Trainee High Intensity Therapist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks Trainee High Intensity Therapists to join their team. In this role, you'll provide high intensity interventions and maintain a clinical caseload while receiving comprehensive training. Applicants should hold a core profession eligible for BABCP accreditation. Positions are available at various locations, with responsibilities including clinical assessments and adhering to clinical standards.

Benefits

Monthly line management

Regular clinical supervision

Continued Professional Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 24 months in post as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
• Eligibility for BABCP accreditation upon course completion.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments and provide high intensity psychological interventions.
• Maintain a clinical caseload and ensure high clinical standards.
• Travel independently around the county for client meetings.

Skills

High intensity interventions skills

Clinical assessment

Organization skills

Communication skills

Education

Core profession eligibility for BABCP accreditation

Job description

Overview

Due to new funding, an exciting opportunity has arisen for 6 Trainee High Intensity Therapists (HITs) to join NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Talking Therapies Service (CPTT) on a permanent contract at various team bases.

Locations: Chesterton Medical Centre, Chesterton, Cambridge; Newtown Centre, Huntingdon; City Hall, Peterborough; Fenland Hall, March.

Applicants may specify a preferred location, but preferences are not guaranteed.

Interview & Contact

Interviews will take place in person at Newtown Centre, Nursery Rd, Huntingdon PE29 3RJ, in December 2025 / Early January 2026.

Please email [e-mail] for more details.

Training

The Post Graduate Diploma High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training course starts on 23 February 2026, provided by the Charlie Waller Institute at Reading University. Training will be a blend of classroom and online teaching, and clinical days will involve working from base on some days and from home on others.

Applicants must have a core profession that confers eligibility to apply for BABCP accreditation upon completion of the course. If you are a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, you will need a minimum of 24 months in post from the date of qualifying before the start of the High Intensity training programme.

Successful completion of the training course will result in the post being regraded to band 7.

Supervision & Development

We offer a high standard of supervision that far exceeds the nationally set minimum requirements within IAPT services, including monthly line management, annual appraisals, regular clinical supervision, and CPD opportunities.

About the Trust

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for and support them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social Care, Research & Development.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the clinical activity of the service.
• Hold a clinical caseload requiring a high level of organisation.
• Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
• Offer clinical assessments.
• Provide high intensity interventions using evidence‑based psychological interventions, e.g. CBT.
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for patients.
• Adhere to all clinical policies and procedures, working within established risk protocols.
• Maintain high clinical standards in all aspects of the work.
• Ensure treatment delivery remains accessible, convenient and with minimal waiting times as agreed by senior clinicians and managers.
• Communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to patients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care.
• Travel independently around the county, meeting strict time deadlines.

Application Details

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.