Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: some evening work is expected
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7154388
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell or Munro Centre at Guy's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
High Intensity CBT Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for High Intensity CBT therapist to join the NHS Talking Therapies delivered by Talking Therapies Southwark (TTS). We are seeking enthusiastic CBT therapists who are passionate about developing their skills in order to help improve the lives of others. Successful applicants can expect to join a highly valued and motivated TTS workforce who are committed to develop a person-centred and effective psychological assessment and treatment service to the local population.
We are keen to offer CPD and training opportunities to our permanent staff (after they have consolidated their CBT learning and application) who are keen to develop their therapeutic skills in supervision or treatment modalities other than CBT, e.g. IPT, EMDR, BCT, NET, MBCT.
Main duties of the job
You will offer assessment and 1:1 high intensity CBT interventions via telephone, video or face-to-face appointments. As part of your role you will also receive weekly supervision as well as opportunities to provide supervision to other colleagues in the team. As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
Working for our organisation
Talking Therapies Southwark has been commissioned to provide the adult NHS Talking Therapies for Southwark since 2008, and currently we have over 100 WTE staff. There are two locality-based teams, each responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients referred by, or registered with, the GP practices in their part of the borough. The south team is currently based at the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell and the north team at the Munro Centre near London Bridge. Within each team, CBT therapists, psychologists, counsellors, psychological wellbeing practitioners and career coaches work closely together, offering assessment, psycho-educational workshops and groups, as well as individual treatment sessions covering all the NHS Talking Therapies -recommended therapy modalities. The South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is the lead provider for the Talking Therapies Southwark partnership.
Our Trust headquarters is located at the Maudsley Hospital in Denmark Hill, London. It is less than 5-minutes walk from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurant.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities are outlined separately - please refer to the attached document.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a psychological therapist using CBT to treat common mental health problems in adults in NHS Talking Therapies service under a stepped care model
- Experience of collecting and recording patient reported outcome measures to monitor progress in NHS Talking Therapies service
- Experience of carrying out psychological assessment including assessment of risk in NHS Talking Therapies service
Desirable criteria
- Delivering NHS Talking Therapies relevant psycho-educational or therapeutic groups or workshops
- Working with one or more specific patient groups relevant to the NHS Talking Therapies service, e.g. older adults, people with long-term physical health conditions (A/I)
- Experience of teaching or liaising with other professional groups (A/I)
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of CBT as applied to common mental health problems in adults (I)
- Sound understanding of clinical governance (A/I)
- Familiarity with the NHS Talking Therapies stepped care framework for treatment of depression and anxiety disorders (A/I)
- Ability to meet agreed service targets and manage own caseload (A/I)
- High standards of communication skills, including written communication (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Able to offer therapy in another language in addition to English (A)
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CBT therapist with BABCP accreditation OR CBT therapist who has completed CBT training, at post-graduate level, and are on track to obtain BABCP accreditation within the next 6 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 Marion Cuddy
- Job title
- Senior Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3228 2194
- Additional information
Please contact Dr Marion Cuddy ([email protected])
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