High Intensity CBT Therapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks a High Intensity CBT Therapist to join their team. The role involves working with adults facing mental health challenges, particularly anxiety and depression. You will be responsible for assessing patients and formulating effective treatment plans. The ideal candidate will have a PG Dip in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy and relevant clinical experience. This full-time position offers flexible working arrangements to support staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a mental health service is required.
• Eligible for professional accreditation from the relevant body.
• Completion of a Talking Therapies supervisors course.

Responsibilities

• Work with patients with depression and anxiety.
• Assess patient suitability for evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Implement treatment plans and evaluate patient progress.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Clinical skills

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Education

PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy

Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate

Accreditation with BABCP

Job description

High Intensity CBT Therapist

The closing date is 05 January 2026

Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to help improve people's wellbeing and quality of life? If the answer is yes then you will find working with NHS Northamptonshire Talking Therapies hugely rewarding.

We are an innovative and enthusiastic service wanting to recruit a diverse workforce, who are values driven, compassionate and have a desire to deliver high quality psychological therapies every day.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for high intensity therapists to join our service on a fixed-term contract basis, covering both our North and South locality teams. As a high intensity therapist you will work with adults from a variety of backgrounds either on an individual basis or through facilitating groups.

You will work with patients with depression and anxiety problems. A large part of your role will be to assess a patient's suitability for evidence-based psychological interventions, formulating and implementing treatment and evaluating progress.

You'll be formally trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and have or be eligible to apply for professional accreditation from the relevant professional body.

We are committed to providing regular supervision and continuing professional development to support your work. We are a friendly, supportive team with a focus on promoting both the wellbeing of staff and patients.

You'll have experience of working with people with mental health conditions and will need to use a range of clinical, organisational and leadership skills on a daily basis.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualification

• PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
• Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate
• Accrediatation with BABCP
• Professional registration i.e.; Nurse, Social Worker, OT, Psychologist
• Completion of Talking Therapies supervisors course

Experience

• Experience of having worked in a mental health service
• Experience of working in a Talking Therapies service

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.

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours