Trainee High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Job overview

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Trainee High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists are employed on one-year fixed term training contract, involving a clinical placement where you will manage a high-volume caseload alongside undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PGDip CBT) where you will be required to meet frequent academic deadlines.

This is a 12-month training contract, upon successful completion of the course a permanent post will be available. Successful candidates should be available to begin the role approximately mid-September 2026, exact date to be confirmed.

The role requires hybrid working, including both working from home and from either our base in Shrewsbury (Severn Fields Health Village) or Telford (Hall Court), as well as travel within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin locality per service need.

All shortlisted applicants must be available to attend a half-day academic screening in June - the provisional date for this is 25th June.

Please be aware that the academic screening test will be held at the Stoke on Trent campus, you will be required to attend this face to face.

Only those who pass the academic screening will be offered a joint interview with the University and the Service. By submitting an application, you are consenting for your information to be shared between the service and university.

Main duties of the job

The training post includes two days per week at University and three days of supervised clinical practice within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies service.  Trainees are expected to progress to working with a high degree of autonomy, with high volume caseloads including video and face-to-face clinical work. In addition to clinical contact, the role will include data collection, data management, analysis and note keeping.

We are a busy caring team consisting of Admin staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners & Relational Therapists.  We serve the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse & growing modern towns, surrounded by stunning Shropshire countryside.

NHS Talking Therapies teams are great places to work. We are surrounded by supportive leaders and managers. Staff are encouraged to contribute to the service vision and set the culture.

This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

You will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary & should be committed to equal opportunities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and specification.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Any core professions or if applicants have previously completed any Health Education England Training, need to abide by the 2 year Post-Qualification rule set out by HEE https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/psychological-professions/nhs-funding-psychological-professions-training-programmes