# High Intensity CBT Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/9cbc22cc-b767-4b6e-9b41-3f891aea77a6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/high-intensity-cbt-therapist/9cbc22cc-b767-4b6e-9b41-3f891aea77a6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum incl. of HCAs (inner) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-09T09:43:00.010Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Lewisham/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychological_Therapy/Psychological_Therapy-v8068547 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8068547?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We’re looking for enthusiastic, passionate team players to join our dynamic service as High Intensity Therapists / CBT Therapists. If you’re committed to delivering high-quality care and making a real difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you. Why Join Us? - Supportive, collaborative team environment - Opportunities for professional development - Make a meaningful impact in the Lewisham community If this sounds like you, apply today and help us transform lives through evidence-based therapy. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide a specialist psychological therapy service to clients residing in the Lewisham Borough. This includes: - Conducting specialist assessments to identify psychological needs. - Developing individualized treatment plans, primarily using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). - Delivering evidence-based interventions and monitoring progress through weekly outcome measures. - Ensuring high standards of clinical care and adherence to professional guidelines. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide specialist psychological therapy for clients referred to the NHS Talking Therapies service, integrating complex data from multiple sources, including: Psychological assessments Self-report measures and rating scales Structured observations - Psychological assessments - Self-report measures and rating scales - Structured observations - Deliver at least one NICE-recommended psychological therapy for anxiety disorders and/or depression. - Formulate and implement individualized treatment plans based on an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based methods. - Monitor treatment progress and outcomes regularly to ensure interventions remain effective and aligned with best practice. ## Job Details We’re looking for enthusiastic, passionate team players to join our dynamic service as High Intensity Therapists / CBT Therapists. If you’re committed to delivering high-quality care and making a real difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you. Why Join Us? Supportive, collaborative team environment Opportunities for professional development Make a meaningful impact in the Lewisham community If this sounds like you, apply today and help us transform lives through evidence-based therapy. ## Job Description The post holder will provide a specialist psychological therapy service to clients residing in the Lewisham Borough. This includes: Conducting specialist assessments to identify psychological needs. Developing individualized treatment plans, primarily using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Delivering evidence-based interventions and monitoring progress through weekly outcome measures. Ensuring high standards of clinical care and adherence to professional guidelines. ## Responsibilities Provide specialist psychological therapy for clients referred to the NHS Talking Therapies service, integrating complex data from multiple sources, including: Psychological assessments Self-report measures and rating scales Structured observations Psychological assessments Self-report measures and rating scales Structured observations Deliver at least one NICE-recommended psychological therapy for anxiety disorders and/or depression. Formulate and implement individualized treatment plans based on an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based methods. Monitor treatment progress and outcomes regularly to ensure interventions remain effective and aligned with best practice. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non -professional groups - Skills in tailoring therapy to individual clients from diverse backgrounds and with other specific factors such as neurodivergence, socio-economic stressors, D&A issues and character traits. - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. - Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and where relevant their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Experience at working with one or more NHS Talking Therapies-recognised psychological therapies at a specialist level - High -level knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more NHS TALKING THERAPIES-recognised psychological therapies. - Knowledge of effective care pathway navigation across primary and secondary care psychological therapies services **Desirable** - Skills in tailoring therapy to individual clients from diverse backgrounds and with other specific factors such as neurodivergence, socio-economic stressors, D&A issues and character traits. - Knowledge of the theory and practice of adapting specific NHS Talking ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as a qualified HI therapist in TT - Experience of meeting activity and outcomes targets in a TT setting - Experience of contributing to service improvement, audit, projects etc **Desirable** - PWP role - SPWP role - Experience in secondary care mental health services ### Qualifications **Essential** - Postgraduate diploma in CBT for anxiety & depression (IAPT) - BABCP practitioner full or provisional accreditation **Desirable** - Other relevant MSC - Other TT modality qualification - 1 pt for each ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 450.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10359724) ## 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.