Job summary
Are you looking for a new CBT role in a friendly team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community?
Hounslow NHS Talking Therapies is seeking an experienced CBT therapist to join our friendly team.
What we offer:
We offer a stable, and supportive working environment
A values driven environment - Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and our patients
We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week
We offer flexible working,
Regular line management & supervision
A comprehensive CPD & reflective practice program
We are also eager to attract Psychologists and CBT therapists trained in other Talking Therapies modalities such as Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).
Newly qualified CBT therapists, who have completed a BABCP accredited CBT training, are welcomed to apply. If you are in the process of completing your CBT qualification or awaiting results, you will progress to Band 7 salary upon the receipt of confirmation of successful completion from the board of examiners, effective from the same date.
Main duties of the job
You'll provide a specialist and caring CBT service to our clients who are primarily suffering mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. This will include providing specialist CBT therapy, facilitating CBT groups and supporting PWPs to facilitate community and/or in-house workshops.
In addition, this role also involves providing advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers, and supervising other colleagues including trainee therapists and PWPs and trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.
You will be based in the Isleworth Centre team base and Health Centres in the London Borough of Hounslow, as well as home working.
This role will include working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and you will be passionate about providing an equal opportunity for all clients to access our services.
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
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 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
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
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
We think Hounslow Talking Therapies is a great place to work. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact 0300 123 0739, and ask to speak to one of our Step 3 Leads, or email us on nhsnwl.hounslowiapt@nhs.net. For more information about our service and what we offer, please visit our website on https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/our-services/adult/iapt/iapt-hounslow
We have a supportive team culture which is evident in our high rates of staff retention within our Step 2 and 3 team and there are good opportunities for career progression.
We have recently had positive feedback from a staff survey where we scored highly in regard to perceptions of the quality of care staff felt able to provide, levels of support, feeling valued and in equality and diversity.
As a member of the step 3 team you would have opportunities to deliver training and teaching to colleagues. There is potential for developing a champion role as well as the chance to develop skills in leadership, project management and QI.
We are committed to the development of our staff and have an in-house CPD programme which is shared with the Trusts other Talking Therapies services, plus access via the London Talking Therapies programme to training in other therapeutic modalities such as IPT, EMDR and Behavioural Couples Therapy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
We think Hounslow Talking Therapies is a great place to work. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact 0300 123 0739, and ask to speak to one of our Step 3 Leads, or email us on nhsnwl.hounslowiapt@nhs.net. For more information about our service and what we offer, please visit our website on https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/our-services/adult/iapt/iapt-hounslow
We have a supportive team culture which is evident in our high rates of staff retention within our Step 2 and 3 team and there are good opportunities for career progression.
We have recently had positive feedback from a staff survey where we scored highly in regard to perceptions of the quality of care staff felt able to provide, levels of support, feeling valued and in equality and diversity.
As a member of the step 3 team you would have opportunities to deliver training and teaching to colleagues. There is potential for developing a champion role as well as the chance to develop skills in leadership, project management and QI.
We are committed to the development of our staff and have an in-house CPD programme which is shared with the Trusts other Talking Therapies services, plus access via the London Talking Therapies programme to training in other therapeutic modalities such as IPT, EMDR and Behavioural Couples Therapy.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS OR 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) AND/OR 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 & Skills
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
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS OR 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) AND/OR 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 & Skills
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).
