Psychological Therapist – Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT)

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated CBT Therapist or Clinical/Counselling Psychologist? Are you looking to progress and develop your clinical and leadership skills within an important new area of service transformation? If so, why not join us to be part of the transformation of community mental health services, working closely alongside other Psychological Therapists and advanced mental health practitioners as part of our Mental Health Integrated Community Teams, and in close partnership with the Voluntary Sector.

You will be involved in the delivery and planning of a variety of online and/or in-person psychoeducational and therapy groups for significant mental health difficulties, including leading on the facilitation and the delivery of a Managing Emotions Group programme alongside a Voluntary Sector partner. You will have opportunities to contribute to the wider psychological therapies provision depending on your interests, including within the Community Mental Health Psychological Therapies services, as well as providing supervisory input to junior psychological staff.

You will be well supported and supervised by a Psychologist, and will work within a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be able to shape and improve provision for patients with complex conditions. Your base for this role can be in Reading or Wokingham, although a significant proportion of the service delivery will be online

• To work as part of a team to support and enhance the psychological care of adults with significant mental health issues in primary care.
• To support and lead on the delivery of a group Managing Emotions Programme and other group programmes for people with emotional regulation difficulties and SMI across Berkshire, together with holding a caseload of clients requiring individual CBT for SMI.
• To liaise and work closely in partnership with a Voluntary sector provider in jointly delivering and facilitating the group programme
• To participate in the implementation and development of system-wide mental health services that will contribute to improved experience for people with serious mental health problems in primary care.
• To provide, supervise and support specialist psychological assessment and treatment, formulation and consultation to clients and staff within the clinical team and system to which the post-holder is attached, across all sectors of care.
  
  

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
  
  

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the 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: Jessica Bezance Job title: PICT Principal Clinical Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0300 3658000