37.5 hours, core service is 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, with some flexibility to work earlier morning and evening clinics each week.
Type of contract: Permanent
Description
This is an exciting opportunity for dynamic and self-motivated individuals to work for Talking Therapies (Improving Access to Psychological Therapy/ IAPT) Service.
The Talking Therapies service has dedicated teams of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs), Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors who offer a range of support to help people make positive changes to reduce stress and anxiety and improve their wellbeing.
An opportunity exists for a suitably qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, who is passionate about providing meaningful and effective therapeutic experiences to address common mental health problems, to join the Chorley and South Ribble Talking Therapies team. Chorley and South Ribble is a beautiful part of the UK and has lots to offer in terms of activities, stunning scenery and community.
Applicants who have not completed their training as a CBT therapist will not be considered. Applicants need to be BABCP fully accredited.
· To provide high quality CBT to adults with common mental health problems including those with a degree of complexity.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team policies and procedure.
· To provide clinical supervision and mentoring to cognitive behavioural therapists and trainees.
· To deliver a CBT service in accordance with NICE guidelines, meeting key performance indicators and agreed activity levels.
· To provide advice and consultation on clients’ care, to non-CBT colleagues and to non-professional carers.
· To utilise research skills for audit policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team.
· To deliver and support the delivery of CBT within agreed activity levels and an agreed model.
· To work with the Team Leader and Clinical Leads to provide a co-production role in managing waiting times, prevalence and recovery
· To promote wellbeing and social inclusion.
· To take lead role / clinical specialty in a designated areas of work i.e. LTC, Older adults, veterans, etc.
· To provide clinical leadership at team/locality level, taking a lead role in service development, including engaging and working with other agencies
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024