Job summary
Trainee High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists are employed on one year fixed term training contract, involving a clinical placement where you will manage a high volume caseload alongside undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PGDip CBT) where you will be required to meet frequent academic deadlines.
This is a 12-month training contract, upon successful completion of the course a permanent post will be available. Successful candidates should be available to begin their role in September 2025, exact date to be confirmed.
The role requires hybrid working, including both working from home and from either our base in Shrewsbury (Severn Fields Health Village) or Telford (Hall Court), as well as travel within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin locality per service need.
Training posts available on condition of receiving confirmation of funding - please be aware therefore that number of spaces may change. At the point of academic screening and interview, we will have received funding confirmation and can confirm the number of available posts.
All shortlisted applicants must be available to attend a half-day academic screening in June/July - TBC by the university. Only those who pass the academic screening will be offered a joint interview with the University and MPFT.Bysubmitting an application you are consenting for information to be shared between the service and university.
Main duties of the job
The training post includes two days per week at University and three days of supervised clinical practice within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies service. Trainees are expected to progress to working with a high degree of autonomy, with high volume caseloads including video and face-to-face clinical work. In addition to clinical contact, the role will include data collection, data management, analysis and note keeping.
We are a busy caring team consisting of Admin staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners & Relational Therapists. We serve the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse & growing modern towns, surrounded by stunning Shropshire countryside.
NHS Talking Therapies teams are great places to work. We are redefining the Talking Therapies service and we need you to help us with this. We are surrounded by supportive leaders and managers. Staff are encouraged to contribute to the service vision and set the culture.
This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
You will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary & should be committed to equal opportunities.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and specification.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Any core professions or if applicants have previously completed any Health Education England Training, need to be abiding by the 2 year Post-Qualification rule set out by HEE https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/nhs-funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and specification.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Any core professions or if applicants have previously completed any Health Education England Training, need to be abiding by the 2 year Post-Qualification rule set out by HEE https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/nhs-funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered/accredited qualification in one of the following - Nursing (RNM / RNLD), Social Work, Art Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Counselling, Psychotherapeutic Counselling OR A recorded / registered Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology OR A registered / recorded qualification in Educational Psychology, Health Psychology or Forensic Psychology OR A recorded / registered qualification in Medicine (Psychiatrist to General Practitioner, MBChB or MBBS) OR Be able to meet the BABCP Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes KSA Portfolio criteria for entry to the course, in addition to + All applicants must follow the minimum two years after the award of the first training. See HEE for further guidance.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Desirable
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- 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
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapies including CBT
Desirable
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A recorded/registered/accredited qualification in one of the following - Nursing (RNM / RNLD), Social Work, Art Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Counselling, Psychotherapeutic Counselling OR A recorded / registered Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology OR A registered / recorded qualification in Educational Psychology, Health Psychology or Forensic Psychology OR A recorded / registered qualification in Medicine (Psychiatrist to General Practitioner, MBChB or MBBS) OR Be able to meet the BABCP Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes KSA Portfolio criteria for entry to the course, in addition to + All applicants must follow the minimum two years after the award of the first training. See HEE for further guidance.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Car driver and/or ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation
Desirable
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- 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
- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapies including CBT
Desirable
- Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
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).
