Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist to join a dynamic psychological therapies team in Doncaster. You will provide specialist CBT to primary and secondary care patients within a supportive, recovery-focused environment.

The role requires BABCP accreditation or eligibility, BABCP supervision, and involvement in consultation for staff. Training opportunities and strong supervision are available.

Qualifications

• Post graduate CBT training and BABCP registration or eligibility.
• Registration with a professional body in a core health profession.
• CPD and supervision qualifications relevant to CBT.
• Experience with managing risk in complex presentations.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT in community mental health settings across localities.
• Develop formulations and NICE-guided interventions.
• Offer supervision and staff consultation when needed.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies.

Skills

Autonomous working

Consultation to teams

Therapeutic alliance building

Effective communication

Maintain clinical records

BABCP accreditation eligibility

Experience with complex presentations

Multi-disciplinary team working

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in CBT

BABCP accreditation or eligible

Core health profession registration

BABCP supervision qualification in CBT

Training in psychotherapy modalities

Job description

Employer Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Tickhill Road Site Town Balby, Doncaster Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 21/10/2026

Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist to join our team. We require a highly skilled and motivated practitioner to work as part of a dynamic psychological therapies team providing high quality, specialist evidence-based treatment to primary and secondary care patients. The post holder will be innovative, enthusiastic and flexible and able to work both autonomously and as part of the team.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will offer Cognitive Behaviour therapy, working into the Community Mental Health Teams, across all localities, offering specialist CBT assessment and intervention, developing formulations and implementing evidence-based interventions in line with NICE guidance. This post also offers an opportunity to develop skills in consultation through offering consultation to staff in the teams as needed.

They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. They will also be committed to the principles of recovery, have effective interpersonal and time management skills as well as being a responsive and motivated team player.

The successful applicant will be BABCP accredited or be willing to work towards this.

The successful candidates will receive management supervision from the team manager and clinical supervision from a Senior CBT Therapist. There will also be the opportunity to access appropriate training to further develop skills.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

Person specification

Qualifications

• o Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (2)
• o BABCP accreditation or eligible for accreditation as a CBP with BABCP, and in agreement to work towards this with in the first year. (2)
• o Professional qualification in a core health profession and be registered with their professional body (
• o BABCP accredited qualification in Clinical Supervision in CBT
• o Qualification for working with complex presentations for example, with psychosis or complex emotional needs
• o Post qualification training such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural Activation, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, ACT, IPT, CBASP, Couples Therapy.

Experience

• o Experience working with complex presentations and managing risk
• o Experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems and complexity
• o Experience of managing risk associated with mental health
• o Receive regular Clinical Supervision from accredited Psychotherapist or Clinical Psychologist.
• o Experience of delivering therapy groups
• o Experience of offering CBT clinical supervision for newly qualified CBT therapists
• o Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
• o Experience of providing supervision
• o Experience of working with minority groups
• o Experience of working with psychosis

Knowledge

• o Knowledge of how to design and implement plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients with highly complex mental health problems. Employing methods based on evidence and NICE guidance across a wide range of care settings
• o Maintain knowledge of current developments within own specialist field and adult mental health generally

Skills

• o Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with colleagues and the communities we serve
• o Ability to develop and maintain effective therapeutic alliances with clients, who may be challenging, highly emotive and distressed
• o Communicate effectively with patients their families, carers, and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS
• o Maintain up to date clinical records, including electronic data entry, text processing, report and note writing.
• o Maintain CPD as part of BABCP requirements
• o Ability to work autonomously.
• Provide consultation and advice on matters related to adult psychotherapy to members of the multi-disciplinary mental health service, local primary care teams, and other agencies responsible for client care. ulti-disciplinary team working.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Sal Lawton Job title Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy Lead Email address [emailprotected] Additional information

Ashley O'Horan

Team Manager, Central

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