Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist

Job Summary

We are seeking highly motivated, dynamic, flexible and creative staff. You will be part of a multi-professional workforce that will significantly increase access to treatment for people with common mental health conditions, within a Primary Care setting.

You will be part of an NHS Talking Therapies service and will provide high intensity interventions - initially cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This will be delivered in person, via video conferencing and using group therapy.

You will work with clients who have a range of common mental health problems such as Anxiety and Depression related problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high intensity CBT interventions to patients with common mental health problems
• Keep up to date all records in relation to C.P.D. and ensure personaldevelopment plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latesttheoretical and service delivery models/developments.
• Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreedobjectives.
• Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
• Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
• All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure thatinformation processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
  
  

About Us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our Family Of Over 4,000 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum, Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

367-ACMS-9751

Job locations

Tekhinicon House

Springwood industrial estate

Braintree

CM7 2YN

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employerand any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP,BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct.

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT andother agreed psychological therapies.

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewedwith senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professionaldevelopment.

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed withManager.

For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employerand any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP,BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct.

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT andother agreed psychological therapies.

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewedwith senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professionaldevelopment.

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed withManager.

For a More in-depth Person and Job Description please read attached before applying

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Post Graduate Diploma in CBT and eligibility for BABCP accreditation.
• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth & Pilling 2007)
• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at Graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy or an equivalent level of training and experience under the BABCP KSA criteria.
  
  

Desirable

• BABCP Accredited
• Demonstrable experience of working in primary care
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  
  

Desirable

• Trained in provision of supervision in CBT
• Completed clinical audits within a service
• Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems
  
  

Physical effort

Essential

• Requirement for regular/daily to travel between office base and allocated GP surgeries where service delivered.
• Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and surgeries in line with all relevant HPFT policies
  
  

Essential

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Advanced communication skills
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability & skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good relationships with all health professional in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
• Computer literate
  
  

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English
  
  

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced communication skills
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability & skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good relationships with all health professional in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
• Computer literate
  
  

Desirable

• Fluent in languages other than English
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tekhinicon House

Springwood industrial estate

Braintree

CM7 2YN

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tekhinicon House

Springwood industrial estate

Braintree

CM7 2YN

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)