Trainee Cbt Therapist

**Trainee CBT Therapist**:
The contract comprises 2 days academic study leave (in term time) and 3 days in clinical practice. Expert supervision and mentorship will be provided.

The post holder will be an experienced individual who will be taking on an additional training role. The post holder will work within the Physical Health Psychology Service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to patients with problems such as depression and anxiety disorders for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective.

Trainees will be offered regular clinical and case management supervision to support Trainee High Intensity Therapists to achieve the best results possible for their clients.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a comprehensive summary of role requirements and responsibilities.

The post holder will work across the Physical Health Psychology Service (PHPs) which includes nearly 100 posts.

Within the team there are a range of Psychologists, Psychological Practitioners, CBT Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Occupational therapist, Living Well Coaches, Wellbeing Activators and Administrative Staff.

The department provides psychological care to patients with physical health problems; this includes:

- Long Term Conditions, including COPD, Diabetes and Cardiac problems, Cancer, Neuropsychology and Palliative care.
- Persistent Physical Symptoms (persistent pain, Chronic Fatigue, Medically Unexplained Symptoms), including supporting patients with frequent attendance across the Health and Care System (High Intensity Users - HIU)

The Service also hosts the Wellbeing Service (supporting people within primary care setting with multiple Long Term Conditions or a change in life circumstances).

We also have Paediatric Diabetes posts and are striving to develop a paediatric Physical Health Psychology Service.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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