# IAPT High Intensity Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/iapt-high-intensity-therapist/0014c51e-13cf-4cff-9e80-d8f19a955dcc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/iapt-high-intensity-therapist/0014c51e-13cf-4cff-9e80-d8f19a955dcc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** North Tyneside Talking Therapies - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 10 months (Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 18.75 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-24T10:51:09.131Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Wallsend/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CBT_Therapist/CBT_Therapist-v8202500 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8202500?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 and Employment Support. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. ### 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 (maternity cover), 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 high intensity interventions, mainly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which CBT 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 cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) to clients with a range of moderate to complex mental health problems for which CBT 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. ### 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 ### Qualification **Essential** - A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or within a psychological therapy or KSF, and further post graduate qualification training in evidence-based psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR and/or IPT to at least equivalent of a Masters level (Post Graduate Diploma); and significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner - Accredited with, or working towards accreditation with the BABCP (where CBT trained) **Desirable** - Other qualifications to deliver IAPT compliant high intensity therapies. E.g. IPT/EMDR - Qualification in clinical supervision ### Other Requirements **Essential** - It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrates experience of working in mental health/IAPT services - Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this - Extensive experience of delivering CBT/EMDR/IPT as a qualified therapist **Desirable** - Experience of supervising qualified and trainee IAPT staff (both High, Low Intensity and Trainees) ## Documents - [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867) - [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899) - [com1269 -iapt high intensity therapist (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10557786) ## 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.