CBT Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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 is a fixed-term, part-time CBT Therapist position for 12 months maternity cover within the Community Mental Health Teams in West Northamptonshire. The role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological care to a diverse client group, working autonomously within professional guidelines. The successful candidate will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy in various community settings and contribute to service development.
Key responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients in CMHT bases and a variety of community settings.
- Work with individuals from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when required.
- Regularly attend weekly MDT clinical and business meetings.
- Offer consultation, advice, and training to non-psychologist colleagues and carers.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies.
- Use research and audit skills to contribute to service development.
Essential criteria
- Doctoral Qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology OR a qualification in an accredited psychological therapy (e.g. Post Graduate Diploma or Master's degree in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) or Equivalent Psychological therapy training and a recorded registered qualification in one of the following core professions - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, psychological therapy.
- Significant experience working as a Psychological Therapy Practitioner.
- Interest/experience in working with trauma and unusual experiences and beliefs e.g. hearing voices.
- To demonstrate specialist experience and skills relevant to the service.
- A positive approach to working with issues of difference and diversity.
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with service users, carers and professional staff.
- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively.
- Skills in developing risk management plans.
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets, to manage own caseload/time and to work under pressure.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate further accredited/validated specialist psychological therapy training/experience Post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice (e.g. CBTp, EMDR, CFT).
- Experience working with families and other care networks.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services.
- To contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
CBT Therapist
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to offer a fixed-term 0.5 WTE B7/8a for up to 12 months maternity cover post across the Community Mental Health Teams in West Northamptonshire.
We are seeking a skilled and motivated CBT Therapist to join our West CMHT Psychological Therapies team.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality, evidence based psychological care to a diverse client group. This is a varied role for a clinician who thrives on autonomy, collaboration, and service development.
This post would suit an individual early on in their career who is looking to gain experience across different services as well as an experienced practitioner who enjoys working with our client population.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients in CMHT bases and a variety of community settings including service user homes.
Work with individuals from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when required.
Regularly attend weekly MDT clinical and business meetings.Offer consultation, advice, and training to non-psychologist colleagues and carers, supporting psychologically informed care across the service.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies.Use
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