Job overview

**Please note this vacancy is being recruited alongside 351-CEN2650-LW which is for posts based across Central Preston and Pennine 

Please submit one application only and discuss your requirements at interview stage. Any duplicated applications will be filtered out by Recruitment when the vacancies close**

LSCFT NHS Talking Therapies are looking for people with a commitment to deliver high-quality evidence-based assessments and interventions, a willingness to learn new skills and a desire to improve the health and wellbeing of people with anxiety and/or depression disorders. Both trainee and qualified HITs play a critical role in helping shape the future direction of the Talking Therapies service.

This fantastic opportunity is for existing mental health professionals to complete their training as High Intensity Therapists (HIT).  The training will take place with the University of Cumbria and will be face-to-face teaching at their university campus in Lancaster. These are full-time roles and trainees will complete 2 days per week at university and 3 days seeing clients within their team locality (c12 clients per week); you will be completing University Assignments and submitting practical tapes for supervision. Client work will be mainly face-to-face sessions with some remote/video sessions.  

Main duties of the job

We are seeking dynamic, hardworking and enthusiastic individuals who already have considerable experience and training providing psychological therapies and who are searching for the opportunity to train in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. For example, you may already be working as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker, counsellor, or a newly qualified psychologist with substantial clinical experience. The full list of acceptable core professions required to be eligible for this post can be found at  Core Professions (babcp.com) .   Applicants applying through the KSA route can view the eligibility requirements via Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (babcp.com).   Experience working within a Talking Therapies service is desirable. 

If you would like the opportunity to bring your own creativity, flexibility and commitment to LSCFT NHS Talking Therapies and you have the appropriate experience as described above, we look forward to reading your application soon. 

Interviews are tentatively scheduled for dates across September, with the posts commencing in early January 2027.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well