CBT Therapist

Main area Health Psychology Grade 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (end date is 12 months from start date) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 293-EMRS2-0519Employer Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Homerton Hospital Town London Salary £56,276 - £63,176 pro rata p.a. incl. Salary period Yearly Closing 04/01/2026 23:59CBT Therapist / Clinical / Counselling Psychologist7AdvertJob overviewWe are looking for an energetic, highly motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our dynamic Diabetes Psychology Team (30 hours per week).If you are an enthusiastic and motivated clinician with experience in working with people with diabetes or Long-Term Conditions (LTC), and you are passionate about delivering evidence-based psychological interventions and service development, we encourage you to apply.This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills within a multidisciplinary team and be involved in a key service development project. Regular supervision will be provided.The post holder will be responsible for delivering a specialist psychology service to patients living with Type 2 diabetes in Well Street Common PCN and Hackney Marshes PCN.Your work within the Diabetes Psychology team will be central to improving patient engagement, self-management, and overall outcomes, with a specific focus on addressing health inequalities. This includes identifying and working with patients who struggle to attend appointments, as well as providing one-to-one and group-based support for individuals struggling with diabetes related distress. It will also involve wider outreach in the community and skilling up primary care staff to improve effectiveness of patient contact.You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team with disciplines including Endocrinology, Nursing, Psychology, Dietetics, and Diabetes Lay Educators and the wider primary care team.Main duties of the jobClinical: Providing specialist psychological interventions to complex patients living with Type 2 diabetes, within HM & WSC PCNs to improve self-management and promote active, healthy lifestyles.Service & Community Engagement: Identifying barriers to engagement in diabetes management within the two PCNs through focused research, including questionnaires and focus groups.Awareness & Outreach: Engaging with the community to raise awareness of diabetes management resources, with a strong focus on marginalised groups.Staff Training & Support: Skilling up existing staff on the knowledge and awareness of psychological barriers to engagement in diabetes care, and utilising resources like MDMs to improve the effectiveness of patient contact and reduce disengagement.Peer Support: Setting up peer support initiatives based on identified need, making strategic use of existing community resources.Sustainability: Developing a sustainable model of care that can be fully integrated into the PCN's ongoing services after the initial funding period concludes.Working for our organisationHomerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.Person specificationEducation/QualificationsPost graduate qualification in CBT leading to BABCP accreditation or Post-graduate qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology conferring eligibility for chartership by the British Psychological Society, Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with Health Care Professions CouncilModels of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics CBT and one other psychological therapyBABCP accreditationTraining in and experience of delivering other modalities such as Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Counselling for Depression (CfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Relevant specialist training or qualifications teaching or training other staffSkills/ AbilitiesHighly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentationSkills in working across multidisciplinary settingsExperience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settingsExperience of working in a physical health setting, providing highly specialist health psychology assessment and treatment through 1:1 and group interventions with adultsExperience of working in the clinical field of diabetes/ LTCExperience of teaching or training other staffAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settingsExperience of working with individuals who may be considered difficult to engage in their own healthcareTrust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other RequirementsUnderstanding and demonstration of the Trust ValuesGeneral Guidance for ApplicantsPlease ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.Name Samina Hassan Job title Lead Psychological Therapist in Diabetes Email address samina.hassan@nhs.net Telephone number 020 8510 5920 #J-18808-Ljbffr