/certificate in CBT for psychosis.
• Experience of assessment and treatment of mental health problems using evidence-based psychological therapies, particularly CBT.
• Experience of providing individual CBT treatments and facilitating groups.
• Experience of working in NHS secondary mental health care.
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
• Experience in establishing diagnosis/psychological formulation.
• Experience with CBT for psychosis and Early Intervention.

Responsibilities

• To provide specialist CBT assessments of clients referred to the early intervention service using data from varied sources.
• To design and implement plans for formal CBT treatment and management based on a CBT framework.
• To deliver individual, family and group CBT interventions based on evidence of efficacy.
• To evaluate CBT treatment options considering theoretical and therapeutic models and developmental factors.
• To engage in assessment, treatment and discharge of clients in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team.
• To provide specialist CBT advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
• To contribute to a CBT-based framework of understanding and care across settings.

Skills

CBT accreditation

NHS experience

Risk assessment

Multidisciplinary teamwork

CBT delivery

Education

BABCP Accreditation

Masters in CBT

Registered health profession

CBT for psychosis diploma/certificate

Job description

Job summary

The Sutton Early Intervention team is a friendly multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists CBT therapist, family intervention therapist and an employment specialist. We aim to provide a comprehensive package of care for people age 18-65 living in Sutton who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. This is a 3 day a week fixed term post (until end of July 2027) in Sutton Early Intervention for Psychosis team for a CBT therapist to provide psychological therapies to service users who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. You would work as part of a supportive team of clinical psychologists and CBT therapists. Experience working with psychosis is desirable but not essential. Please note it is a trust requirement for working in secondary care that applicants are qualified health care clinical practitioners with a core profession in one of the following: nursing, occupational therapy, social work, counselling/clinical psychology

Main duties of the job

You will provide cognitive behaviour therapy to patients referred to the Sutton Early Intervention Team. This will include providing specialist cognitive behavioural therapy assessment and therapy for people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis as well as other difficulties such as anxiety, depression and trauma. There will also be opportunities to develop experience in family interventions for psychosis. The role is dynamic and will require you to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, attend MDT meetings and to offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other members of the Sutton EIS team. The role will be based at the Wilson Hospital in Mitcham.

About us

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services. We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey. Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist CBT assessments of clients referred to the early intervention service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and semi-structured interviews.
• To design and implement plans for the formal CBT treatment and/or management of a clients problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of individual, family and group interventions based upon evidence of treatment efficacy, and which rely primarily upon CBT models.
• To evaluate and make decisions about CBT treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic CBT models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• To engage in the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team. To provide specialist CBT advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on CBT approaches to aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• BABCP Accreditation as CBT practitioner (or eligible and seeking accreditation)
• Post graduate Diploma/Masters in CBT
• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, clinical/counselling psychology
• Trained in Cognitive Behavioural Family Interventions for Psychosis
• Post graduate diploma/certificate in CBT for psychosis
• Experience of assessment and treatment of people with mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity, using evidence based psychological therapies, particularly CBT
• Experience of providing individual CBT treatments and in facilitating therapeutic/psycho-educational groups
• Experience of working in secondary mental health care in the NHS
• Experience with routine outcome monitoring
• Experience in establishing diagnosis/psychological formulation
• Experience of using evidence based psychological interventions for treatment of psychosis
• Experience of working in Early Intervention or with people who have experienced an episode of psychosis
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working and the ethos and model of EIS
• Skilled in the use of CBT assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Knowledge of assessment for CBT
• Knowledge of our business and how it supports patient care
• Skills in the assessment and evaluation of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology
• High-level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of the psychological therapies for first episode psychosis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Applicants must have current UK professional registration.