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East London NHS Foundation Trust; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust's Bedfordshire Talking Therapies service is seeking a Team Leader to supervise a team of psychological therapists, manage a clinical caseload and contribute to service development.

Accredited CBT/Relational therapist with leadership/supervision experience is required, with the ability to monitor KPI targets at both individual and service levels, and to travel across the county, attend base twice weekly and occasional late shifts.

Qualifications

• Accredited CBT/Relational therapist
• Leadership/supervision experience preferred
• Ability to monitor KPI targets at individual and service level

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of psychological therapists and oversee clinical caseloads.
• Provide clinical supervision and line management within the service.
• Contribute to the development and governance of Bedfordshire Talking Therapies.
• Attend base twice a week and travel across the county; occasional late shifts.

Job description

Team Leader - Bedfordshire Talking Therapies | East London NHS Foundation Trust

Bedfordshire Talking Therapies (BTT) is a thriving talking therapies service. The service offers low and high intensity interventions in individual, couple and group formats.

We require a suitably qualified and experienced CBT/Relational therapist to lead a team of psychological therapists. They will bean accredited practitioner and have extensive experience of delivering Talking Therapies recognised therapeutic interventions. We are particularly interested in applicants that have had previous leadership/supervision experience.

We are looking for a Team Leader who will work alongside our team of Team Leaders to ensure the effective running of the service; you will report into and be supported by the Deputy Clinical Lead and Clinical Lead. You will hold a clinical caseload of step three presentations to whom individual and group treatments are provided. Monitoring performance against KPI targets at the individual clinical level and the service level will also form part of your role.

You will be expected to attend base twice a week (and have flexibility on others where required), be able to travel and work across the county and work one late evening.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team, your ideas and creativity would be welcome in contributing to the development of an effective and innovative service which meets the needs of the local diverse community.

Bedfordshire Talking Therapies is one of three Talking Therapies services run and administered by East London NHS Foundation Trust, the others being Newham Talking Therapies and Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies. The three services are located organisationally in the Specialist Services Directorate and work together on joint projects. Bedfordshire Talking Therapies is also aligned with Central East ICB place based provision of care and work alongside services to ensure an equitable offer across the system.

We are particularly interested in applicants that have had previous leadership/supervision experience. The post holder will be providing clinician of the day duties, case management, line management and clinical supervision. They will also oversee a clinical area in the service and ensure we are working towards our overall strategy in that area. You will be supported in the delivery of this by the Deputy and Clinical Lead.

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This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026

£49,387 - £56,515 pro-rata if candidate is part time or Term Time Only.

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust