Main area NHS talking therapies- CBT Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
Site Wigan NHS Talking Therapies Service Town Leigh/ Wigan Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/08/:59
Job overview1 x full time 9 month contract & full/part time 12 month contracts available
Wigan NHS Talking Therapies Service are currently seeking a qualified CBT Therapist, to join our friendly and supportive team. We are looking for someone with CBT experience who is looking to deliver high quality CBT and develop through regular supervision, CPD and a range of training opportunities to support career progression.
We are one of the national Talking Therapies services delivering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based psychological interventions, through a stepped care treatment model to people in the community with common mental health problems.
The role will include delivering both face to face and remote appointments. We are a Stepped care service and work closely with other services in the Wigan borough.
Main duties of the jobThe responsibilities within the role include, but are not limited to:
Formulate, deliver and evaluate evidence based CBT interventions for clients presenting with a broad range of complex and enduring mental health difficulties, ensuring treatment is tailored, collaborative and outcome focused.
Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, formulation and treatment of clients in line with service protocols, NICE guidance and professional standards.
Contribute to the achievement of service KPIs and performance targets, including recovery rates, access standards, waiting times and clinical outcomes, using routine outcome measures to guide treatment and inform service improvement.
Provide high quality clinical supervision to colleagues delivering psychological interventions, including day to day supervision, skills development and adherence to evidence based practice.
Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical records in accordance with service policies, information governance requirements and professional guidelines.
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners, contributing to integrated care planning, risk management and stepped care decision making.
Participate in service development and quality improvement activity, offering clinical insight to pathway redesign, audit, evaluation and innovation projects.
Working for our organisationGreater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Please see attached job description and person specification
- Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma) OR Equivalent: e.g. A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology/ a recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy or a psychological therapy - plus further post graduate diploma qualification in CBT from a recognised or accredited training provider
- significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Training in an additional therapeutic modality.
- Relevant experience in Primary Care settings treating anxiety and depression related problems
- Ability to meet agreed/specified activity and service targets
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Have an understanding of the need for, and current limitations of, evidence based psychological therapies
- Possess knowledge of child and adult safeguarding procedures and other relevant legislation
- Have knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
- Have full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth and Pilling 2007)
- Have well developed communication skills to effectively communicate, often complex and sensitive information, information orally and in writing.
- Have received training in assessing risk (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of their expected practice.
- Be able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
- Accredited with a professional psychological therapy organisation
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.
Name Dean Kendall Job title Operational Manager Email address Telephone number Additional information
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