CBT Therapist

Main area Early Intervention Services Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (until 31.07.2027) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job
-COMM-8303789-EB

Site The Wilson Hospital Town Mitcham Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum Inclusive of outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

The Sutton Early Intervention team is a friendly multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists CBT therapist, family intervention therapist and an employment specialist.

We aim to provide a comprehensive package of care for people age 18-65 living in Sutton who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. This is a 3 day a week fixed term post (until end of July 2027) in Sutton Early Intervention for Psychosis team for a CBT therapist to provide psychological therapies to service users who have experienced a first episode of psychosis.

You would work as part of a supportive team of clinical psychologists and CBT therapists. Experience working with psychosis is desirable but not essential.

Please note it is a trust requirement for working in secondary care that applicants are qualified health care clinical practitioners with a core profession in one of the following: nursing, occupational therapy, social work, counselling/clinical psychology

You will provide cognitive behaviour therapy to patients referred to the Sutton Early Intervention Team. This will include providing specialist cognitive behavioural therapy assessment and therapy for people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis as well as other difficulties such as anxiety, depression and trauma. There will also be opportunities to develop experience in family interventions for psychosis.

The role is dynamic and will require you to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, attend MDT meetings and to offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to other members of the Sutton EIS team.

The role will be based at the Wilson Hospital in Mitcham.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health…