Job summary
Oxleas are seeking to recruit to a CBT Therapist (Band 7) permanent post to join one of our established and MDT integrated secondary care psychological therapies teams. The ADAPT East Team (Anxiety, Depression, Affective disorders, Personality and Trauma) is based in Orpington and serves the east of the London Borough of Bromley. This is essentially the non-psychosis pathway for secondary care, 18-65yr olds.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to join a team that is currently piloting new ways of working with people with complex emotional needs. Specifically, the service is developing 'whole team approach' interventions such asSCM(Structured Clinical Management), alongside more established ways of working with attachment and trauma approaches (i.e.MBT,CBT,CAT, CFT, EMDR). Oxleas has a strong tradition in promoting psychological therapies and embracing different approaches.
Personal therapeutic interests and specialty development are actively encouraged and supported. This can be via formal training as well as established specialist supervision forums which are provided across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be involved in delivering individual and group-based psychological interventions as well as psychological assessments for new referrals into the team. They will contribute to the MDT and wider process of team working for complex cases.
The psychological therapies team includes clinical and counselling psychologists, as well as art and clinical psychotherapists. There is an established and respected regular reflective practice space for the psychological therapies team that runs alongside regular individual supervision provide by the Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Current registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is desirable. The post will also be open to those awaiting BABCP accreditation.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is located in South East London/North Kent and provides a wide variety of high quality mental health, community health and learning disability services in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Oxleas welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. Our Building A Fairer Oxleas (BAFO) initiative aims to involving frontline staff, senior managers and Board members in making positive changes to how it feels to work at Oxleas, particularly for BAME staff, disabled staff and LGBTQ+ staff.
The Trust has consistently achieved high ratings in quality assessments, patient and staff surveys as result of an organisational culture which supports staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework.
The Psychology profession in Oxleas is well respected and represented at a high level within the Trust, and the Director of Therapies is a member of the Trusts executive. Professional development is encouraged within all professional groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Current registration with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is desirable. The post will also be open to those awaiting BABCP accreditation.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is located in South East London/North Kent and provides a wide variety of high quality mental health, community health and learning disability services in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Oxleas welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. Our Building A Fairer Oxleas (BAFO) initiative aims to involving frontline staff, senior managers and Board members in making positive changes to how it feels to work at Oxleas, particularly for BAME staff, disabled staff and LGBTQ+ staff.
The Trust has consistently achieved high ratings in quality assessments, patient and staff surveys as result of an organisational culture which supports staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework.
The Psychology profession in Oxleas is well respected and represented at a high level within the Trust, and the Director of Therapies is a member of the Trusts executive. Professional development is encouraged within all professional groups.
Person Specification
Person specification
Essential
- Achieved or awaiting accreditation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Person specification
Desirable
- Additional relevant training (e.g. personality disorder, trauma)
Person specification
Desirable
- Experience working with complex mental health
Person Specification
Person specification
Essential
- Achieved or awaiting accreditation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Person specification
Desirable
- Additional relevant training (e.g. personality disorder, trauma)
Person specification
Desirable
- Experience working with complex mental health
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.
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).
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.
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).
