Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our friendly and forward thinking cognitive behavioural psychotherapies team.
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within the City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service. This service is part of the East London NHS Foundation Trust offering assessment and psychological therapy to service users with complex, chronic and often comorbid presentations, including depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, complex trauma and Personality Disorder. A number of treatment modalities are offered within the service including cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, individual, group, systemic and family therapies, as well as more intensive programmes for individuals with Personality Disorder that are delivered according to a Mentalisation-Based Treatment model.
The role will primarily involve the provision of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and CBT treatment, and the provision of clinical supervision within the secondary care specialist psychotherapy service.
Main duties of the job
- The delivery of high quality, time limited, specialist Cognitive Behavioural treatment interventions for service users in both individual and group formats.
- Providing clinical co-working with other health professionals.
- Proactively developing robust professional relationships with a range of professional groups within local statutory and non-statutory services.
- Actively participating in the further development of the service, including but not exclusively, training, service user involvement, clinical governance, Quality Improvement.
- The provision of generic mental health and specialist CBT assessments to identify all groups of adult mental disorders and suitability for psychotherapy as required.
- The provision of assessment that identifies if the service user would benefit from alternative mental health treatments (including medication and other psychological treatments), weighing up the relative advantages and advising the service user accordingly.
- Where CBT is not an indicated treatment, liaising as appropriate with other professional groups to effectively communicate that assessment and facilitate transfer of care to an appropriate professional/team.
- Conducting risk assessments, preparing risk management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated.
- Eliciting, recording, collating and communicating outcome data of their clinical activity and that of their supervisees to Modality, Clinical and Operational Leads.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
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Job description
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Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Core professional training in any mental health field (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, OT etc.) or equivalent. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or registered by a body overseen or accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)
- Recognised Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy training and accredited with BABCP as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist for at least 2 years
Desirable
- Formal training in teaching and lecturing
- Formal training in CBT supervision
- Training in EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience within the NHS or equivalent, working with a wide range of psychological problems, including severe, complex and comorbid mental health problems
- At least 2 years (or part-time equivalent) of post-CBT qualification experience working with a wide range of psychological problems, ranging from mild to complex conditions.
- Experience of working within a diverse cultural setting.
- Substantial experience of having delivering trauma focused CBT for patients with PTSD
- Experience providing CBT clinical supervision
- Experience of involvement in service development, clinical governance or quality improvement initiatives.
Desirable
- Experience in delivering EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting.
- Experience of working within a secondary care psychological therapies setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT in a group setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT through interpreters
- Experience of providing teaching or training in CBT.
- Experience of staff managemen
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of CBT theory and practice.
- Ability to work both autonomously and as a member of a team to manage conflicting demands between service users, the health care system and broader contexts.
- Assess, formulate care plans, implement interventions and evaluation of interventions using CBT
- Ability to provide teaching and training to professionals
- Ability to provide CBT clinical supervision.
- Ability to undertake appropriate risk assessment and formulate risk management plans and implement these plans.
- Skills to elicit, record and communicate routine clinical outcome data collection as part of clinical care. Skills to undertake appropriate clinical audits.
- Ability to engage service users and contribute to service development.
- Ability to analyse complex health information and respond appropriately
- Skills and abilities to contribute and lead on the service development process
- Knowledge of one or more psychotherapeutic approaches other than CBT
Desirable
- Capacity to conduct therapy in a language other than English
- Accredited as a CBT supervisor with the BABCP
- Knowledge of one or more psychotherapeutic approaches other than CBT
- Skills in research methodology
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Core professional training in any mental health field (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, OT etc.) or equivalent. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or registered by a body overseen or accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)
- Recognised Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy training and accredited with BABCP as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist for at least 2 years
Desirable
- Formal training in teaching and lecturing
- Formal training in CBT supervision
- Training in EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience within the NHS or equivalent, working with a wide range of psychological problems, including severe, complex and comorbid mental health problems
- At least 2 years (or part-time equivalent) of post-CBT qualification experience working with a wide range of psychological problems, ranging from mild to complex conditions.
- Experience of working within a diverse cultural setting.
- Substantial experience of having delivering trauma focused CBT for patients with PTSD
- Experience providing CBT clinical supervision
- Experience of involvement in service development, clinical governance or quality improvement initiatives.
Desirable
- Experience in delivering EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting.
- Experience of working within a secondary care psychological therapies setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT in a group setting.
- Experience of delivering CBT through interpreters
- Experience of providing teaching or training in CBT.
- Experience of staff managemen
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of CBT theory and practice.
- Ability to work both autonomously and as a member of a team to manage conflicting demands between service users, the health care system and broader contexts.
- Assess, formulate care plans, implement interventions and evaluation of interventions using CBT
- Ability to provide teaching and training to professionals
- Ability to provide CBT clinical supervision.
- Ability to undertake appropriate risk assessment and formulate risk management plans and implement these plans.
- Skills to elicit, record and communicate routine clinical outcome data collection as part of clinical care. Skills to undertake appropriate clinical audits.
- Ability to engage service users and contribute to service development.
- Ability to analyse complex health information and respond appropriately
- Skills and abilities to contribute and lead on the service development process
- Knowledge of one or more psychotherapeutic approaches other than CBT
Desirable
- Capacity to conduct therapy in a language other than English
- Accredited as a CBT supervisor with the BABCP
- Knowledge of one or more psychotherapeutic approaches other than CBT
- Skills in research methodology
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
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
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service
Donald Winnicott Centre, Coate Street
London
E2 9AG
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
