# High Intensity CBT Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/118f68a0-ec45-4a08-814b-8074b992e417 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/118f68a0-ec45-4a08-814b-8074b992e417.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Nicholas Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Social worker, Mental health nurse, High intensity therapist, Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: subject to maintaining accreditation with BABCP - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (number of working hours is negotiable, with a minimum of 22.5 per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T12:43:28.740Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8356696 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8356696?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cntw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post-holder will work within The NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies Service in North Cumbria (formerly known as First Step). The NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies Service provides evidence-based psychological therapies, as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), for individuals with common mental health problems such as mild to moderate depression, anxiety disorders (such as PTSD, GAD, panic disorder, health anxiety and OCD), mild bulimia. As a service we are offer a combination of face-to-face and remote working (telephone consultation and video consultation) delivered either from one of our clinical bases or via home working. This offers the opportunity for increased flexibility and improved work / life balance. We anticipate that this will be the case in the future. We are committed to ongoing action to embrace diversity and working to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all staff and patients. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, or religion. We are keen to receive applications from bilingual and multilingual speakers. ### Main duties of the job Cognitive Behavioural Therapy practitioner (CBT) practitioners in the service provide a range of evidence based interventions for anxiety disorders and depression. Practitioners also complete Triage assessments. CBT practitioners receive regular clinical supervision and line management supervision, ensure development of core skills and practice. The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities. For role specific information please see attached Job description and Person Specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be part of an NHS Talking Therapies (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - IAPT) service and will provide high intensity evidence based psychological interventions. The post holder will work with patients who have a range of complex Anxiety and Depression related problems using an evidence based therapy recommended by NICE Guidance. We would be happy to consider applications from people who have submitted an application for accreditation with the BABCP and are awaiting a response. Please find attached job description for full details. Advertising date : 9th October 2026 Closing date : 23rd October 2026 We welcome your application. ### 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 ### Skills and Competencies **Essential** - Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007) or equivalent for other modalities appropriate to the NHS Talking Therapies pathway - Computer literate - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS - Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice - Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required. - Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services - Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets - Ability to manage own caseload and time - Demonstrates high standards in written communication - Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers - Experience with routine outcome monitoring - Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups **Desirable** - Experience of working in Primary Care Services - Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical - Outcomes - Trained in provision of supervision for CBT / other relevant modality - Completed clinical audits within a service ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - High Intensity NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) Post Graduate Diploma with BABCP accreditation and registration. OR RMN, OT or Social Worker qualification, or an Honours degree level qualification in another mental health field, subject to specific suitability check, and able to meet Core Profession equivalence KSA requirements. AND Post graduate qualification in psychological assessment and psychological therapy appropriate to the NHS Talking Therapies pathway as detailed in the Table below with related registration and accreditation. ## Documents - [employee benefits (pdf, 922.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2167) - [interview guarantee scheme (pdf, 127.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1211) - [high intensity cbt therapist (pdf, 234.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682769) - [tips on how to complete your application (pdf, 171.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1209) - [reference guidelines for applicants - please read (pdf, 20.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1210) ## 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.