Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist or Senior CBTp Therapist (Band 8a) - Adult Mental H[...]

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Inclusion Services Employer type NHS Site Thurrock Health Centre Town Grays Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/05/2025 23:59

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist or Senior CBTp Therapist

Band 8a

Job overview

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist or Senior CBTp Therapist (EIP & ARMS)
Full-Time | Permanent | South West Essex
Welcome Bonus: 10% of salary on start date and another 10% after 12 months.

Are you looking for a role that offers real variety, professional challenge, and the chance to make a meaningful impact?

We’re inviting applications for a unique and rewarding position across our well-established Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service and our newly launched At Risk Mental States (ARMS) service in South West Essex.

This is not a one-dimensional clinical post — you’ll be using your skills across clinical work, supervision, management and service development, making a real difference at every level.

What’s on Offer?
• A split role across two progressive services:
o ESTEP (Essex Support and Treatment for Early Psychosis) – an established, multidisciplinary team providing integrated medical, psychological and psychosocial interventions.
o ARMS – a newly developed, psychology-led service supporting young people aged 14–35 who are at heightened risk of developing psychosis.
• An exciting chance to take on a varied and senior post, with scope for clinical work, team supervision, management duties, and leading service development initiatives.
• Collaborative working across Inclusion Thurrock and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) – benefiting from a rich multidisciplinary environment.

Main duties of the job

• What You’ll Be Doing
  • Delivering NICE-compliant, specialist psychological therapies, including CBT for psychosis (CBTp).
  • Providing clinical supervision to other team members and contributing to staff development.
  • Taking on managerial responsibilities, including service reporting and team support.
  • Leading and contributing to ongoing service development, helping shape the future of EIP and ARMS in the region.
  • Being an active member of the Inclusion Thurrock Senior Leadership Team, reporting on outcomes and contributing to wider service strategy.
  • Collaborating with MDTs, attending team meetings, and supporting integrated care.
  What We’re Looking For
  • HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist, or BABCP accreditation as a CBTp therapist.
  • Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs, ideally within early intervention or youth services.
  • A willingness to undertake CBTp training if not already qualified.
  • A confident and organised approach to working across a broad geographical area (Thurrock, Basildon, Brentwood, Billericay) – travel is part of the role.

Working for our organisation

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.

We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.

Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to work in a service that values inclusion, innovation and high-quality care. You’ll be supported to grow in your leadership, make strategic contributions, and work alongside committed, values-driven colleagues who are passionate about early intervention.
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If you’re ready to bring your experience and ambition to a role with real impact — we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help shape the future of early intervention across South West Essex

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification document, a summary is below:

1. To provide a NICE compliant therapeutic service to patients, with a wide range of mental health problems with complex needs, the post holder will be expected to maintain high professional levels of clinical judgement and application of complex skills at all times. The post holder will utilise advanced theoretical and practical clinical skills in applying interventions as required.
2. To be accountable to the East of England Systems Lead for the provision of services described in the job description of staff within the service.
3. Provide input to relevant MDTs, to attend team meetings and contribute to the team’s processes and functions. To liaise and work with other areas/teams and services as agreed with the senior leadership team.
4. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Substantial experience in working with patients with psychosis/ bipolar or an at risk mental state
• Relevant experience suitable for a senior post that pertains to supervising clinicians working with aforementioned client group
• Description of work experience includes substantial experience with above client group

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 Mark Frost Job title Clinical Lead Email address Mark.frost@mpft.nhs.uk Telephone number 01375 898680 Additional information

If you would like to know more and find out whether joining our dedicated team is for you then please get in touch with Mark as we would love to hear from you.

**** We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if made via the website.****

****This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.****