Job summary
- Main area
- Talking Therapies Team Lead
- Grade
- 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (12-month fixed term based in Aylesbury)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid office and home working pattern - 3 days on site and 2 days remote subject to service needs)
- Job ref
- 267-BM7302145
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peach Tree House, The Whiteleaf Centre
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/07/2025
Employer heading

Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies Team Lead
8a
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you looking to grow your leadership and management experience in a vibrant, inclusive, and innovative Talking Therapies service? Are you a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist and/or a Lead PWP (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner)?
We're seeking a Team Lead to join Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies Service on a 12 month fixed term basis.
Our Talking Therapies Team Leader role is varied and offers opportunities to develop both your clinical and leadership skills within a supportive and nurturing environment.
We are committed to providing ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and in addition to in-house training you will have an annual CPD budget for relevant external courses.
Please note this is a 12-month fixed term post based in Aylesbury, and there may be the opportunity to apply for a permanent role towards the end of this period.
Interviews will be held face to face at our Peach Tree House, Bierton Road, Aylesbury on the 25th July.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Bucks Talking Therapies leadership team, you will have responsibility for supporting the smooth delivery of service, including the work of psychological wellbeing practitioners at step 2, and high intensity therapists at step 3 in our pathway (as appropriate). You will take a lead on aspects of service delivery, offering opportunities for you to be involved in service development and innovations.
We are looking for a leader who is passionate about supporting and developing our staff. With support from our operational team, you will be involved in providing line management, clinical supervision and recruiting new team members.
Alongside management responsibilities, you will hold a clinical caseload (face-to-face or digitally) of clients, to further develop and enhance your clinical practice, this could include providing a clinic within primary care as part of our BTT work with Primary Care Networks (PCN).
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Want to know what it’s like to work for Bucks Talking Therapies? Open the ‘What it’s like to work for Bucks Talking Therapies’ pdf to see what our team members have to say!
We are a nationally recognized, high-performing, and innovative NHS Talking Therapies service. Visit our website (www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/bucks-talking-therapies) to find out how we support over 12,000 adults annually to manage their common mental health difficulties.
Staff wellbeing is a top priority - We have a very active, award winning, in- service wellbeing team and take a pride in our supportive, collaborative, and productive culture.
The Trust hosts the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research and the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. Bucks Talking Therapies is actively involved in research, and the service benefits from being a member of the BOB (Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West) Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Clinical Network led by Professor David Clark.
Although this post is advertised at full-time, part-time hours would be considered.
Our two main bases are centrally located within Aylesbury and High Wycombe, and we use additional clinic space around the county. Ability and willingness to travel for work purposes is essential.
Accreditation with the appropriate professional bodies (e.g., BABCP, HCPC, BPS or equivalent professional bodies for other Talking Therapies approved modalities) is required or you can work towards obtaining this during your first year in post.
For further information, please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to collect routine data and use electronic audit and case management tools in an accurate and timely fashion.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to a wide range of patients
- Experience of teaching and training CBT theory and skills to other professional and non-professional groups
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology and eligible to apply for BABCP accreditation or Professional clinical qualification e.g. RMN, Dip SW or OT and either completion of the IAPT High Intensity Therapist course or BABCP accreditation as well as experience of delivering psychological therapies
Other Critiera
Essential criteria
- Willingness and ability to travel between sites
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
- Charlie Wykes
- Job title
- Senior Locality Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500 670263
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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