Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the North Staffordshire arm (Newcastle and Leek) of the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Service. This Service is a partnership between North Staffs Combined Health Care, the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust and third sector providers and is an innovative high performing Talking Therapies team providing effective treatments for a broad range of common mental health problems in primary care.

We are looking to recruit a part time (18.75 hours per week) CBT Therapist on a temporary fixed term contract ending 16-Mar-2027 to cover maternity leave.

To apply you should have qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with a Post-Graduate Diploma in CBT from an accredited training provider, and have some experience of treating common mental health problems. Previous experience of working in a Talking Therapies service is desirable

We are able to offer a flexible working pattern with options to work from and home and in one of our bases.

Main duties of the job

• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients with depression and the range of anxiety disorders.
• Adhere to agreed activity relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week.
• Attend regular clinical supervision and caseload management

About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients with depression and the range of anxiety disorders.
• Adhere to agreed activity relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week.
• Attend regular clinical supervision and caseload management

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
• Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups

Qualifications
Essential

• Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) or Equivalent
• Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner

Desirable

• Relevant experience in Primary Care treating anxiety and depression

Knowledge
Essential

• Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)

Desirable

• Trained in provision of supervision for CBT
• Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation

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.

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

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.