Job summary
Are you looking for new opportunities where you can join a diverse and innovative team, develop clinical, supervisory, leadership and management skills and have great CPD?
We are recruiting qualified, BABCP Accredited CBT Therapists or Clinical Psychologists. We offer flexible working opportunities for part- or full-time work hrs/week) and will consider newly qualified CBT trained staff with Provisional BABCP Accreditation or HCPC registered Clinical/Counselling Psychologists who are eligible for BABCP Accreditation.
We are looking for supervisors and clinicians with expertise to work in our LTC/Covid provision, with clinical experience working with young people in the developing 16-25s pathway, or who can help increase our reach to older adults and to engagement work with men and our local communities.
We offer excellent BABCP supervision and extensive, funded CPD. Staff are also supported to undertake management and service-wide roles for career progression and leadership opportunities.
Our Ethnic, Diverse and Inclusive service focus includes reflective practice and we hold month reflective practice groups for CBT therapists. Staff wellbeing and compassionate leadership are priorities in our service, with a focus on clinical skills and development.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
As an NHS Talking Therapies service, we provide Low intensity and High Intensity psychological therapies within a stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. Our team has Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and High Intensity Counsellors, as well as Assistant Psychologists and trainees, and a supportive administrative team.
Applicants for this position will provide service-wide assessments, CBT assessment for treatment and treatment interventions at step 3 of the service and also attend team meetings and training. The role is partly-remotely based, which means that there will be a requirement to demonstrate experience of, and work effectively, via telephone or video. We are looking for applicants who have enthusiasm for working in a primary care setting, who are adaptable, enjoy variety, and working independently as well as within a team context.
In order to be shortlisted for this post, applicants must be BABCP fully or provisionally accredited or have attended a BABCP accredited CBT training course.
About us
Our service is part of the CNWL NHS Foundation Trust with the Hillingdon NHS Talking Therapies clinical service based in central Uxbridge in Greater London with good public transport and road links to central London and outside the M25.
Our service currently works a mix of site and remote working, however this is guided by patient need and may change over time, so there is no fixed division of site and home work. CNWL operates a flexible working policy to support staff with a good work / life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to participate in extended hours clinics offered by the service which include early morning and late evening clinics from am to pm on a weekly basis as a minimum.
You will receive regular supervision and support from a BABCP Accredited Senior Clinician as well as benefit from peer support and guidance from other team members. The CNWL Talking Therapies Hillingdon Service has close links with Talking Therapies teams within CNWL and there are opportunities for further development in our service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to participate in extended hours clinics offered by the service which include early morning and late evening clinics from am to pm on a weekly basis as a minimum.
You will receive regular supervision and support from a BABCP Accredited Senior Clinician as well as benefit from peer support and guidance from other team members. The CNWL Talking Therapies Hillingdon Service has close links with Talking Therapies teams within CNWL and there are opportunities for further development in our service.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Must be fully or provisionally accredited with the BABCP or have completed a BABCP accredited high intensity CBT course or diploma programme.
- Substantial specialist knowledge, theory and skills of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy acquired through diploma / degrees with BABCP accreditation.
- Critical understanding of the relevance of studies of human development, psychopathology, psychology, social issues and evidence based practice.
Desirable
- Qualified/Registered Mental Health Professional
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of working in an IAPT service or other primary care setting.
- Experience of specialist cognitive-behavioural psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of adult patients in a mental health setting and presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Specialist experience acquired through having conducted 200 hours of supervised assessment and therapy during training.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of delivering assessments and treatments remotely via video platforms.
Desirable
- Specialist psychotherapeutic working experience.
- Experience of the application of psychotherapy in difference cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a primary care/community setting.
- Research skills and knowledge and aptitude.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of methods of cognitive behavioural therapy assessment, intervention and management including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base treatment.
- Ability to work as a lone practitioner. To plan, organise and prioritise own work and patient caseload.
- Excellent IT and digital skills eg use of patient electronic databases, use of video platforms for patient work.
- Ability to record, monitor and report on clinical information as required.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non-stigmatising service.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others
OTHER
Essential
- 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 concentrate intensively for substantial periods during patient contact, teaching / supervision sessions, team meetings, preparing written work etc.
Desirable
- Knowledge of local languages and ability to deliver therapy in other languages
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Must be fully or provisionally accredited with the BABCP or have completed a BABCP accredited high intensity CBT course or diploma programme.
- Substantial specialist knowledge, theory and skills of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy acquired through diploma / degrees with BABCP accreditation.
- Critical understanding of the relevance of studies of human development, psychopathology, psychology, social issues and evidence based practice.
Desirable
- Qualified/Registered Mental Health Professional
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of working in an IAPT service or other primary care setting.
- Experience of specialist cognitive-behavioural psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of adult patients in a mental health setting and presenting with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Specialist experience acquired through having conducted 200 hours of supervised assessment and therapy during training.
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of delivering assessments and treatments remotely via video platforms.
Desirable
- Specialist psychotherapeutic working experience.
- Experience of the application of psychotherapy in difference cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a primary care/community setting.
- Research skills and knowledge and aptitude.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of methods of cognitive behavioural therapy assessment, intervention and management including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base treatment.
- Ability to work as a lone practitioner. To plan, organise and prioritise own work and patient caseload.
- Excellent IT and digital skills eg use of patient electronic databases, use of video platforms for patient work.
- Ability to record, monitor and report on clinical information as required.
- Skills in working in multidisciplinary settings.
Desirable
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non-stigmatising service.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and able to hold the stress of others
OTHER
Essential
- 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 concentrate intensively for substantial periods during patient contact, teaching / supervision sessions, team meetings, preparing written work etc.
Desirable
- Knowledge of local languages and ability to deliver therapy in other languages
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
