Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist

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Job summary

Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist

If you are a highly skilled and experienced Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with Adult Mental Health experience, then we want to hear from you. The Trust has an amazing opening for someone who is seeking the challenge of working within a highly skilled and experienced team which is continually developing its practice. We can offer excellent inhouse supervision and CPD, providing a good opportunity for skills development and enhancement.

Main duties of the job

Whilst a comprehensive Job and Person Specification are attached, summary elements include (but arent limited to):

Working as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within Psychological Therapy Services and across Adult and MHSOP Planned Treatment and Recovery Teams as an autonomous cognitive behavioural psychotherapist.

Responsibility for the effective management and treatment of patients with complex presentations.

Provide evidence-based CBT interventions and develop treatment initiatives by means of expert evaluation, innovation, and research.

Provide expert CBT education, training and supervision to clinical staff working within or external to the Trust.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-23-0959

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

CBT Department

Gwendolen House, LGH site, Gwendolen Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 4QF

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in applying for this role then please read attached job description for full details of role and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in applying for this role then please read attached job description for full details of role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A core mental health professional qualification or equivalent and registration with the appropriate statutory professional regulatory body i.e., NMC, HCPC or BABCP KSA equivalent.
Post-graduate Diploma or higher qualification in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy or equivalent e.g., recognised qualification as a High Intensity IAPT therapist.
Full practitioner accreditation with BABCP.
EMDR training.

Desirable

Level 3 EMDR training

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience of delivering specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy in secondary care, for adults, or older people or children /adolescence with a range of mental health problems.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Experience in highly specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy assessment and treatment in a variety of settings e.g., outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and in patients home.
Experience of delivering specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy to a wide range of patients (primarily aged 16 and above) from different demographic and cultural backgrounds, including working with interpreters.

Desirable

Experience of teaching and training others using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for clinical, professional, and academic settings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A core mental health professional qualification or equivalent and registration with the appropriate statutory professional regulatory body i.e., NMC, HCPC or BABCP KSA equivalent.
Post-graduate Diploma or higher qualification in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy or equivalent e.g., recognised qualification as a High Intensity IAPT therapist.
Full practitioner accreditation with BABCP.
EMDR training.

Desirable

Level 3 EMDR training

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience of delivering specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy in secondary care, for adults, or older people or children /adolescence with a range of mental health problems.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Experience in highly specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy assessment and treatment in a variety of settings e.g., outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and in patients home.
Experience of delivering specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy to a wide range of patients (primarily aged 16 and above) from different demographic and cultural backgrounds, including working with interpreters.

Desirable

Experience of teaching and training others using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for clinical, professional, and academic settings.

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)