Job summary
- Main area
- Talking Therapies High Intensity CBT Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term or secondment opportunity until 1st July 2026)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-25-357-B
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Truro Health Park
- Town
- Countywide Service
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CBT Therapist/CBT Supervisor
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.
An exciting opportunity has arisen due to maternity cover, for a fixed term contract or secondment for one year into our evolving service.
The post holder will be part of our Team and will provide high intensity interventions in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to our complex yet rewarding to work with client group.
The post holder will work with client’s who have a range of difficulties related to their eating difficulties for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
Main duties of the job
To provide high intensity evidence based psychological interventions to clients of the Eating disorder service within secondary care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-CBT colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
As well as holding a caseload of clients the post holder will clinically supervise other CBT Therapists and Trainee CBT Therapists. Providing guidance and advice to supervisees on patient treatment, onward referrals and caseload management. The post holder has no line management responsibilities.
They will also support the clinical lead in managing the waitlists for the service and allowing smooth throughput for our clients by appropriate referral acceptance and allocation.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Diploma level qualification in Psychological Therapies Practice (High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) or equivalent
- BABCP accredited
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this
- Formal training in and experience of providing clinical supervision
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate experience of working in mental health settings with clients who present with a range of mental health issues.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets by management of own caseload and time
- Ability to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, ability to exercise judgement in identifying and assessing complicated events or problems
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication i.e. able to write clear reports and patient notes
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Able to attend any relevant training as deemed required by the service
- Previously worked in a service where agreed targets are in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to be professional and have difficult/sensitive conversations with supervisees
- Good record of Continuing and Professional Development in accordance with BABCP. Willingness to continue to do this and to demonstrate levels congruent with accreditation/reaccreditation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerry Hill
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919300817
- Additional information
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