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CBT Psychotherapist

Schoen Clinic

The closing date is 30 April 2025

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Job summary

Are you an experienced CBT/DBT Psychotherapist passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based therapy in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment?

Schoen Clinic Chelsea are looking for a dynamic and committed professional to join our exceptional team.

As a Psychotherapist at Schoen Clinic Chelsea, you will play a key role in providing both group and individual therapy for adults on the Anxiety and Mood Disorders pathway. You will work independently, managing your caseload, providing 1:1 CBT-based therapy, and applying group facilitation skills to support the clinic's day treatment programme.

Your experience in CBT and/or DBT group facilitation and individual therapy will support our commitment to clinical excellence. You will be actively involved in weekly MDT meetings and play a crucial part in developing patient care plans, risk assessments, and treatment outcomes.

Main duties of the job

  • Complete psychological assessments with patients and attend MDT meetings to review patients on a regular basis, incorporating CBT/DBT-informed perspectives where appropriate.

  • Deliver high-quality therapeutic services and maintain a regular clinical caseload.

  • Provide individual and group therapy sessions, using best practice and evidence-based approaches.

  • Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programmes.

  • Participate in clinical supervision, monthly peer Balint groups, and CPD presentations.

  • Work with the Therapy Services Manager and Quality Team to utilise Routine Outcome Measures for audit and research.

  • Ensure care is delivered with cultural competence, and in alignment with equality, diversity, and inclusion standards

About us

The Schoen Clinic Group (schoen-klinik.de) was founded in 1985 and has since developed into Germany's fifth-largest privately-owned hospital group, with 12,000 employees. It currently treats around 300,000 patients annually at 16 hospitals and 30 outpatient and day-clinic facilities in Germany and the UK. The group also includes the leading online telemedicine clinic: MindDoc.

Schoen Clinic entered the UK healthcare market in 2017, providing award-winning, expert-led healthcare specialising only in certain areas of medicine mental health, complex dementia care and eating disorders at Schoen Clinic Chelsea, and Schoen Clinic York.

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£18,000 to £19,000 a year + benefits

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0231-25-000442

Job locations

13a

Radnor Walk

London

SW3 4BP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Complete psychological assessments with patients and attend MDT meetings to review patients on a regular basis, incorporating CBT/DBT-informed perspectives where appropriate.

Assess risk and develop a management plan for the psychological components of care and treatment, using evidence-based approaches, with a strong emphasis on CBT/DBT models.

Review developmental history and tailor care plans accordingly, acting as a key worker for your clinical caseload and for some of the day patients, applying CBT/DBT-informed strategies where clinically appropriate.

Manage a caseload that includes individual therapies, group therapies, key-working, and other clinical responsibilities as required, with interventions primarily informed by CBT and DBT frameworks.

Develop, deliver, and monitor the treatment programme in collaboration with the MDT, ensuring alignment with CBT/DBT-based therapeutic goals and outcomes.

Continue to develop and practise with strong cultural competency, ensuring equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to all clinical work.

Support and contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of therapeutic interventions, grounded in best practice and the principles of CBT and DBT.

Provide clinical consultation, mentorship, supervision, and advice on psychological matters to other team members by participating in monthly peer group reflective Balint groups, drawing upon CBT/DBT expertise where relevant.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Complete psychological assessments with patients and attend MDT meetings to review patients on a regular basis, incorporating CBT/DBT-informed perspectives where appropriate.

Assess risk and develop a management plan for the psychological components of care and treatment, using evidence-based approaches, with a strong emphasis on CBT/DBT models.

Review developmental history and tailor care plans accordingly, acting as a key worker for your clinical caseload and for some of the day patients, applying CBT/DBT-informed strategies where clinically appropriate.

Manage a caseload that includes individual therapies, group therapies, key-working, and other clinical responsibilities as required, with interventions primarily informed by CBT and DBT frameworks.

Develop, deliver, and monitor the treatment programme in collaboration with the MDT, ensuring alignment with CBT/DBT-based therapeutic goals and outcomes.

Continue to develop and practise with strong cultural competency, ensuring equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to all clinical work.

Support and contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of therapeutic interventions, grounded in best practice and the principles of CBT and DBT.

Provide clinical consultation, mentorship, supervision, and advice on psychological matters to other team members by participating in monthly peer group reflective Balint groups, drawing upon CBT/DBT expertise where relevant.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience which demonstrates a range of skills and competencies in conducting specialist assessments to inform psychological formulation and therapeutic interventions.
  • Experience of working with both a broad breadth of mental health conditions, including anxiety & mood/personality disorders.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of psychological theories to health and social care.
  • Ability to evaluate own practice and experience of using routine outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways.
  • Demonstrate an ability to provide psychological consultation, lead reflective practice sessions and collaborative care planning
  • Demonstrate an ability in delivering formal and informal training to the staff team and professionals from outside of Schoen when needed.
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate complex concepts, formulations and sensitive information to patients, carers/families and professionals.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with nationally recognised professional body e.g. BACP etc
  • Post qualification experience in a clinical mental health setting
  • Further training/qualifications in therapeutic models or approaches relevant for adults DBT, CBT etc
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience which demonstrates a range of skills and competencies in conducting specialist assessments to inform psychological formulation and therapeutic interventions.
  • Experience of working with both a broad breadth of mental health conditions, including anxiety & mood/personality disorders.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of psychological theories to health and social care.
  • Ability to evaluate own practice and experience of using routine outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways.
  • Demonstrate an ability to provide psychological consultation, lead reflective practice sessions and collaborative care planning
  • Demonstrate an ability in delivering formal and informal training to the staff team and professionals from outside of Schoen when needed.
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate complex concepts, formulations and sensitive information to patients, carers/families and professionals.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with nationally recognised professional body e.g. BACP etc
  • Post qualification experience in a clinical mental health setting
  • Further training/qualifications in therapeutic models or approaches relevant for adults DBT, CBT etc

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Schoen Clinic

Address

13a

Radnor Walk

London

SW3 4BP


Employer's website

https://www.schoen-clinic.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Schoen Clinic

Address

13a

Radnor Walk

London

SW3 4BP


Employer's website

https://www.schoen-clinic.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Partner

Alexandra Tigwell

recruitment@schoen-clinic.co.uk

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£18,000 to £19,000 a year + benefits

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0231-25-000442

Job locations

13a

Radnor Walk

London

SW3 4BP


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