Psychological Therapist

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust; Workington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for Psychosis to join their Early Intervention in Psychosis Team in North Cumbria. This role involves providing evidence-based psychological therapy and assessment while working closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care for patients experiencing psychosis. Ideal candidates will be BABCP qualified or working towards accreditation, with experience in clinical supervision, and a commitment to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• BABCP qualified therapist or working towards accreditation.
• Experience of model specific psychological assessment and therapy.
• Experience of working with severe mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary training and support.
• Deliver high quality, compassionate care to clients.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Evidence-based therapy

Effective communication

Clinical supervision

Education

Honours Degree in Psychology

Post-graduate qualifications in a psychological therapy modality

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Psychological Therapist

The closing date is 29 December 2025

Early Intervention in Psychosis Team North Cumbria is delighted to advertise for a Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for Psychosis (CBTp). We are a busy, dynamic, and friendly team offering high quality treatment for people with first episode psychosis.

Early Intervention in Psychosis Service

• Are you passionate about working with people who have psychosis and transforming their lives?
• Are you committed to making positive changes of recovery with patients and their families?
• Are you keen to work in a dynamic team which is designed at bring out the best in you?

If the answer is yes to the above, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

This is an exciting time as we continue to develop the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service in the North, East and West of Cumbria. The EIP Service is a 3-year service for individuals who experience psychosis. We would like a BABCP qualified therapist to join our dynamic team in the Cumbria Lake District working across a variety of venues across the county.

Role to work across North Cumbria.

This role would also suit newly qualified CBT therapists working towards accreditation - this is essential.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for providing a qualified psychological therapy service to clients in a designated locality, providing evidence-based model-specific psychological assessment, formulation and therapy, and advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment. Thepost holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence.

Where appropriate the post-holder will provide clinical supervision to less experienced staff, in accordance with service needs.

• Will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect, and dignity.
• Contribute to training on a multi-disciplinary basis.
• Participate in clinical audit and service development within the remit of the post.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
• Receive clinical and professional supervision from the senior psychological therapist. NTW/GenericPCP/NJ/1561
• Accountable to Psychological Services Professional Head for the provision of a model-specific psychological therapy service in the designated locality.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities

Where appropriate the post-holder will provide clinical supervision to less experienced staff, in accordance with service needs.

• Will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect, and dignity.
• Contribute to training on a multi-disciplinary basis.
• Participate in clinical audit and service development within the remit of the post.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
• Receive clinical and professional supervision from the senior psychological therapist. NTW/GenericPCP/NJ/1561
• Accountable to Psychological Services Professional Head for the provision of a model-specific psychological therapy service in the designated locality.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Please note - this vacancy may close early once a suitable number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• An Honours Degree in Psychology recognised for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society; Or an Honours degree level qualification in another mental health field, subject to specific suitability check; And able to meet Core Profession equivalence KSA requirements.
• Or RMN, OT, Arts Psychotherapy or Social Worker degree level qualification;
• And Accredited post-graduate qualifications in a minimum of one psychological therapy modality appropriate to the designated pathway, as detailed in the table below, together with ongoing registration / accredited membership of the appropriate professional body
• Training in clinical supervision

Knowledge

• Experience of model specific psychological assessment and therapy with clients across a wide range of care settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including severe and enduring mental health problems, psychosis and/or personality disorder, drawing on evidence based models.
• This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possibility of physical abuse.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts

Skills

• Skills in the use of model-specific psychological assessment and therapy. Skills in evidence based psychological interventions.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust