Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for CBT therapists to deliver specialist services to clients experiencing mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. Candidates will work within a supportive environment that promotes teamwork and ongoing professional development. The role involves providing direct therapy, facilitating workshops, and supervising trainees. We seek passionate individuals who are BABCP accredited or are willing to achieve accreditation. A competitive salary package is offered along with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive CPD programme

Regular supervision

Qualifications

• BABCP accreditation or ability to achieve provisional accreditation within six months.
• Experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment within a Talking Therapies service.
• Experience of working with a variety of client groups with emotional and distressing problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist CBT services to clients with mild to moderate mental health problems.
• Facilitate CBT groups and support other staff in workshops.
• Provide advice and supervise other colleagues, including trainees.

Skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Psychological assessment

Supervision

Complex problem-solving

Education

Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology

Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council

Postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT

Job description

Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community? Are you hardworking and highly motivated? As part of the expansion of the service, Hounslow NHS Talking Therapies is seeking three CBT therapist to join our friendly, values-driven service. We offer a stable environment built on Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence, and Caring.

Enjoy flexible working, a hybrid week, regular supervision, and a comprehensive CPD programme. We welcome BABCP accredited Psychologists and CBT therapists trained in modalities such as BCT, CTfD, EMDR, and IPT.

Newly qualified therapists with BABCP-accredited training are encouraged to apply--Band 7 salary applies upon confirmation of qualification.

Main duties of the job

You'll provide a specialist and caring CBT service to our clients who are primarily suffering mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. This will include providing specialist CBT therapy, facilitating CBT groups and supporting PWPs to facilitate community and/or in-house workshops.

In addition, this role also involves providing advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers, and supervising other colleagues including trainee therapists and PWPs and trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.

You will be based in the Isleworth Centre team base and Health Centres in the London Borough of Hounslow, as well as home working.

This role will include working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and you will be passionate about providing an equal opportunity for all clients to access our services.

Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.

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About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, occupational therapy) or equivalent experience plus a postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
• To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Fully accredited with the BABCP

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within a Talking Therapies service
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings

Knowledge

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)

Personal Qualities

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Able to work at least one evening session, until 8.00pm
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
• Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice

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.

£53,751 to £60,651 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)