IAPT High Intensity Therapist

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave

NHS pension

Flexible working

Maternity/paternity support

Staff networks

Wellbeing opportunities

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an IAPT High Intensity Therapist to deliver high intensity CBT interventions within a hybrid service model. The role involves autonomous and team-based work, managing a caseload of mild to moderate anxiety and depression, and delivering group or one-to-one CBT.

Applicants should have an IAPT high intensity qualification, maintain accreditation, and commit to CPD, with flexible and remote working options and NHS pension

Qualifications

• IAPT high intensity course for adults in one of the service modalities.
• Maintain full accreditation or work towards provisional and full accreditation within the specified timeframe.
• Strong commitment to CPD and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously and as part of a team within a hybrid model, offering CBT remotely or in-office.
• Assess patients and provide high intensity CBT interventions (group and/or one-to-one).
• Manage a caseload of mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression and meet KPI targets.
• Maintain clear, accurate clinical records and reflect on practice via supervision.
• Develop skills through CPD and opportunities to facilitate groups and supervision.

Skills

IAPT High Intensity CBT

NHS mental health experience

Assessment & risk management

Education

IAPT high intensity course for adults

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

IAPT High Intensity Therapist

The closing date is 16 November 2026

The post holder will work within the service to provide high intensity CBT interventions to patients at Step 3 of the Talking Therapy service. We operate hybrid working to include remote/office based hours to include face to face patient contact, telephone and video conferencing. The contracted hours are 22.5 per week.

In return we provide flexible working, regular supervision, opportunities for continued professional development (CPD), a wide range of wellbeing and support programmes including access to LGBTQ+, BAME, Disability and Carers Forums.

Redditch is a relatively new Town, near Birmingham and has good links to M42, M5 and a train station within walking distance to the office.

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job

A typical week will involve working autonomously and as part of a team. Working within a hybrid model you will offer CBT treatments from your home if appropriate and from your office base. You will work collaboratively with patients to assess and provide CBT interventions, supporting patients to work towards recovery via group and/or one to one CBT treatments. You will manage a caseload of individuals with mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety and will keep abreast of the requirements to meet KPI targets. You will maintain clear and accurate clinical records and will be supported to reflect on practice via regular supervision. You will undertake CPD to further your skills and knowledge base and there will be opportunity to develop your skills by facilitating groups, offering supervision and developing skills. You will maintain close links, both with your team and with relevant agencies within the care pathway.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Sharing your data -As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification from IAPT high intensity course for adults in one of the modalities required by the service for this post - High intensity CBT, High Intensity PCE-CfD, High Intensity IPT, High Intensity DIT
• Maintain full accreditation with appropriate body or actively work towards accreditation and achieve provisional accreditation within one year of appointment and full accreditation within two years of appointment
• Good record of continuing professional development and willingness to continue this.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Demonstrable experience of working in a service for clients with mild-moderate mental health problems
• Experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating key competences as outlined in Roth & Pilling competency framework
• Experience of successfully treating a range of presenting problems with high intensity therapy in line with NICE guidance
• Has worked in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Experience of using disorder specific measures to inform clinical practice
• Experience of delivering treatment, using disorder specific models
• Experience of accurate and detailed assessment and management of risk
• Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice

Knowledge

• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers and patients.
• Advanced communication skills.
• 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.

Additional Criteria

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro rata per annum