Job summary
We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist who actively demonstrates effective decision making and projects personality and character to motivate, guide and support members of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve desired end results.
This is a permanent full time role offering 37.5 hours per week. Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits:
- Opportunities for continuing professional development
- Free parking
- NHS pension
- Access to gym, bus services
- Onsite shops
- Disabled access
Main duties of the job
As the successful post
holder you will be providing Cognitive Behavioural therapy to a defined caseload and will work autonomously within a
multidisciplinary team to provide a specialist/occupational mental health
service.
As the Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist you will demonstrate flexiblity in delivering individualised care packages to meet the mental health needs of
military personnel, which could include the co-ordination of complex care for a
defined caseload.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing complex assessment and formulation of the needs for referred
patients, planning, implementing and evaluating care with a high level of
autonomy.
- Providing advice and recommendations to Defence Primary Healthcare staff on
relevant matters of mental health, care and treatment which will include
occupational advice on the individuals ability to be employed in their
operational role.
- Liaising and providing advice on occupational mental health directly to the
service persons employer.
- Providing evidence based interventions to meet the complex needs of Service
personnel.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your application/CV.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing complex assessment and formulation of the needs for referred
patients, planning, implementing and evaluating care with a high level of
autonomy.
- Providing advice and recommendations to Defence Primary Healthcare staff on
relevant matters of mental health, care and treatment which will include
occupational advice on the individuals ability to be employed in their
operational role.
- Liaising and providing advice on occupational mental health directly to the
service persons employer.
- Providing evidence based interventions to meet the complex needs of Service
personnel.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills:
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB2 Assessment & Care Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment
- NHS General NHS G6 People Management
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your application/CV.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registration as an occupational therapist or practitioner psychologist or Social Work England Registered Social Worker with Post-graduate training and accreditation in CBT. or
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Mental Health Nurse with Post-graduate training and accreditation in NICE recognised modality for common mental disorders e.g. CBT. or
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) registered psychotherapist with post-graduate training and accreditation in CBT.
- Experience of working in adult mental health.
- Experience of clinical leadership.
- Post-qualification training in clinical CBT supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registration as an occupational therapist or practitioner psychologist or Social Work England Registered Social Worker with Post-graduate training and accreditation in CBT. or
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Mental Health Nurse with Post-graduate training and accreditation in NICE recognised modality for common mental disorders e.g. CBT. or
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) registered psychotherapist with post-graduate training and accreditation in CBT.
- Experience of working in adult mental health.
- Experience of clinical leadership.
- Post-qualification training in clinical CBT supervision.
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).
