Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

My name is Emma Alexander, and I am a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in The NHS Kirklees Talking Therapies Service.

NHS Kirklees Talking Therapies service provides psychological therapies for people experiencing depression and anxiety in a primary care setting. We are keen to hear from suitably experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals who are focused on providing patient centred care of the highest quality.

The successful candidate will work within a busy Talking Therapies team providing time limited, evidence-based therapy in accordance with NICE guidance. The provision of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is one of a range of therapeutic approaches offered within a stepped care model. We have a large and vibrant team from a variety of therapeutic modalities.

Team Background

NHS Talking Therapies are a patient focused and proactive mental healthcare provider, committed to delivering high quality care, and working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies, and voluntary agencies. Our team provide NICE compliant psychotherapy incorporating CBT, Counselling and Guided Self Help to clients in primary care across Kirklees. This is an 8 to 8 service Monday to Friday., As a High Intensity CBT Therapist, you will be working with clients who have a range of anxiety and depression related problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. You will hold a caseload of clients, as well as managing other duties. We welcome newly qualified applicants, as well as clinicians who have experience of managing a caseload and who have worked within an NHS Talking Therapies service.

Some of the main duties of this role include

Provide high quality CBT to adults with common mental health problems including those with a degree of complexity.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team policies and procedure.

To provide clinical supervision and mentoring to cognitive behavioural therapists and trainees.

To deliver CBT in accordance with NICE guidelines, meeting key performance indicators and agreed activity levels.

To work to the agreed model and number of clinical contacts per week as set by the service.

To promote wellbeing and social inclusion.

To take clinical specialty in a designated areas of work i.e. LTC, Older adults, veterans, etc.

To take a role in service development, including engaging and working with other agencies.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.