Interview will be held on 9th Feb 2026
As a senior clinician, you will conduct specialist psychologically informed CBT assessments, case formulations, and deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mild to moderate mental health difficulties within Getting Help Services. You will carry out comprehensive risk assessments, develop risk management plans, and liaise with other services for wider case management. You will oversee and develop the clinical practice of low and high intensity practitioners, supervise and train junior staff, and support service development, quality improvement, audits, and research initiatives. Committed to accessibility and inclusivity, you will promote wellbeing for diverse service users and colleagues. Working autonomously within policies and guidelines, you will engage in collaborative, multi-agency working and user involvement. Travel across Trust sites and mixed-mode service delivery, including online and home-based work, is required.
Responsibilities
* Deliver highly specialist CBT assessments and interventions, including risk assessment, formulation-led treatment plans, and case management, ensuring care is evidence-based, inclusive, and recovery-focused.
* Oversee and develop clinical practice across low and high intensity psychological practitioners, providing supervision, training, CPD, and professional support to staff and trainees.
* Provide specialist clinical advice, consultation, and guidance to colleagues, carers, multi-agency teams, and partner services, promoting a psychologically informed, trauma-aware, and anti-racist framework.
* Lead, coordinate, and chair multi-agency and multidisciplinary meetings, managing caseloads and waiting lists, and ensuring continuity of care and safe transitions for service users.
* Maintain high-quality records, data collection, outcome monitoring, and reporting, ensuring compliance with professional, Trust, and regulatory standards.
* Contribute to service development, audit, research, quality improvement, and governance initiatives, including interpreting evidence, implementing findings, and supporting service planning.
* Provide professional and operational leadership within the service, including workforce planning, resource management, clinical governance, recruitment, and supervision of clinical competence.
* Support staff wellbeing and participate in Trust-wide initiatives.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Benefits of working for us include
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jemma Crocker-Buque
Job title: Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Email address: jemma.crockerbuque@berkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01189044664
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