# Cognitive Behaviour Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cognitive-behaviour-therapist/02c70eab-1d8f-44cb-93f3-23a4fc979711 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cognitive-behaviour-therapist/02c70eab-1d8f-44cb-93f3-23a4fc979711.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-03T10:00:53.415Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bolton/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/NHS_talking_therapies_CBT/NHS_talking_therapies_CBT-v8144979 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8144979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Bolton NHS Talking Therapies Service are currently seeking a qualified CBT Therapist, to join our friendly and supportive team. We are looking for someone with CBT experience who is looking to deliver high quality CBT and develop through regular supervision, CPD and a range of training opportunities to support career progression. We are one of the national Talking Therapies services delivering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based psychological interventions, through a stepped care treatment model to people in the community with common mental health problems. The role will include delivering both face to face and remote appointments. We are a Stepped care service and work closely with other services in the Bolton area. ### Main duties of the job The responsibilities within the role include, but are not limited to: - To formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes across a range of complex problems with which clients present - To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with the service - Provide supervision to other staff involved in the provision of psychological services including day supervision ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification Staff benefits - Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. - 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years - Excellent pension - Cycle to work scheme - Salary sacrifice car scheme - Wellbeing programme - Blue Light Card Discounts ### 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** - There is a frequent requirement to travel, mainly within the local area, in order to provide clinics. An occasional requirement to travel across the wider footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role. - An awareness of the diversity of the local population and a positive attitude to meeting the needs of different communities. **Desirable** - Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting ### Education **Essential** - Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) OR Equivalent: e.g. A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology/ a recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy or a psychological therapy – plus further post graduate diploma qualification in CBT from a recognised or accredited training provider - significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required. **Desirable** - Training in an additional therapeutic modality. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Have an understanding of the need for, and current limitations of, evidence based psychological therapies - Possess knowledge of child and adult safeguarding procedures and other relevant legislation **Desirable** - Have knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services - Relevant experience in Primary Care settings treating anxiety and depression-related problems - Ability to meet agreed/specified activity and service targets - Ability to manage own caseload and time - Demonstrates high standards in written communication - Experience with routine outcome monitoring - Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers **Desirable** - Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes - Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Have full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007) - Have well developed communication skills to effectively communicate, often complex and sensitive information, information orally and in writing. - Have received training in assessing risk (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of their expected practice. - Be able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients **Desirable** - Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation ## Documents - [cbt therapist jd and ps (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10444069) - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) ## 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.