# CBT Therapist/High Intensity Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cbt-therapisthigh-intensity-therapist/6196d47f-e934-48be-ab8d-d034df8e9b32 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cbt-therapisthigh-intensity-therapist/6196d47f-e934-48be-ab8d-d034df8e9b32.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Edward Jenner Court - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Cognitive behavioural therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours from 22.5 per week are considered.) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T14:50:46.493Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/County_Wide/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8320832 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8320832?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking Cognitive Behaviour Therapists (CBT) who are keen to work for our Talking Therapies Gloucestershire and are either newly qualified or further into their careers who want to join a progressive and passionate service to the population we serve. We are continually looking for innovative ideas to address patient care and staff wellbeing including the recent addition of a Referral Liaison Team who manage our referrals and other queries from the service and Trust staff which has reduced pressure on staff during their working week. We have positions countywide. As a valued member of our team, you will: - Deliver Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in line with NICE guidance - Provide therapy both in-person and remotely from one of our four bases - Work collaboratively within a supportive clinical team - Contribute to meeting local and national service targets We offer flexible working patterns where possible, though an initial period of on-site work is expected. Long-term arrangements will be guided by service needs and client demand. ### Main duties of the job We are a progressive service who actively encourage staff to seek out CPD opportunities including further training including eg EMDR, Supervision and CfD. Access to BESPOKE training, undertaking weekly supervision, plus regular clinical skills, team meetings, and away days where teams can come together. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and want to ensure our workforce mirrors all of our local communities. The successful candidates will be BABCP accredited (*or meet BABCP accreditation standards and are actively working towards this). Please ensure you state your preferred location when applying . The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey. Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application. The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Has a car for work and full driving licence or working towards this. **Desirable** - Soon to complete training as a Hi Therapist ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) - Further post graduate qualification OR training and experience in CBT that meets full BABCP accreditation standards and will apply for accreditation on commencement of the post - Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression and demonstrating the competences as required. - Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007) - Meets BABCP accreditation standards and applies for accreditation on commencement of post - Is a member of a professional body, such as BABCP, BPS, NMC upon commencement of the post. ## Documents - [hi therapist jdps (pdf, 504.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10642399) - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.