Job summary
The paediatric ME/Chronic Fatigue Service is an innovative service delivering evidenced based intervention tailored to the needs of children, young people and their families in Nottingham and Greater Nottingham.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dedicated part time Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to take up a permanent role working with this service at Nottingham Childrens Hospital. The post holder will work flexibly across hospital and community sites including schools, colleges and home visits. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience of working with young people with long term health conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic pain to join our innovative and supportive team.
This post will be suitable for those who have a BABCP registration in place.
Main duties of the job
As an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist you will provide high quality, specialist CBT to individuals and groups in a wide range of settings, including outpatient clinics, home visits and schools. A flexible approach to service delivery is essential.
You will have knowledge and experience of working with common mental health conditions, and an understanding of models of treatment for ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome such as the use of us ACT, Compassion focussed therapy and Mindfulness interventions.
You will need to have excellent communication skills to deliver individual and group interventions in this challenging clinical field, building links across the health and education community. You need to be an excellent team player, dynamic and forward thinking with an ambition for self development.
About us
With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and personal specification.
- To provide specialist assessments and intervention for the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
- To offer a flexible approach to the delivery of treatment, both individually and in groups, using evidence based approaches for the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Proactively work with patients promoting self-management strategies, enabling them to recognise and maximise their potential outcomes. Empowering them to make choices about their future management.
- Be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- Develop evidenced based holistic personalised treatment plans for individuals with complex needs enabling individuals, carers and families to contribute to the plan.
- Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, establishing effective working relationships with patients, families and carers providing information and advice at appropriate stages of the patient pathway. Communicating complex condition related information to patients / carers and relatives within scope of professional practice accounting for potential barriers to communication.
- Communicate effectively with all professionals involved in the patients care ensuring the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service exploring complex and sensitive issues related to treatment options and decisions.
- To lead on aspects of service delivery and development of service resources, contributing to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients
- Be proficient in the use of negotiating/motivational skills to influence and support problem solving and behaviour change.
- To engage with regular clinical supervision from a senior CBT accredited practitioner.
- To develop skills in the area of teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs CBT work as appropriate.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the patient group across a range of agencies and settings where appropriate.
- Liaise with colleagues from all specialties regarding assessment of patient needs prior to transfer of care.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with trust policies, departmental standards and relevant professional body standards.
- Ensure own actions support equality, diversity and rights by compliance with Trust policies and ensuring that the clinical service is sensitive to individual needs, cultures, beliefs and values.
- To contribute to training and service improvements while continuing to develop specific skills appropriate for the service area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and personal specification.
- To provide specialist assessments and intervention for the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
- To offer a flexible approach to the delivery of treatment, both individually and in groups, using evidence based approaches for the management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Proactively work with patients promoting self-management strategies, enabling them to recognise and maximise their potential outcomes. Empowering them to make choices about their future management.
- Be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- Develop evidenced based holistic personalised treatment plans for individuals with complex needs enabling individuals, carers and families to contribute to the plan.
- Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, establishing effective working relationships with patients, families and carers providing information and advice at appropriate stages of the patient pathway. Communicating complex condition related information to patients / carers and relatives within scope of professional practice accounting for potential barriers to communication.
- Communicate effectively with all professionals involved in the patients care ensuring the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service exploring complex and sensitive issues related to treatment options and decisions.
- To lead on aspects of service delivery and development of service resources, contributing to a CBT based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients
- Be proficient in the use of negotiating/motivational skills to influence and support problem solving and behaviour change.
- To engage with regular clinical supervision from a senior CBT accredited practitioner.
- To develop skills in the area of teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs CBT work as appropriate.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the patient group across a range of agencies and settings where appropriate.
- Liaise with colleagues from all specialties regarding assessment of patient needs prior to transfer of care.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with trust policies, departmental standards and relevant professional body standards.
- Ensure own actions support equality, diversity and rights by compliance with Trust policies and ensuring that the clinical service is sensitive to individual needs, cultures, beliefs and values.
- To contribute to training and service improvements while continuing to develop specific skills appropriate for the service area.
Person Specification
Traing and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in a clinical profession
- Post-graduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- CBT accreditation with the BABCP - with a focus on CBT with children and young adults
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems across the full age range, reflecting all levels of severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience in working with people with Long-Term health conditions, medically unexplained symptoms and co-morbid anxiety and depression.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working - team player
Communication
Essential
- To act as patient advocate
- Skills in working with complex cases and being able to use CBT in an integrated way with other interventions if necessary
- Able to communication complex condition related information to patients, relatives/carers and other clinical/social care staff where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. language barriers, speech, cognitive problems
Person Specification
Traing and Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in a clinical profession
- Post-graduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- CBT accreditation with the BABCP - with a focus on CBT with children and young adults
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems across the full age range, reflecting all levels of severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience in working with people with Long-Term health conditions, medically unexplained symptoms and co-morbid anxiety and depression.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working - team player
Communication
Essential
- To act as patient advocate
- Skills in working with complex cases and being able to use CBT in an integrated way with other interventions if necessary
- Able to communication complex condition related information to patients, relatives/carers and other clinical/social care staff where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. language barriers, speech, cognitive problems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).