Senior Therapist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Medway is seeking a Band 7 Senior Therapist to provide assessment and treatment for children and young people aged 0-18 with various mental health disorders. The ideal candidate will be newly qualified in psychology or psychotherapy, or an experienced clinician such as a nurse or social worker. Responsibilities include clinical supervision and providing specialist interventions in a dynamic environment. This role offers opportunities for training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a CAMHS service.
• Ability to cope with a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with CBT or DBT is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff.
• Offer consultations to the wider team.
• Deliver specialist interventions to clients.

Skills

Skills in Risk Management

Multi-professional working

Multi-agency working

Education

Professional qualification in psychology, psychotherapy, nursing, or social work

Job description

A position for a Band 7 Senior Therapist has arisen in our clinic in Medway. This post would suit newly qualified Psychologists or Psychotherapists, or an experienced clinician with a professional qualification such as Nurse or Social Worker with some additional recognised training such as CBT or DBT.

We offer assessment and treatment to children and young people aged 0-18 years with a wide range of presentations, mental health disorders, complexity and risk. You need to have experience working within a CAMHS service and be able to cope with a fast paced, ever changing environment, whilst responding appropriately to the young people and their families.

As a band 7 you will be expected to offer specific clinical supervision to junior staff, consultations to the wider team and provide specialist interventions to our clients.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Offering Assessment and Evidence Based Treatment

Offering Assessment and Evidence Based Treatment for young people up to age 18yrs with a range of Complex Mental Health presentations.

Skills

Skills in Risk Management, multi-professional and multi-agency working are essential.

We are a friendly, innovative team who encourage further training, development of your skills and knowledge to benefit the service and NELFT as a whole.

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit;https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025