Senior CBT Therapist

• To provide leadership, highly specialised clinical supervision and expert psychological assessment and treatment within an NHS Talking Therapies service specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT) and Counselling.
• To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to colleagues
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
• Toparticipatein and lead onservice relatedresearch and audit projects, servicedevelopmentand quality improvement initiatives.
• To also work with the senior management team to deliver Talking Therapies key performance indicators.
• Tobe responsible forline management and performance of staff supervised.
• To support the management oftheday to dayoperations of the servicealongside other senior management team members.

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

Essential

• Core mental health professional training in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Nursing, Social Work, Psychotherapy or equivalent, together with post degree diploma level training in CBT or Completion of a recognised High Intensity training course provided by an BABCP approved Higher Education provider (e.g. Royal Holloway)
• CBT Therapist accreditation with the BABCP.

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology or equivalent
• Post graduate training in Long Term Conditions/ Health psychology or other areas of relevance to NHS Talking Therapies.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in providing CBT assessments and treatments across a range of severities and presentations.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Substantial experience of providing formal clinical supervision to CBT Therapists.
• Training in supervision
• Experience of line management including performance management
• Experience of case management
• Experience of clinical supervision of both qualified therapists and therapists in training.

Desirable

• Experience of using alternative therapeutic modalities such as BCT, EMDR, IPT in clinical settings
• Experience of working as a clinical psychologist, HI or CBT therapist within secondary care or specialist psychological services.
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework and with diversity.
• Experience of IAPTUS and RiO.
• Experience of involvement in service development
• Experience of using data to inform line management or supervision

Essential

• Demonstrable interest in developing knowledge and skills in CBT post qualification.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• An ability to formulate and provide NICE compliant treatment for clients with moderate-severe mental health difficulties and those with complex presentations.
• Well developed skills in the 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.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in primary care and step2/step 3.
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of CBT and NICE recommended treatment models
• Knowledge of legislation and NHS policy in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Post degree level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis.

Desirable

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.