Trainee CBT Therapist

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing programme

Greener NHS initiative

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking trainee Cognitive Behavioural Therapists for the Newcastle and Leek area. The role focuses on delivering CBT interventions within a stepped care framework and supporting patients with anxiety and depression.

Posts include placement in the clinical service with opportunities to train and develop within a collaborative, wellbeing-focused environment and a commitment to Greener NHS goals and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience delivering CBT interventions.
• Experience treating anxiety disorders and depression.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions within the stepped care model.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

Skills

CBT knowledge

Anxiety & depression experience

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the North Staffordshire arm (Newcastle and Leek) of the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Service. This Service is a partnership between North Staffs Combined Health Care, the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust and third sector providers and is an innovative high performing talking therapies team providing effective treatments for a broad range of common mental health problems in primary care.

We are looking to recruit several trainee CBT Therapists.

As far as possible these posts will be accommodated in the clinical placement service, though subject to vacancies and service need may be within another Talking Therapies team within North or South Staffs.

This is an excellent opportunity for those committed to training and working as Cognitive Behavioural Therapists.

We are seeking individuals who can demonstrate some existing knowledge and experience of delivering CBT interventions, as well as experience of treating anxiety disorders and depression, but who would like to specialise further in this area.

Main Duties Of The Job

Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions within the stepped care model and formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

Adhere to agreed activity relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to meet the requirements of the Diploma course being undertaken.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louisa Pickford Job title: Senior CBT Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07545 424046