Cognitive Behavioural Therapist / High Intensity Therapist

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

Qualifications

Essential

• A specialist MSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) OR Completed accredited Hi Intensity training programme as in line with the national IAPT programme and qualified as a Hi-Intensity therapist
• BABCP accreditation or eligibility for BABCP accreditation

Desirable

• Additional training in CBPT associated psychotherapies, e.g. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Interpersonal Therapy, Couples Therapy for Depression, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
• A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision (e.g. completion of a specialist Clinical Supervision Module).

Experience

Essential

• Appropriate demonstrable experience of working in a psychological service
• Receive regular Clinical Supervision in CBT.
• Regularly provide and evaluate teaching and training packages and be a reflective practitioner.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
• Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time.
• Demonstrates high standard in written communication.
• Ability to write clear reports and letters to referrers and other health professionals.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care Services / IAPT service
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Provide Clinical Supervision to cognitive behavioural therapists and other mental health professionals as required, e.g. Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners

Knowledge

Essential

• Make autonomous clinical judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparisons of a range of clinical options.
• Delivery of consultation and advice on matters related to Application / interview CBT to members of the multi-disciplinary team, universal services professionals, and other agencies.
• Up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, guidelines, and clinical issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
• Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other teams
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to the post.
• Demonstrates a high level of knowledge of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
• Knowledge of medication used in the treatment of anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
• Maintain Clinical Supervision and a balance of Continued Professional Development to at least fulfil the BABCP requirements for accreditation.

Skills

Essential

• Establish and maintain effective professional relationships and communications with managers, mental health professionals and other agencies
• Ability to develop and maintain effective therapeutic alliances with patients, who may be challenging, highly emotive and distressed.
• Deliver formal psychological treatment and/or management of patients with complex mental health problems. Employing methods based on evidence across a wide range of care settings.
• Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk and ability to carry out risk Completed clinical audits within a service. Application / interview assessments within scope of practice.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
• Maintain up to date clinical records, including electronic data entry, text processing, report compiling.
• Computer skills / advanced information technology and keyboard skills.

Desirable

• Completed clinical audits within a service.

Personal

Essential

• Frequent requirement to exercise intense concentration, and be exposed to traumatic, highly distressing, or highly emotional circumstances.
• Work with people with highly complex or distressing mental health problems.
• Self-resilience.
• Able to contain and work with organisational stress, and possess the ability to hold the stress of others.
• Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area.

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).