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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
34 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Able to work to professional guidelines.
- Other
Must be capable of accountability for own work, of autonomous clinical practice, of being guided by precedent and of working towards defined results.
- Experience
Experience of managing and supervising professionals from different backgrounds.
- Experience
Experience in developing services to respond to User needs.
- Experience
Work as an experienced psychologist/psychotherapist with advanced skills in at least one Psychological therapy modality.
- Experience
Excellence and experience in the continuous improvement of high and/or low intensity interventions and coordinating the services of a range of practitioners and providers, with experience of delivering this within primary care and or a Talking Therapy compliant service.
- Experience
Experience of providing an autonomous clinical service to a diverse population.
- Experience
Experience in managing and delivering to the expected performance targets.
- Experience
Excellence and experience in IT and diary management that support own and the service’s clinical resources.
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent reporting and presentation skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to provide & receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to arrive at appropriate formulations.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options, based on formulation.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to provide both brief and longer-term therapeutic interventions.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to demonstrate expertise in one or more therapeutic orientations, or with one or more areas of clinical presentation.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to provide an appropriate clinical service to a diverse population.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to work to agreed targets and monitor own work effectively.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of, and ability to apply, government/advisory body frameworks and guidelines relating to mental health.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of mental health and primary care systems.
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding and experience of carrying out audit, clinical governance and clinical effectiveness procedures.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to plan, organise and prioritise a complex workload.
- Knowledge and Skills
Basic keyboard skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to record and report on clinical information.
- Knowledge and Skills
Competent in use of IT packages – word processing, e-mail and internet. Competent use of clinical data systems to record and report on performance activity.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.
- Knowledge and Skills
Up to date knowledge of psychological research and national guidance relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice with this client group
- Knowledge and Skills
Aware of the potential impact of discrimination & disadvantage on mental health.
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to be flexible and adapt approach according to need.
- Education/ Qualification/Training
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (BABCP accredited)
- Education/ Qualification/Training
OR HCPC registered Counselling or Clinical Psychologist or another Talking Therapy compliant Therapy
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education/ Qualification/Training
OR Counsellor with Talking Therapies compliant therapy
- Education/ Qualification/Training
Relevant registration and accreditation status
- Education/ Qualification/Training
Plus Accredited practitioner and supervisor.
Job overview
Bedfordshire Talking Therapies (BTT) is a thriving talking therapies service. The service offers low and high intensity interventions in individual, couple and group formats.
We require a suitably qualified and experienced CBT/Relational therapist to lead a team of psychological therapists. They will be an accredited practitioner and have extensive experience of delivering Talking Therapies recognised therapeutic interventions. We are particularly interested in applicants that have had previous leadership/supervision experience.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Team Leader who will work alongside our team of Team Leaders to ensure the effective running of the service; you will report into and be supported by the Deputy Clinical Lead and Clinical Lead. You will hold a clinical caseload of step three presentations to whom individual and group treatments are provided. Monitoring performance against KPI targets at the individual clinical level and the service level will also form part of your role.
You will be expected to attend base twice a week (and have flexibility on others where required), be able to travel and work across the county and work one late evening.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team, your ideas and creativity would be welcome in contributing to the development of an effective and innovative service which meets the needs of the local diverse community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are particularly interested in applicants that have had previous leadership/supervision experience. The post holder will be providing clinician of the day duties, case management, line management and clinical supervision. They will also oversee a clinical area in the service and ensure we are working towards our overall strategy in that area. You will be supported in the delivery of this by the Deputy and Clinical Lead.
Job Description attached in Documents
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.
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This advert is for Team Leader - Bedfordshire Talking Therapies with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Team leader role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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