# Consultant Medical Psychotherapist - CBP

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Nottingham
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 28 hours per week (7 PAs)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-12-08T10:31:09.338Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatry/Psychiatry-v7666788
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7666788?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Consultant Medical Psychotherapist – Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Substantive | 7 PAs | Pending Royal College Approval

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Step 4 Psychotherapy Service as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Medical Psychotherapy, specialising in Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy (CBT). This post supports the expansion of psychotherapy capacity to meet growing demand and improve patient outcomes.

Location: St Ann’s House & Nottingham Psychotherapy Unit

Your Role:

- Deliver CBT assessments and treatment for complex cases
- Run a medication clinic for CBT patients referred from primary care
- Collaborate with psychiatrists and LMHT clinicians to enhance care pathways
- Supervise Higher and Core trainees in CBT
- Participate in referral meetings, case discussions, and business planning
- Engage in CPD and academic programmes

Opportunities include developing care pathways for diagnoses where CBT is NICE-recommended, tailored to your interests.

DBS Notice: Applicants pay DBS costs (£26.40 standard / £54.40 enhanced), deducted from salary over two months. Annual DBS Update Service fee is £16.

Join us in shaping the future of psychotherapy services in Nottinghamshire. Contact: Helena Vassiliadis – \[email protected\]

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### What We Offer

- 💷 Competitive salary under the NHS Consultant contract.
- 🛡 Financially supported external supervision for psychotherapy work.
- 📈 Opportunities for teaching, research, and leadership.

## Person Specification

### Transport

**Essential**

- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

### Eligibility

**Essential**

- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

**Desirable**

- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- External qualification registered with BPC or UKCP as CBT therapist with BACP /other equivalent for CAT

### ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

**Essential**

- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead teams
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development

**Desirable**

- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken

### CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others

**Desirable**

- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

## Documents

- [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983)
- [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913)
- [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2080)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 840.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9924579)

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