CBT Psychological Therapists In Training

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to train as a CBT therapist with Solent NHS Trust Adult Mental Health Secondary Care Service and Southampton University!

This is a 2-year fixed term appointment with the hope of ongoing employment post-qualifying in the CBT diploma but this cannot be guaranteed. You will be working within the service providing CBT (and if already trained DBT) whilst undertaking the CBT Diploma with Southampton University. Whilst working in the service for 3-4 days per week using your newly developed skills, you will also attend the training course and undertake personal study days. You will hold one of the following at graduate level in either nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or an evidence-based psychological therapy, as this is essential to enrol onto the diploma.

Main duties of the job

This is a training role within the Trust's Secondary Mental Health Care established as part of the national Improving Access to Psychological Therapies SMI Programme (SMH). The post-holder will work within the psychological therapy service, providing CBT interventions to people with enduring mood disorders, psychosis or complex PTSD. This intensive training will equip the post holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to patients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post holder will work in the service for at least 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the university raining programme for 1 day a week.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.