Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Other
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Experience
Substantial post qualification experience of working within an IAPT service as a qualified high intensity therapist.
- Experience
Experience of operational management and service development within an IAPT service.
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of physical and mental health conditions and across care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience
Experience of working in adult mental health services.
- Experience
Experience of interdisciplinary working within the NHS.
- Experience
Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical, counselling psychologist or CBT Therapist
- Experience
Experience of supervising trainees within a clinical health service.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of staff from a range of clinical backgrounds.
- Training and qualifications
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS, or Doctoral level training in counselling psychology (or equivalent - masters level plus completed post qualification training).
- Training and qualifications
OR Post-qualification training in Cognitive Behavioural Treatment (CBT) recognized as leading to accreditation
- Training and qualifications
HCPC registration, if a practitioner psychologist
- Training and qualifications
Applicant must be fully accredited with the BABCP.
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience
Experience of organizing services to meet commissioning targets and operational objectives.
- Experience
Experience of the application of CBT to different cultural contexts.
- Experience
Experience of working with people with long-term physical health conditions.
- Experience
Experience of working in perinatal mental health.
- Experience
Experience of working with older adults.
- Training and qualifications
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Training and qualifications
Post-qualification training in specialized areas of CBT provision e.g working in perinatal mental health, with long-term medical conditions or with older adults
- Training and qualifications
IAPT LTC Training
Job overview
Maternity Leave Cover: Deputy Clinical Lead for CNWL Westminster IAPT – Band 8A
An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the role of Deputy Clinical Lead for IAPT Westminster to cover 12 month maternity leave. Candidates will be an IAPT CBT Psychotherapist or a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist with equivalent training and experience to take on a clinical and operational leadership role at the head of one of CNWL's dynamic, successful and well-regarded IAPT Talking Therapy services based in the borough of Westminster.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological therapy service to patients and stake-holders of the CNWL Talking Therapies Service and take responsibility for the day-to-day operational and clinical management and practice of psychological therapists and other staff working in the service. They will join the CNWL Westminster Senior Management Team in the delivery of excellent mental health and social care across the borough. The successful candidate will be supported by the Borough Director and SMT colleagues, IAPT Strategic Clinical and Operational Leads and will work with a strong management team within the service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Post requirements The post-holder will provide expert supervision and support for experienced high intensity therapists, psychological wellbeing practitioners and trainees working within the service and contribute to provision of senior clinician cover for the service along with other senior staff within the team for duty and evening clinics. The post-holder will line manage a number of staff within the service. The post-holder will be expected to participate in extended hours clinics run by the service from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm to provide senior cover as well offer assessments and treatments to clients at the team base and other sites as appropriate. The post holder will carry a clinical caseload and contribute to and provide highly specialist assessment, formulation and interventions to clients using a stepped care model in line with the national programme and latest NICE guidance for psychological interventions. Postholders will have had extensive experience of working across Mental Health Services with a range of client groups with moderate as well as complex severe and enduring mental health problems.
The post holder will receive regular clinical and managerial supervision and support and join other senior clinicians within the service. There are also wider links with other Talking Therapies services within CNWL Foundation Trust and the Trust-wide clinical psychology services. We have good links with and have trainees from all the Regional training courses and there may be opportunities to mentor and supervise High Intensity Trainees.
The Service
Westminster Talking Therapies is a long-established service with a reputation for excellence and great staff retention. We provide Low intensity and High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapies alongside a Counselling service provided by our partners, AllKind. Based in the very heart of London, the service has offices in Paddington and Victoria with GP partner sites across an exciting and vibrant borough.
The Service is currently offering a combination of face-to-face and remote working (delivered either via home working or from our office base).
The team consistently meets its Key Performance targets and we actively embrace innovative, creative ideas and projects to meet the everchanging demands and dynamics of a hugely diverse local population. We are constantly seeking to improve and make our service a first-class resource for Westminster and a great place to work, with a mixture of clear operational structures, open access, and a highly skilled and fulfilled team.
The service is well subscribed to and has good systems in place to manage incoming referrals and waiting lists. National and CCG targets on waiting times, patients entering treatment and recovery have been met regularly and consistently. Staff have regular clinical supervision. Training and development are emphasised, and staff wellbeing and team working are given high priority.
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 Deputy Clinical Lead / Senior CBT Therapist with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Cognitive behavioural therapist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 per annum including HCAS. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover). The application deadline is 11 Nov 2026.
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