South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
High Intensity CBT Therapist
Closing date: 23 June 2026
We're looking for enthusiastic, passionate team players to join our dynamic service as High Intensity Therapists / CBT Therapists. If you're committed to delivering high-quality care and making a real difference in people's lives, we'd love to hear from you.
Why Join Us?
* Supportive, collaborative team environment
* Opportunities for professional development
* Make a meaningful impact in the Lewisham community
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a specialist psychological therapy service to clients residing in the Lewisham Borough. This includes:
* Conducting specialist assessments to identify psychological needs.
* Developing individualised treatment plans, primarily using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
* Delivering evidence-based interventions and monitoring progress through weekly outcome measures.
* Ensuring high standards of clinical care and adherence to professional guidelines.
About us
We are a diverse, friendly, and forward-thinking psychological therapy service based in Lewisham. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based interventions and fostering an environment where staff feel valued and supported in their professional growth.
We maintain strong links with leading TT training programmes at King's College London / Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) and University College London. In addition, we collaborate with centres of clinical excellence and research innovation, such as the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (CADAT).
Our clinicians are highly skilled and motivated, with access to specialist training enabling us to offer a wide range of therapies, including:
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
* Counselling for Depression (CfD)
* Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
* Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)
* Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
* Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT)
We have strong partnerships within the local community and welcome applicants who bring special interests or expertise in developing these links.
Job responsibilities
* Provide specialist psychological therapy for clients referred to the NHS Talking Therapies service, integrating complex data from multiple sources, including:
o Psychological assessments
o Self-report measures and rating scales
o Structured observations
* Deliver at least one NICE-recommended psychological therapy for anxiety disorders and/or depression.
* Formulate and implement individualised treatment plans based on an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based methods.
* Monitor treatment progress and outcomes regularly to ensure interventions remain effective and aligned with best practice.
Qualifications
* Postgraduate diploma in CBT for anxiety & depression (IAPT)
* BABCP practitioner full or provisional accreditation
* Other relevant MSC
* Other TT modality qualification - 1 pt for each
Experience
* Experience of working as a qualified HI therapist in TT
* Experience of meeting activity and outcomes targets in a TT setting
* Experience of contributing to service improvement, audit, projects etc
* PWP role
* SPWP role
* Experience in secondary care mental health services
Skills
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups
* Skills in tailoring therapy to individual clients from diverse backgrounds and with other specific factors such as neurodivergence, socio‑economic stressors, D&A issues and character traits.
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well‑developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and where relevant their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Knowledge
* Experience at working with one or more NHS Talking Therapies‑recognised psychological therapies at a specialist level
* High‑level knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more NHS TALKING THERAPIES‑recognised psychological therapies.
* Knowledge of effective care pathway navigation across primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
* Skills in tailoring therapy to individual clients from diverse backgrounds and with other specific factors such as neurodivergence, socio‑economic stressors, D&A issues and character traits.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of adapting specific NHS Talking
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum incl. of HCAs (inner)
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