CBT High Intensity Therapist (HIT) Trainee

Job description

Job responsibilities

Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.

Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions.

Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service.

Undertake risk assessments with clients and respond to these in line with service policies and procedures.

Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT and other psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.

Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.

Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.

Keep coherent detailed records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.

Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.

Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.

To participate in the planning and facilitation of groups as and when required by the service.

Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service user surveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback.

Liaise with other health and social care staff from a range of agencies in the care provided to clients.

Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals/individuals/groups/ committees across Mental Health Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and other voluntary agencies regarding service matters related to the practice and delivery of specific agreed therapeutic modalities and service provision.

Contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service.

To engage in regular clinical and case management supervision as agreed with Manager.

Undertake an NHSE approved IAPT LTC (Long Term Condition) training course (if not already completed).

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g. BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the Department of Health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other psychological therapies.

Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

Keep up to date all records in relation to CPD and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

Participate in service improvement by highlighting issues and implementing changes in practice.

Provide an advisory service on matters related to the practice and delivery of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to individuals/groups/committees across the Primary Care Network and other voluntary agencies.

Promote and maintain links with Talking Therapies and Secondary Care Staff to help coordinate the provision of an effective IAPT service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applicants will be required to hold an honours degree classification 2ii or above in a cognate mental health core profession, such as nursing, psychology, occupational therapy or social work. For applicants who do not meet this requirement, non-standard entry criteria will apply via the KSA route (Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes). It is expected that such candidates will have evidence of successful study at level 6 (or equivalent) within the preceding 5 years.
• Students will require DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance. This will be conducted in the placement area(s) in accordance with their legal requirements.

Desirable

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Knowledge of the IAPT model and a willingness to develop the service clinically.
• An understanding of the key performance indicators in IAPT services and how they relate to clinical practice.
• Evidence of ability to develop and evaluate areas of care and treatment. Skills in providing advice to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Keyboard skills sufficient to enter data/write reports.
• Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
• Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
• Ability to cope and deal with highly distressing emotional circumstances.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems. Experience and knowledge of supervision.
• Experience of Promoting well being and social inclusion.
• Experience of delivering group work.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).
• Experience of the application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of delivering on-line therapy.
• Experience of waiting list management strategies.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Broadway Medical Centre

Address

West View Health Village

Broadway

Fleetwood

Lancashire

FY7 8GU

Employer's website

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