Clinical / Counselling Psychologist/ CBT Therapist

Integrated Care System; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community Adult Eating Disorder service as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist/ CBT Therapist. You will provide evidence-based therapies, assessments, and support a multi-disciplinary team. Opportunities for further training are available, promoting both professional growth and service excellence.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Experience with clients in outpatient and community settings.
• Knowledge of specialized psychological therapies for eating disorders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual and group evidence-based psychological therapies.
• Conduct assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Contribute to service development and training opportunities.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Intervention and management

Therapy delivery

Flexibility

Team collaboration

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist

Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy

Job description

Go back Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical / Counselling Psychologist/ CBT Therapist

The closing date is 18 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning community Adult Eating Disorder service. As a psychologist/ CBT therapist you will be responsible for delivering evidence based psychological therapies, assessment, formulation and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within a community setting.

The role offers the chance to develop clinical skills by carrying out assessments and offering individual and group evidence based psychological therapy to service users. You will also have the opportunity to deliver training and teaching. There are various exciting projects within the team, and you will be encouraged to contribute to areas of interest that are in line with service development priorities. The role will offer opportunities for further training if appropriate in one or more of the disorder-specific approaches which you will be supported to develop within the role (e.g. PGDip in CBT for Eating Disorders; MANTRA, SSCM).

You should have robust skills and knowledge in models of psychological therapy and ideally be familiar with models recommended for use with people with eating disorders.

Please note that there is an occupational requirement for the post holder of this role to hold a full UK drivers' licence and access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

The role offers the chance to develop clinical skills in terms of providing individual and group evidence based psychological therapies with the emphasis on carrying out assessments. There are various exciting projects within the team, and you will be encouraged to contribute to areas of interest that are in line with service development priorities. The role will offer opportunities for training, and you will be supported to develop within the role.

You should have a robust level of skill, knowledge and experience in models of psychological therapy and be familiar with models recommended for use with people with eating disorders.

You should be able demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adaptable in your approach as well as being innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic in working collaboratively with a skilled and experienced MDT.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

You should be able demonstrate the ability to be flexible and adaptable in your approach as well as being innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic in working collaboratively with a skilled and experienced MDT.We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD. OurPsychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision. We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.

Applications are welcome from overseas candidates who have HCPC registration with the modality of clinical/counselling psychologist or who have submitted all paperwork to HCPC but are waiting for a decision. A package of pastoral support and all associated sponsorship/immigration skills costs are offered.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail] to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; Or Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy AND Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist. With either a prior core profession or via KSA route.

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.

Experience

• 3.Experience of specialist psychology assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies used to treat the population of service users specified in the job summary

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust