Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

West London NHS Trust; Isleworth; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking an experienced CBT therapist to join Hounslow Talking Therapies Isleworth Centre, delivering evidence-based CBT and group sessions for mild to moderate conditions. The role offers hybrid working with home visits as needed, and opportunities to supervise trainee therapists and PWPs, while contributing to an inclusive service across diverse communities in the Isleworth area.

Applicants with BABCP accreditation and BABCP registration will be preferred; newly

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology as accredited by the BABCP.
• Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession with CBT postgraduate diploma or higher.
• Registration with a Health Professions Council and BABCP accreditation.
• Experience in CBT applied in diverse clinical settings and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist CBT services for adults with anxiety and depression.
• Facilitate CBT groups and support PWPs to run community/in-house workshops.
• Offer advice on psychological care to non-psychologists and supervise trainees.
• Work from Isleworth Centre and Health Centres with home-working options.

Skills

CBT expertise

Supervision experience

Cultural competency

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession

Health Professions Council registration

BABCP provisional or full accreditation

Postgraduate research methodology training

BABCP accreditation

Job description

Are you looking for a new CBT role in a friendly team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community?

Hounslow NHS Talking Therapies is seeking an experienced CBT therapist to join our friendly team.

What we offer:

We offer a stable, and supportive working environment

A values driven environment - Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and our patients

We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week

We offer flexible working,

We are also eager to attract Psychologists and CBT therapists trained in other Talking Therapies modalities such as Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Newly qualified CBT therapists, who have completed a BABCP accredited CBT training, are welcomed to apply. If you are in the process of completing your CBT qualification or awaiting results, you will progress to Band 7 salary upon the receipt of confirmation of successful completion from the board of examiners, effective from the same date.

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.

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.

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre

£55,524 to £62,652 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

222-LS-Man-210

Job locations

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre