CBT Course Tutor & Supervisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Leadership of the Long Term Conditions Top up training including managing the teaching timetable recruitment and assessment of trainees in collaboration with the Head of department and other staff.
• Supervision of CBT Trainees in small groups on a weekly basis
• Academic marking at an agreed level
• conducting mid training reviews and preparing mid and final supervisor reports
• Assessing KSA portfolios
• participation in selection of trainees via interview
• participation in monthly supervision of supervision sessions
• participation in skills training sessions and lectures/workshops

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling Psychology psychology or training and accreditation as a CBT Therapist
• Accreditation or eligibility for accreditation as a CBT therapist with the BABCP

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Accreditation or eligibility for accreditation as a CBT supervisor and/or trainer with the BABCP

Experience

Essential

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical, counselling psychologist or High Intensity CBT Therapist
• Experience of CBT supervision, training and assessment of competence
• Experience of supervising qualified and unqualified psychology staff including responsibility for clinical governance, performance management and continuing professional development.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings 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.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering specialist CBT for the treatment of specific psychological disorder e.g., OCD, PTSD, Psychosis.
• Experience of representing Psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care. Experience of the
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

• 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, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Knowledge of the most up-to-date CBT evidence based practice
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, complex OCD, BDD).
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialized psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.

Other

Essential

• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

• Development of supervision and training materials in CBT

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woodfield road psychology

7 Woodfield Rd,

London

W9 2BA

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)