Senior CBT Therapist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Edgware; Hybride; GBP 52 000 - 68 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

NHS discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Résumé du poste

North London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Senior CBT Therapist for the Barnet Talking Therapies Service in North London. The role involves leading clinical supervision, managing staff, and carrying a small clinical caseload while contributing to service development.

The post operates with a hybrid model (2–3 days on-site) and some evening clinics, with opportunities to support senior management as required.

Qualifications

• BABCP-accredited CBT therapist with senior-level experience.
• Experience delivering CBT for depression, anxiety and related conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical supervision and line-management.

Responsabilités

• Provide leadership and highly specialised clinical supervision within an NHS Talking Therapies service.
• Offer expert psychological assessment and treatment in CBT and counselling.
• Provide advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to colleagues.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and team policies and procedures.
• Lead on service development, audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support senior management in delivering Talking Therapies KPI targets and manage day-to-day operations.

Connaissances

BABCP accreditation

Clinical supervision

Leadership

Description du poste

Senior CBT Therapist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

We are looking for enthusiastic,BABCPaccredited andexperienced CBT therapiststo join NHS BarnetTalking Therapies Serviceas a Senior CBT therapist. We are awell- establishedand highly regarded service with astrongtrack recordfor staff retention,developmentand wellbeing.The service is provided by theNorthLondonFoundation Trust. Wework closely withour partner Services inCamden, Enfieldand Islington.

You will be part of alarge teamof CBT Therapists, an Assistant Psychologist, PWPs, counsellors, trainees and administrators who are working toincreaseaccess to treatment for people with depression, anxiety and other common mental health conditionsand making changes in line with national KPIs for Talking Therapies.The post holder will be supported by theDeputy Clinical Lead and Clinical Leadfor the serviceand have peer support from an experienced senior team.

You willbe responsible forclinical supervision and line-management ofstaff, also, to take on a lead role in an area of service developmentandcarry a small clinical caseload.

Applicants are advised that weoperatea hybrid working policy which means post holders are expected to come on site to our base(2-3 days a week)and combine this with remote working.

The post holder will also be expected to support senior management cover as required including evening clinics that run from 8.00 am- 8.00 pm.

Main Duties of the Job

• To provide leadership, highly specialised clinical supervision and expert psychological assessment and treatment within an NHS Talking Therapies service specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT) and Counselling.
• To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to colleagues
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• Toparticipatein and lead onservice relatedresearch and audit projects, servicedevelopmentand quality improvement initiatives.
• To also work with the senior management team to deliver Talking Therapies key performance indicators.
• Tobe responsible forline management and performance of staff supervised.
• To support the management oftheday to dayoperations of the servicealongside other senior management team members.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Please refer to attached Job description for details of main responsibilitiesand alsoperson specification and qualifications.

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Oct 2026