HI CBT therapist, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job summary

3 Permanent High Intensity CBT Therapist / Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist available in Camden Talking Therapies (full and part time posts considered). Further posts may also become available.

Are you passionate about providing flexible, person centred, evidenced based psychological therapy to people struggling with a range of psychological difficulties including anxiety and depression? Do you want to continue to broaden and develop your skillset through regular high-quality individual and group supervision, a team approach to clinical decision making and ongoing CPD opportunities?

We are looking for Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists or High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists with experience of working with adults with a range of mental health difficulties to join our lively, dedicated and supportive NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Services in Camden (formerly known as iCope).

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a well-established, successful service providing both in-person and remote assessments and CBT interventions, often in primary care settings, as part of the range of high intensity interventions we offer (CBT, EMDR, IPT, DIT, BCT and Counselling). You will also offer (or work towards offering) supervision to junior colleagues, and advice, consultation and training to other clinical colleagues as well as having the opportunity to contribute towards shaping and developing our service in partnership with our service users.

We are committed to investing in helping those who work with us to develop both personally and professionally, developing specialist areas of clinical expertise and increased awareness of the challenges faced by the diverse communities that we serve andare part of. We consider thisthrough supervision, training and research opportunities, service development projects and reflective spaces.

We are also mindful that working in a fast-paced service with people experiencing psychological distress can be challenging as well as immensely rewarding and we take a compassionate leadership approach to ensure that these challenges are acknowledged and that staff are supported through wellbeing focused line management, supervision, peer support, team working and a range of wellbeing initiatives.

Our teams are dedicated to making meaningful, system level change linked to equality, diversity & inclusion so we invite & welcome passion for this.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details

• Date posted: 16 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata part time)
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 455-NLFT-8197981
• Job locations: Camden NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London, NW1 0PE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

We are a well-established NHS Talking Therapies service with strong training and research links with University College London.We pride ourselves on offering a high level of in-house training and regular supervision from experienced clinicians. We are committed to investing in helping those who work with us to develop both personally and professionally, developing specialist areas of clinical expertise and increased awareness of the challenges faced by the diverse communities that we serve and are a part of through supervision, training and research opportunities, service development projects and reflective spaces.

What we offer:

• Regular CPD workshops and skills sessions covering a range of topics
• Further training opportunities (as available) in Trauma-focused CBT, EMDR, Compassion Focused Therapy, Transdiagnostic CBT, working with long-term health conditions, Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Counselling for Depression, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Couples Therapy for Depression.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion strategies that take place at all service levels such as reflective practice spaces to support anti-racism, regular all staff training in areas of diversity and outreach work to specific community groups.

We encourage flexible working and staff are encouraged to negotiate a working pattern that allows for a good work life balance.

Posts are subject to criminal records disclosure andinvolve a mix of on site and remote working, travel across the borough andone evening clinic (to 8pm)per week. *Please note that we do not offer remote only roles* Starting salary will normally be at the minimum point of the salary scale.

Applications from trainee High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Clinical or Counselling Psychologists on track to qualify in September 2026 will be considered

***Interviews likely to be held on Tues 1st and Weds 2nd Sept (TBC)***

Please see attached Job Description for full details of role and responsibilities.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).