# High Intensity CBT Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/13f8253d-e0fa-4956-a6fe-1b66c6c0882d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/13f8253d-e0fa-4956-a6fe-1b66c6c0882d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Hatfield - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £50,008 - £56,908 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Part time or full time) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (some early evening work is required) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T09:51:39.767Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Watford/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/NHS_Talking_Therapies_previously_IAPT/NHS_Talking_Therapies_previously_IAPT-v8013148 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8013148?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a BABCP accredited and qualified CBT therapist  to join our wonderful team in Watford, Hertfordshire. This role will require a mix of office base working and remote working. Fully remote working isa not permitted, and a minimum of one day a week on site is required, in Watford or Borehamwood. You will be provided with regular clinical and managerial supervision. You will be part of an APPTS accredited NHS Talking Therapies service that provides consistently good outcomes for our service users, and is integrated within a CQC rated Outstanding NHS Trust. ### Main duties of the job Whilst observing and following the Trust's Standards, you will be organizing your working week to provide Assessment and Treatment appointments, amounting to 20 hours of contact per week, and keeping these contacts fully recorded in a timely way.  These duties will be supported by peer, reflective, clinical and managerial supervisions, 5 days of CPD per year, and a culture of learning, improving, conscientiousness, accountability and compassionate professional support. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP, BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence). All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times. Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and  other agreed psychological therapies. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development. Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with  Manager. For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying ## Job Details We are looking for a BABCP accredited and qualified CBT therapist to join our wonderful team in Watford, Hertfordshire. This role will require a mix of office base working and remote working. Fully remote working isa not permitted, and a minimum of one day a week on site is required, in Watford or Borehamwood. You will be provided with regular clinical and managerial supervision. You will be part of an APPTS accredited NHS Talking Therapies service that provides consistently good outcomes for our service users, and is integrated within a CQC rated Outstanding NHS Trust. ## Job Description Whilst observing and following the Trust's Standards, you will be organizing your working week to provide Assessment and Treatment appointments, amounting to 20 hours of contact per week, and keeping these contacts fully recorded in a timely way. These duties will be supported by peer, reflective, clinical and managerial supervisions, 5 days of CPD per year, and a culture of learning, improving, conscientiousness, accountability and compassionate professional support. ## Responsibilities Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP, BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence). All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times. Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other agreed psychological therapies. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development. Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager. For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Post Graduate Diploma in CBT and eligibility for BABCP accreditation. - Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services - Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth & Pilling 2007) - A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at Graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy or an equivalent level of training and experience under the BABCP KSA criteria. **Desirable** - BABCP Accredited - Demonstrable experience of working in primary care ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets - Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes - Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care - Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health - Commitment to developing knowledge of local and wider systems and networks **Desirable** - Trained in provision of supervision in CBT - Completed clinical audits within a service - Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems ### Physical effort **Essential** - Requirement for regular/daily to travel between office base and allocated GP surgeries where service delivered. - Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and surgeries in line with all relevant HPFT policies ### COMMUNICATION SKILLS **Essential** - Advanced communication skills - Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Ability & skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good relationships with all health professional in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system - Computer literate **Desirable** - Fluent in languages other than English ## Documents - [jd and ps hit (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10298905) - [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083) - [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165) - [guidance on ai usage in job applications (pdf, 55.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2305) ## 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.