Are you a qualified High Intensity Therapist/CBT Therapist? Or are you soon to qualify? Are you looking for a new challenge to work within a well established NHS Talking Therapies service in Gloucestershire? If so, please read on.
NHS Talking Therapies Gloucestershire is made up of 4 clinical teams situated across Gloucestershire. We pride ourselves on our clinical model that focuses on delivering high quality care and work alongside our Primary Care Nurses.
Each IAPT Team includes a Clinical Lead, Operational Lead, High Intensity Therapists, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. We train significant numbers of therapists and regularly advertise these posts. We have bases in Cirencester, Stroud, Dursley, Gloucester, Cinderford, and Cheltenham.
The Service provides evidenced-based psychological interventions using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other IAPT approved therapies. We deliver treatment over the telephone, via video, in groups, and face to face using a stepped care model.
We pride ourselves on our offerings of CPD, reflective practice, clinical skills, and weekly supervision including potential external training such as IPT, Couples Therapy for Depression, Long-Term Health Conditions, Clinical Supervision, and Perinatal training.
We can offer flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and a blended working from home/base environment.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic, suitably qualified or soon to be qualified experienced CBT Therapists to work in one of our four expanding teams. The successful candidates will be BABCP accredited (*or meet BABCP accreditation standards and will apply for accreditation on commencement of post) and have extensive experience of delivering CBT-based interventions.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
NB - this post requires working from our office base in Cheltenham. Consideration for flexible/partial remote working will be considered following induction and completion of the probation period.
Interviews will be held in person on 24/02/2025 in Cheltenham.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. This includes new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma)
* Further post graduate qualification OR training and experience in CBT that meets full BABCP accreditation standards and will apply for accreditation on commencement of the post
* Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression and demonstrating the competences as required.
* Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)
* Meets BABCP accreditation standards and applies for accreditation on commencement of post
* Is a member of a professional body, such as BABCP, BPS, NMC upon commencement of the post.
Other Requirements
Essential
* A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes
Desirable
* Soon to complete training as a High Intensity Therapist
Length and/or Nature of Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in Primary Care Services
* Experience of working in mental health services where multi-disciplinary working was embraced as part of service delivery
* Work to date evidences application of Psychological knowledge to improve and develop practice and contribution to service development
* Experience of clinical supervision
* Demonstrates high standards in written communication and has the ability to communicate clearly in difficult and complex situations
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Stanway Centre
123 Swindon Road
Cheltenham
GL3 4AW
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