Job summary
- Main area
- NHS Talking Therapies (previously IAPT)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-ACMS-10187
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tekhinicon House, Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN
- Town
- Braintree
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist
Band 7
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
We are seeking highly motivated, dynamic, flexible and creative staff. You will be part of a multi-professional workforce that will significantly increase access to treatment for people with common mental health conditions, within a Primary Care setting.
You will be part of an NHS Talking Therapies service and will provide high intensity interventions - initially cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This will be delivered in person, via video conferencing and using group therapy.
You will work with clients who have a range of common mental health problems such as Anxiety and Depression related problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.
Main duties of the job
- To provide high intensity CBT interventions to patients with common mental health problems
- Keep up to date all records in relation to C.P.D. and ensure personal
development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest
theoretical and service delivery models/developments. - Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed
objectives. - Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
- Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
- All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that
information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer
and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP,
BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct.
Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and
other agreed psychological therapies.
Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed
with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional
development.
Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with
Manager.
For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Diploma in CBT and eligibility for BABCP accreditation.
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth & Pilling 2007)
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at Graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy or an equivalent level of training and experience under the BABCP KSA criteria.
Desirable criteria
- BABCP Accredited
- Demonstrable experience of working in primary care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
Desirable criteria
- Trained in provision of supervision in CBT
- Completed clinical audits within a service
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems
Physical effort
Essential criteria
- Requirement for regular/daily to travel between office base and allocated GP surgeries where service delivered.
- Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and surgeries in line with all relevant HPFT policies
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability & skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good relationships with all health professional in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Fluent in languages other than English
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Esther Cowell
- Job title
- Team Leader NHS Talking Therapies Mid Essex
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01376 308704
- Additional information
Please note that HPFT are contracted to provide Mid Essex Talking Therapies until 31st March 2026, after which there may be a change to the exisitng provider of this service.
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