# PDCS Trainee Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pdcs-trainee-therapist/52e1591d-61ba-40b5-b565-66ab46959732 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pdcs-trainee-therapist/52e1591d-61ba-40b5-b565-66ab46959732.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** CPFT Old Town Hall - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Days and hours to be discussed and confirmed) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-10T10:28:53.428Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/Cambridgeshire_Peterborough_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychological_Therapy/Psychological_Therapy-v8179762 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8179762?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a suitably experienced therapist to support the delivery of our group-based treatment programmes for adults with personality disorders. The team offers a full range of services and there may be opportunities to be involved in other aspects of treatment (e.g., working with families, supporting with crisis calls). Most of our work is group based. This role will suit someone who enjoys working in a clinical capacity. You will need to be skilled at managing emotional distress and the psychological impact of the work upon yourself. You will have sufficient clinical experience to enable you to mentor new and junior practitioners, and show clinical leadership within the context of group treatment (e.g., notice and take responsibility for associated aspects of care; record keeping, following up safeguarding etc). Clinical supervision and reflective practise sessions are provided. ### Main duties of the job Your primary role will involve actively providing therapy to clients in our structured treatment pathway. You will have a role in completing 1:1 pre-treatment assessments and engaging service users as they enter our team. This includes accurate completion of clinical records, completing risk assessments and safety plans, and following up safeguarding concerns. You will have a role in delivering our 12-week introductory MBT group and in co-facilitating the extended 18-month therapy programme; weekly therapy (delivered in group format accompanied by individual sessions). Our current service need is for someone to work in our MBT programme, but the post requires the successful applicant to work flexibly and adaptably to meet the needs of the service. All clinical staff undertake some training to manage crisis calls and may be required to support the Duty telephone lines at busy times. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities - Undertake training to manage crisis calls - Liaise with the Clinical Lead, Line Manager and Team Manager - Triage referrals - Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for clients - Communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to patients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing - Attend multidisciplinary meetings - Produce reports on clients - Provide psychotherapeutic interventions for cases referred to the team. This will involve the use of evidence based psychological interventions especially MBT and DBT. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. - Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. - Ability and willingness to travel independently to locations throughout the organisation ### Experience **Essential** - Significant clinical experience working directly with service users in a therapeutic environment - Experience of working with service users with Personality Disorder - Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets - Proven ability to communicate clearly in difficult and complex situations. **Desirable** - Experience of working in mental health services - Experience of delivering psychological therapies - Experience of collecting data to demonstrate clinical outcomes - Experience of working with patients presenting with high level of distress and managing risk situations. ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working with clients. - Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients. - Willingness to take initiative and be pro-active to support the development of the programme - Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality - Able to undertake/seek out supervision as required **Desirable** - Ability to promote psychological models with clients, carers and staff in an understandable and person-centred way, clearly outlining goals and potential outcomes. ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Undergraduate degree in psychology, or a core profession and basis for registration (nursing, or allied health professional), or a trained and registered psychotherapist - Willingness and ability to embark on the appropriate level of training or work towards MBT Practitioner Accreditation. **Desirable** - Knowledge of MBT and/ or DBT - Accreditation as an MBT therapist/ DBT therapist - Training / qualification in delivering psychological therapies ### Knowledge & Understanding **Essential** - Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health / benefits & employment systems - Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post **Desirable** - Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies. - Formal training in psychological therapies. - Introductory or full training in MBT. ## Documents - [cpft values (pdf, 114.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1743) - [cpft benefits (pdf, 74.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2967) - [cpft accommodation (pdf, 713.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2805) - [cpft mindful employers (pdf, 51.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1744) - [pdcs trainee mbt therapist (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10484246) - [employee probation period guidance (pdf, 177.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3046) ## 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.