Psychotherapy Practitioner

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our friendly and forward thinking cognitive behavioural psychotherapies team.


We are seeking to appoint a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within the City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service. This service is part of the East London NHS Foundation Trust offering assessment and psychological therapy to service users with complex, chronic and often comorbid presentations, including depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, complex trauma and Personality Disorder. A number of treatment modalities are offered within the service including cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, individual, group, systemic and family therapies, as well as more intensive programmes for individuals with Personality Disorder that are delivered according to a Mentalisation-Based Treatment model.


The role will primarily involve the provision of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and CBT treatment, and the provision of clinical supervision within the secondary care specialist psychotherapy service.
The delivery of high quality, time limited, specialist Cognitive Behavioural treatment interventions for service users in both individual and group formats.
Providing clinical co-working with other health professionals.
Proactively developing robust professional relationships with a range of professional groups within local statutory and non-statutory services.
Actively participating in the further development of the service, including but not exclusively, training, service user involvement, clinical governance, Quality Improvement.
The provision of generic mental health and specialist CBT assessments to identify all groups of adult mental disorders and suitability for psychotherapy as required.
The provision of assessment that identifies if the service user would benefit from alternative mental health treatments (including medication and other psychological treatments), weighing up the relative advantages and advising the service user accordingly.
Where CBT is not an indicated treatment, liaising as appropriate with other professional groups to effectively communicate that assessment and facilitate transfer of care to an appropriate professional/team.
Conducting risk assessments, preparing risk management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated.
Eliciting, recording, collating and communicating outcome data of their clinical activity and that of their supervisees to Modality, Clinical and Operational Leads.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. We Care, We Respect, We are inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Core professional training in any mental health field (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, OT etc.) Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or registered by a body overseen or accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA)
Recognised Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy training and accredited with BABCP as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist for at least 2 years

Formal training in teaching and lecturing
Formal training in CBT supervision
Training in EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).

Significant post qualification experience within the NHS or equivalent, working with a wide range of psychological problems, including severe, complex and comorbid mental health problems
At least 2 years (or part-time equivalent) of post-CBT qualification experience working with a wide range of psychological problems, ranging from mild to complex conditions.
Experience of involvement in service development, clinical governance or quality improvement initiatives.

Experience in delivering EMDR and/or Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Experience of working within a secondary care psychological therapies setting.
Experience of providing teaching or training in CBT.
Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management.
Ability to work both autonomously and as a member of a team to manage conflicting demands between service users, the health care system and broader contexts.
Assess, formulate care plans, implement interventions and evaluation of interventions using CBT
Ability to provide teaching and training to professionals
Ability to undertake appropriate risk assessment and formulate risk management plans and implement these plans.
Skills to elicit, record and communicate routine clinical outcome data collection as part of clinical care. Ability to analyse complex health information and respond appropriately
Capacity to conduct therapy in a language other than English
East London NHS Foundation Trust
City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service

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