IAPT High Intensity Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a dynamic and highly motivated IAPT High Intensity Therapist to join the North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service on a fixed-term contract for maternity cover. The post holder will provide high intensity interventions, primarily Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), to clients with moderate to complex mental health problems in a primary care setting. The service is patient-focused and community-based, working closely with GPs and other services.
Key responsibilities
- Provide high intensity interventions, mainly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
- Work with clients who have a range of mental health problems for which Talking Therapies experience has been demonstrated to be clinically effective.
- Receive excellent support, including extensive clinical and caseload supervision.
- Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape a collective leadership culture within the trust.
- Engage, enable, and empower others, using coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement.
Essential criteria
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or within a psychological therapy or KSF, and further post graduate qualification training in evidence-based psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR and/or IPT to at least equivalent of a Masters level (Post Graduate Diploma); and significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner
- Accredited with, or working towards accreditation with the BABCP (where CBT trained)
Desirable criteria
- Other qualifications to deliver IAPT compliant high intensity therapies. E.g. IPT/EMDR
- Qualification in clinical supervision
- Experience and Knowledge
- Demonstrates experience of working in mental health/IAPT services
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this
- Extensive experience of delivering CBT/EMDR/IPT as a qualified therapist
- Experience of supervising qualified and trainee IAPT staff (both High, Low Intensity and Trainees)
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, or within a psychological therapy or KSF, and further post graduate qualification training in evidence-based psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR and/or IPT to at least equivalent of a Masters level (Post Graduate Diploma); and significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner
- Accredited with, or working towards accreditation with the BABCP (where CBT trained)
- Other qualifications to deliver IAPT compliant high intensity therapies. E.g. IPT/EMDR
- Qualification in clinical supervision
- Experience and Knowledge
- Demonstrates experience of working in mental health/IAPT services
- Good record of Continuing Professional Development and willingness to continue this
- Extensive experience of delivering CBT/EMDR/IPT as a qualified therapist
- Experience of supervising qualified and trainee IAPT staff (both High, Low Intensity and Trainees)
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
IAPT High Intensity Therapist
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
North Tyneside Talking Therapies Service is a well established NHS Talking Therapies Service, providing psychological input to the North Tyneside population since 2008. We are a patient focused and pro-active community based primary care service with strong working relationships with GPs and our colleagues in secondary care and specialist services. We are committed to delivering high quality community oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector. The team is an integrated mental health service made up of Low Intensity and High Intensity therapists , Counselling and Employment Support.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to be part of the Step 3 team on fixed term contract (maternity cover), to provide high intensity interventions, in a primary care setting. The post holder will work with clients who have a range of mental health problems for which their Talking Therapies experience has been demonstrated to be clinically effective, and will receive ex
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