Qualified Intensity CBT Therapist

Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist

The closing date is 01 March 2026

We are looking for a qualified CBT therapist who is accredited by the BAPCP to join our team on a permanent basis.

This role will require office base working and some remote working. You will be offered regular clinical and managerial supervision.

You will be part of an NHS Talking Therapies service and will provide high intensity interventions - initially cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

You will work with clients who have a range of common mental health problems such as Anxiety and Depression related problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The High Intensity Therapist will take the lead role in providing support, education and problem‑solving skills to the GPs and primary health care team particularly in the areas of assessment and management of mental health problems.

Keep up to date all records in relation to C.P.D. and ensure personal development plan maintains up‑to‑date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.

All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (eg BPS, UKCP, BABCP) and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

All high intensity CBT therapists are expected to adhere to BABCP codes of conduct.

Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of CBT and other agreed psychological therapies.

Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.

• Post Graduate Diploma in CBT and eligibility for BABCP accreditation.
• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services.
• Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for CBT (Roth & Pilling 2007).
• A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at Graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or within a psychological therapy or an equivalent level of training and experience under the BABCP KSA criteria.
• BABCP Accredited.
• Demonstrable experience of working in primary care.

• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in primary care.
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding…