High-Intensity CBT Trainee: Flexible Hours & Mentoring

Bidvane; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly supervision

Essential equipment provided

Flexible working options

Staff wellbeing support

Clinical CPD webinars

Mentoring and career development

Secondments

Management training

Job summary

Vita Health Group in Derby is offering a 12-month fixed-term trainee post linked to the University of Lincoln’s CBT cohort. The role blends supervised clinical CBT delivery with full-time PGDip CBT training, and includes hybrid teaching, weekly service days, and potential remote work.

You will gain NHS experience delivering high-intensity CBT and complete the university program, with DBS checks and UK work rights. Induction starts March 2027 with teaching from March 2027.

Qualifications

• Core professional training or BABCP KSA eligibility confirmed.
• Bachelor's degree at 2:2 or higher in a relevant field.
• Mental-health degree or ability to study at Level 3/third year.
• BABCP membership from the start of the course.

Responsibilities

• Deliver NICE-recommended high-intensity CBT to clients.
• Undertake three days of clinical practice in the Talking Therapies Service weekly.
• Attend full-time PGDip CBT training with university days weekly.
• Attend service area office and possibly remote clinical work.

Skills

BABCP KSA eligibility

BABCP membership from course start

Risk management

Clinical supervision

Education

Core professional training or BABCP KSA eligibility

2:2 undergraduate degree or Level 6 equivalent

Relevant mental-health degree or ability to study at Level 3

BABCP membership from course start

Job description

Vita Health Group in Derby is offering a 12-month fixed-term trainee post linked to the University of Lincoln’s CBT cohort. The role blends supervised clinical CBT delivery with full-time PGDip CBT training, and includes hybrid teaching, weekly service days, and potential remote work.

You will gain NHS experience delivering high-intensity CBT and complete the university program, with DBS checks and UK work rights. Induction starts March 2027 with teaching from March 2027.