Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The delivery of high quality, time limited, specialist Cognitive Behavioural treatment interventions for service users in both individual and groups formats.

Providing clinical co-working with other health professionals.

Proactively developing robust professional relationships with a range of professional groups within local statutory and non-statutory services.

Actively participating in the further development of the service, including but not exclusively, training, service user involvement, Quality Improvement and service developments.

The provision of generic mental health and specialist CBT assessments to identify all groups of adult mental disorders and suitability for psychotherapy as required.

The provision of assessment that identifies whether service users would benefit from alternative mental health treatments (including medication and other psychological treatments), weighing up the relative advantages and advising the service user accordingly.

Where CBT is not an indicated treatment, liaising as appropriate with other professional groups to effectively communicate that assessment and facilitate transfer of care to an appropriate professional.

Conducting risk assessments, preparing risk management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated.

Eliciting, recording, collating and communicating outcome data of their clinical activity to the Clinical and Operational Lead.

Participating in CBT supervision with professional colleagues.

Promoting and contributing to the development and maintenance of a healthy therapeutic culture within the Specialist Psychotherapy Service amongst colleagues and service users.

Engaging in CPD, including active engagement in and use of clinical supervision.

Providing consultation to and communicating as appropriate with external agencies (including housing, police, local authority, employers etc.) as required.

Developing and maintaining good professional relationships with mental health workers in primary and secondary care.

Actively contributing to and supporting the integration of clinical governance of Cognitive Therapies and the Specialist Psychotherapy Service generally, leading on areas of work as directed.

Exercising personal responsibility for the systematic clinical governance of their professional practice, including regular attendance to and participation in line management supervision.

Being aware of and complying with the policies, procedures and standards of service in the Specialist Psychotherapy Service.

Fulfilling the code of conduct and following the ethical guidelines in their professional work of both their core professional and accrediting bodies (including BABCP).

Any other duties necessary to the smooth running of the practice and falling within what might reasonably be considered the duties of a Cognitive Behavioural Practitioner/Psychotherapist.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification/Training

Essential

• Core professional training in any mental health field (e.g. psychology, nursing, social work, OT etc.) or equivalent. Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or registered by a body overseen or accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
• Recognised Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy training and accredited with BABCP as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.

Desirable

• Formal training in teaching and lecturing.
• Formal training in CBT supervision.

Experience

Essential

• At least a year's experience (or part-time equivalent) of working within the NHS or equivalent prior to therapy training, working with a range of psychological problems, ranging from mild to complex conditions.
• Considerable experience of having delivered trauma focused CBT for patients with PTSD.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Experience of working within a secondary care psychological therapies setting.
• Experience of teaching, training or supervision in CBT.
• Experience of working within a diverse cultural setting and delivering therapy via interpreters.

Knowledge/Abilities/Skills

Essential

• Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of CBT theory and practice.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as a member of a team to manage conflicting demands between service users, the health care system and broader contexts.
• Ability to provide teaching and training to professionals.
• Ability to undertake appropriate risk assessment and formulate risk management plans and implement these plans.
• Assess, formulate care plans, implement interventions and evaluation of interventions using CBT.
• Skills to elicit, record and communicate routine clinical outcome data collection as part of clinical care. Skills to undertake appropriate clinical audits.
• Ability to engage service users and contribute to service development.
• The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service.
• Ability to analyse complex health information and respond appropriately.
• Skills and abilities to contribute to the service development process.

Desirable

• Capacity to conduct therapy in a language other than English.
• Knowledge of one or more psychotherapeutic approaches other than CBT.

Other

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills relevant to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to engage patients with different language and cultural needs, including delivering clinical work via interpreter.
• Ability to develop and generate self help material in conjunction with the team.
• Experience of participation in clinical governance activities.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of delivering treatment within the context of complex trauma.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service

Donald Winnicott Centre, Coate Street

London

E2 9AG

Employer's website

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