Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Experience
Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
- Qualifications
Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) or Equivalent
- Qualifications
Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Trained in provision of supervision for CBT
- Knowledge
Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation
- Qualifications
Relevant experience in Primary Care treating anxiety and depression
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Stoke on Trent NHS Talking Therapy Service to recruit a full time CBT Therapist on a temp, fixed term contract, ending Nov 27 to cover maternity leave.
Stoke-on-Trent NHS Talking Therapy Service is an innovative primary care service which involves partnership arrangements between North Staffordshire Combined Health Care (NSCHCT), Midland Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT), and the Third Sector. We are looking to recruit a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to provide a range of effective treatments for a broad range of common mental health problems in Primary Care, focusing on anxiety disorders and depression. Promoting excellence in the delivery of CBT, we are committed to continuing clinical training/development, supervision and support for all therapists in line with National Guidance and continue to strive as a high performing IAPT service. We are committed to promoting the wellbeing of client’s and staff, and we support the intensive clinical skills training programs focusing on advanced level CBT competencies in a range of areas, including adapting treatment for clients with co-morbid long term physical conditions/medically unexplained symptoms.
You should have qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with a Post-Graduate Diploma in CBT from an accredited training provider, and have some experience of treating common mental health problems. Previous experience of working in a Talking Therapies service is desirable.
Main duties of the job
Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients with depression and the range of anxiety disorders.
Adhere to agreed activity relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week.
Attend regular clinical supervision and caseload management
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details regarding the job role and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
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.
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This advert is for CBT Therapist with North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Cognitive behavioural therapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Ending November 2027). The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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