About this role
Job summary
HI CBT Therapist (Band 7)
Are you passionate about promoting meaningful and effective therapeutic experiences for patients at Step 3 and wish to expand your skills and knowledge, in a high performing service?
Then we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for CBT Therapists or Clinical / Counselling Psychologists who are BABCP accredited or eligible for accreditation to join the service at this interesting time of change and expansion within Bedford.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
East London NHS Foundation Trust also provides Talking Therapies services in Newham, Tower Hamlets and a new Digital Service. The four services work together on joint projects, sharing good practice and opportunities for training.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is moving into a new phase of development and expansion. We pride ourselves on creating an environment with "a leader in every seat" so you would be contributing your ideas and creativity to the ongoing development of an innovative service which meets the needs of our diverse local community.
One of the ways in which we achieve this is by running monthly focus groups organised around different service priorities, such as identifying, exploring and taking steps to address inequities in access, experience and recovery for people with protected characteristics. We also run monthly Equalities Forum, Journal Club and Modality meetings, are very active in terms of formal quality improvement projects and provide regular CPD events to support you in your ongoing development as a CBT therapist.
Job description Job responsibilities
Bedfordshire Talking Therapies (BTT) is an integrated Talking Therapies service (formerly IAPT Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) providing a range of Talking Therapies approved interventions.
The successful candidate will provide high intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with patients who have a range of complex Anxiety disorders and Depression related problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. As part of their caseload, the post holder will be expected to carry out assessments and offer CBT Groups as well as individual CBT treatment.
The post holder will be required to work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and may work in various community settings, including GP surgeries and community venues. We would particularly welcome applications from people who speak another language in addition to English.
This is a hybrid role with our therapists currently working towards two days on site offering face-to-face therapy across a variety of clinical spaces in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough, and three days working from home offering video therapy.
The service seeks to provide ease of access for service users and to this end there will be a requirement to work flexible hours between 8am and 8 pm based on service requirements. Whilst this post is based in Bedfordshire, you may at times be required to provide cover and assistance to other East London Foundation Trust Talking Therapies teams, for example supervision by the medium of Teams, cross service trainings, etc. The post holder will be expected to work constructively and flexibly as part of the Bedfordshire Talking Therapies team and with colleagues in other East London Foundation Trust IAPT teams.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training Essential
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with previous mental health experience and BABCP accreditation or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with BPS accredited doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), HCPC registration and BABCP accreditation or Post-graduate doctoral/masters level training in counselling psychology and BABCP accreditation
Desirable
Trained in other therapeutic approaches like EMDR
Experience Essential
Experience of delivering CBT interventions to patients with common mental health problems i.e.: depression, anxiety (Social Phobia, BDD, OCD, GAD, Health Anxiety etc.) Experience of working in primary care Experience of running groups Ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds and use interpreters where necessary Ability to manage own caseload and time and meet agreed/specified service targets
Desirable
Experience in treating Post traumatic Stress Disorder Experience of delivering clinical supervision
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety disorders (Social Phobia, BDD, OCD, GAD, Health Anxiety etc) and depression and how these problems may present in Primary Care Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Other Essential
Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Union Street Clinic
Union Street
Bedford
MK40 2SF
Employer's website https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)