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Main area
Adult Mental Health Services - Oxfordshire Talking Therapies
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Hybrid Working Opportunity
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
267-OA6948727-3A
Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies, Abell House
Town
Oxfordshire
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum / pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

High Intensity CBT Therapist

Band 7

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 a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist who is looking for a role in north of Oxfordshire?

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust are currently seeking a CBT Therapist. We are looking for someone with CBT experience who is looking to deliver high quality CBT and develop through regular supervision, CPD and a range of training opportunities to support career progression. 

We are one of the national Talking Therapies services delivering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based psychological interventions, through a stepped care treatment model to people in the community with common mental health problems.

We have links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health that includes Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy (OCTC) and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with the Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire NHS Talking Therapies Collaboration, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Department of Experimental Psychology.

To support our continued expansion, we have developed pathways in working with patients with anxiety and/or depression and living with long term physical health conditions such as Cardiac disease. We have expanded our offer of employment support services and this has been commended by the Department of Works and Pensions and ERSA award nominated.

Main duties of the job

The responsibilities within the role include, but are not limited to:

  • To formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes across a range of complex problems with which clients present
  • To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service
  • Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals / individuals / groups / committees across Mental Health Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and other voluntary agencies
  • Provide supervision to other staff involved in the provision of psychological services including day supervision

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East 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”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progressio
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous servic
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailer
  • Competitive pension schem
  • Lease car schem
  • Cycle to work schem
  • Employee Assistance Programm
  • Mental Health First Aider
  • Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We welcome conversations about this role. Please do get in touch with Liam Cuttell, Sarah Merritt or Kim McMaster on the contact details below to discuss further.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology OR
  • A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy or a Psychological Therapy
  • Accredited with the BABCP
  • Successful completion of accredited CBT course relevant to working with adults in an NHS Talking Therapies service, to PG Dip level
Desirable criteria
  • To have completed a recognised CBT/IPT/DIT/EMDR supervisor training relevant to IAPT service provision.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place
  • Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • Delivery of therapy groups
  • Experience of providing evidence based psychological therapies including CBT
  • Experience with routine outcome monitoring
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services
  • To have delivered CBT/DIT/IPT/EMDR supervision individually or in a group

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
  • Computer literate
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
  • received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
  • Understanding of principles and methods of clinical audit, research and service evaluation

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
  • Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
  • Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and other relevant legislation
Desirable criteria
  • Deliver therapy in languages other than English.
  • Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting

other

Essential criteria
  • High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
  • Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
  • Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
  • Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
  • Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
  • Able to travel to different locations for business and training purposes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthNHS 75th BirthdayDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liam Cuttell
Job title
Team Manager, NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01965 901222
Additional information

If you have questions and want to find out more about the services and the role, please call Liam Cuttell, Sarah Merritt or Kim McMaster.

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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