Job summary
- Main area
- CBT Therapist or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8963
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Gables
- Town
- Braintree
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CBT Therapist or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Band 7
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for either an experienced or newly qualified CBT Therapist or Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to enjoy a variety of clinical work and professional development opportunities in the Mid Essex ARMS (At Risk Mental State) service.
ARMS services are newly developed primary care community mental health services within EPUT which work specifically with young people and adults aged 14-35 who are considered to be at risk of developing psychosis. The Mid Essex ARMS service is a friendly and committed multidisciplinary team working in the community of Mid Essex (including Chelmsford, Braintree, Maldon and Halstead). The team offers initial assessments and person-centred psychosocial interventions, which are aimed at reducing distress, improving social and occupational functioning, and preventing the development of more severe mental health difficulties, including first episode psychosis.
Main duties of the job
As a specialist mental health service, the ARMS service provision is based on NICE-recommendations which include comprehensive psychological assessment and intervention for subthreshold psychotic experiences (e.g. voice hearing, paranoia, unusual beliefs) or co-existing mental health difficulties (e.g. depression, anxiety, emerging personality disorder, substance misuse, post-traumatic stress disorder). CBT is one of the core interventions offered in the service. The service also offers family interventions, recovery coordination, peer support, and access to education/employment support.
There are already a number of psychological services staff in the team who enjoy: the clinical work; the team work; the autonomy; and also the career development opportunities. As a relatively new service, there is also significant scope for innovation and contributing to developing the service. There will also be plenty of opportunities to be involved in team training and outreach activities if interested.
Our psychological services staff are also offered, and take up, a great range of CPD including additional therapeutic training (e.g. Family Interventions for Psychosis, CBT for Psychosis, and Eye Movement and Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)).
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of job responsibilites.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification in psychological therapy from an accredited course e.g. CBT diploma, accredited by BABCP professional body
- Or Clinical/Counselling Psychology Doctorate.
- HCPC Registered.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS for Clinical Psychologist or BABCP for CBT therapist
Desirable criteria
- Post accreditation training in additional specialised areas of psychological practice e.g. CBTp, EMDR, DBT or other.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists/psychological therapists.
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of frequently highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate further specialist training and/or experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical psychologist over a minimum of 18 months.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Dr Elin Downes-Grainger
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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