Job summary
- Main area
- High Intensity CBT Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: subject to maintaining accreditation with BABCP
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 263-CCG26-356-AB-A
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lillyhall Business Centre
- Town
- Workington
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
High Intensity CBT Therapist
Band 7
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Network
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
The post-holder will work within The NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies Service in North Cumbria (formerly known as First Step). The NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies Service provides evidence-based psychological therapies, as recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), for individuals with common mental health problems such as mild to moderate depression, anxiety disorders (such as PTSD, GAD, panic disorder, health anxiety and OCD), mild bulimia.
As a service we are offer a combination of face-to-face and remote working (telephone consultation and video consultation) delivered either from one of our clinical bases or via home working. This offers the opportunity for increased flexibility and improved work / life balance. We anticipate that this will be the case in the future.
We are committed to ongoing action to embrace diversity and working to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all staff and patients. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, or religion. We are keen to receive applications from bilingual and multilingual speakers.
Main duties of the job
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy practitioner (CBT) practitioners in the service provide a range of evidence based interventions for anxiety disorders and depression. Practitioners also complete Triage assessments. CBT practitioners receive regular clinical supervision and line management supervision, ensure development of core skills and practice. The post holder will work with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
For role specific information please see attached Job description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be part of an NHS Talking Therapies (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - IAPT) service and will provide high intensity evidence based psychological interventions. The post holder will work with patients who have a range of complex Anxiety and Depression related problems using an evidence based therapy recommended by NICE Guidance.
We would be happy to consider applications from people who have submitted an application for accreditation with the BABCP and are awaiting a response.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 9th October 2026
Closing date : 23rd October 2026
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- High Intensity NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) Post Graduate Diploma with BABCP accreditation and registration. OR RMN, OT or Social Worker qualification, or an Honours degree level qualification in another mental health field, subject to specific suitability check, and able to meet Core Profession equivalence KSA requirements. AND Post graduate qualification in psychological assessment and psychological therapy appropriate to the NHS Talking Therapies pathway as detailed in the Table below with related registration and accreditation.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards in written communication
- Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
- Experience with routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical
- Outcomes
- Trained in provision of supervision for CBT / other relevant modality
- Completed clinical audits within a service
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007) or equivalent for other modalities appropriate to the NHS Talking Therapies pathway
- Computer literate
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Goldie
- Job title
- Nhs North Cumbria Talking Therapies Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07870366850
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