Job summary
Due to internal promotion we are looking for a qualified High Intensity Therapist to join our supportive and highly regarded Ealing Talking Therapies team.
What can we offer you?
A values driven environment - our Trust Values of Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and our patient Excellent and supportive supervision in this role
- A supportive culture that values work-life balance, including wellbeing activities such as a book club, social nights, gratitude boxes, mindfulness for staff, and others.
- Relocation allowance - if you are moving more than 40 miles to join us you can claim moving expenses up to £8,000. Please contact us for details
- We operate a hybrid working week, where staff work at home on some days and on site other daysFull or part time (min 3 days per week) opportunities available (please note one evening shift 12noon to 8pm)
- The chance to develop clinical and managerial skills (e.g. champion roles, LTC training and supervisor opportunities).
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing training & development
- Excellent staff benefits including 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
We think Ealing Talking Therapies would be an ideal place for you to work if you wish to develop your clinical skills further. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact one of our step 3 leads on 020 3313 5660 or email on yasmin.long@westlondon.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
As a full-time clinician you would manage an average of 20 attended clinical contacts per week. These are mostly treatment and assessment patients plus meetings, admin and running therapy groups, providing supervision and managing projects. Through this job plan variety clinicians develop project management, leadership and supervision skills with us.
Clinical and line management supervision is part of our success, and as a qualified high intensity therapist you will benefit from weekly clinical supervision, monthly line management supervision, and monthly step 3 clinical skills.
The significant benefit of hybrid working is we are able to support clinicians in meeting all of the requirements to fulfil their accreditation needs. In addition to this, we operate a duty system on a daily basis with daily debrief to make sure that all new assessments are discussed promptly.
You will need experience of risk management and assessment, formulation and treatment of Talking Therapies appropriate disorders. We are keen to fill gaps in experience though, through our comprehensive CPD and supervision programme, and we offer ongoing support via debrief and senior duty at all times.
(If you are in the process of completing your CBT qualification or awaiting results, you will progress to Band 7 salary upon the receipt of confirmation of successful completion from the board of examiners, effective from the same date.)
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We're rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.
The management team at Ealing Talking Therapies is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.
We think Ealing Talking Therapies is a fantastic place to work!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since our service launched.
The management team at Ealing Talking Therapies is committed to staff wellbeing and we have recently commissioned a QI project on staff wellbeing, led by staff across the different staff groups within the team.
We think Ealing Talking Therapies is a fantastic place to work!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC) And/or: To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an IAPT service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or post graduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, Occupational therapy) plus a post graduate diploma or higher degree in CBT. Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC) And/or: To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an IAPT service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. Including outpatient, community, and primary care settings.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services.
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
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).
