# CBT Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Lawton House, Trust Headquarters
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Cognitive behavioural therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Ending November 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (fixed term November 2027 maternity cover)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T08:30:32.437Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Hanley_StokeonTrent/North_Staffordshire_Combined_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Cognitive_Behavioural_Therapist/Cognitive_Behavioural_Therapist-v8335019
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335019?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.combined.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)

**Desirable**

- Trained in provision of supervision for CBT
- Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) or Equivalent
- Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner

**Desirable**

- Relevant experience in Primary Care treating anxiety and depression

## Documents

- [nhs pension (pdf, 97.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1216)
- [employee benefits (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2653)
- [why work at nscht (pdf, 689.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1217)
- [b7 cbt talking therapies jd (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10685356)

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