High Intensity Therapist

Job overview

North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service is a well established NHS Talking Therapies Service, providing psychological input to the North Tyneside population since 2008. We are a patient focused and pro-active community based primary care service with strong working relationships with GPs and our colleagues in secondary care and specialist services. We are committed to delivering high quality community oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector.

The team is an integrated mental health service made up of Low Intensity and High Intensity therapists , Counselling, Psychology and Employment Support working within steps 2-4 of the stepped care model. We work in a blended approach. Mix of working from home completing therapy virtually and working from Northumbria bases.

The service will accept any applications for part time hours/job share arrangements that fit with service need.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to be part of the Step 3 team on fixed term  contract, to provide high intensity interventions, in a primary care setting.  The post holder will work with clients who have a range of mental health problems for which their Talking Therapies experience  has been demonstrated to be clinically effective, and will receive excellent support in their role, including extensive clinical and caseload supervision.

The post holder will work within North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service, providing  Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which IPT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work within North Tyneside Talking Therapies service (NHS Talking Therapies), providing high intensity interventions, mainly Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which IPT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.