Overview
Are you looking for a new CBT role in a friendly team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community? Hounslow NHS Talking Therapies is seeking an experienced CBT therapist to join our friendly team.
What we offer
* We offer a stable, and supportive working environment
* A values driven environment - Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and our patients
* We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week
* We offer flexible working,
* Regular line management & supervision
* A comprehensive CPD & reflective practice program
* We are also eager to attract Psychologists and CBT therapists trained in other Talking Therapies modalities such as Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).
Newly qualified CBT therapists, who have completed a BABCP accredited CBT training, are welcomed to apply. If you are in the process of completing your CBT qualification or awaiting results, you will progress to Band 7 salary upon the receipt of confirmation of successful completion from the board of examiners, effective from the same date.
Responsibilities
* Provide a specialist and caring CBT service to clients primarily suffering mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression.
* Provide specialist CBT therapy, facilitate CBT groups and support PWPs to facilitate community and/or in-house workshops.
* Provide advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers, and supervise other colleagues including trainee therapists, PWPs and trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.
You will be based in the Isleworth Centre team base and Health Centres in the London Borough of Hounslow, as well as home working.
This role will include working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and you will be passionate about providing an equal opportunity for all clients to access our services.
Please see the attached Job Pack for full details about this role.
About the Employer
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’. The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
We think Hounslow Talking Therapies is a great place to work. If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact 0300 123 0739, and ask to speak to one of our Step 3 Leads, or email us on nhsnwl.hounslowiapt@nhs.net. For more information about our service and what we offer, please visit our website on https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/our-services/adult/iapt/iapt-hounslow
We have a supportive team culture which is evident in our high rates of staff retention within our Step 2 and 3 team and there are good opportunities for career progression.
We have recently had positive feedback from a staff survey where we scored highly in regard to perceptions of the quality of care staff felt able to provide, levels of support, feeling valued and in equality and diversity.
As a member of the Step 3 team you would have opportunities to deliver training and teaching to colleagues. There is potential for developing a champion role as well as the chance to develop skills in leadership, project management and QI. We are committed to the development of our staff and have an in-house CPD programme which is shared with the Trust's other Talking Therapies services, plus access via the London Talking Therapies programme to training in other therapeutic modalities such as IPT, EMDR and Behavioural Couples Therapy.
This advert closes on Friday 31 Oct 2025
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