Job summary
To provide a qualified specialist CBT service to people presenting with moderate to severe depression and anxiety. This involves referral screening and assessments to determine suitability for the service, and NICE-recommended CBT treatment in individual and group format, and via online computerised CBT platforms. Appointments take place in person, via video, or via telephone. The role may also include supporting PWPs to facilitate community and/or in-house workshops.
To work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, being committed to equal opportunities
To provide advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers
To provide supervision of other colleagues such as PWPs, trainee HI therapists, trainee psychologists and trainees from other professional groups as appropriate
To work one evening shift a week (12-8pm) - as we are passionate about engaging all groups of our community, we operate evening clinics (up until 8pm) Monday - Thursday
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist CBT assessments of clients referred to the Hounslow Talking Therapies service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care
To work with clients with a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties (including a range of anxiety disorders and single or recurrent depressive disorder)
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health difficulties, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's difficulties, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon different explanatory models. To be able to use Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) at a specialist level in assessments and interventions.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, occupational therapy) or equivalent experience plus a postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT
- Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
- To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within a Talking Therapies service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical 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
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- 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
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Able to work at least one evening session, until 8.00pm
- Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
- Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, occupational therapy) or equivalent experience plus a postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT
- Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
- To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Fully accredited with the BABCP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within a Talking Therapies service
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical 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
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- 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
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Able to work at least one evening session, until 8.00pm
- Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
- Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice
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).
