North London NHS Foundation Trust
High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
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The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a specialist psychological therapy within the cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) model to people with mild, moderate and severe common mental health problems in primary care and community settings in accordance with NICE guidance and evidence-based practice. This will include New Patient Assessments and screening referrals, assessing and treating patients found to be suitable for CBT, reporting to referrers on the patient’s progress and managing a waiting list.
The post holder will work alongside a range of trainee and qualified psychological therapy practitioners and will offer support and advice to colleagues as appropriate as well as be involved in delivering mental health interventions (therapy groups) within specialist areas as required. Carrying out routine audit and evaluation of patients referred according to the national standards set for NHS Talking Therapies services of patients referred is mandatory for all staff.
Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessment of patients referred to the Service for CBT, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of quantitative and qualitative sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients and others involved with their care. Ensure the outcome of assessment is communicated to the referring agent and other professionals involved. Determine suitability of the approach and refer on unsuitable individuals to appropriate agencies and/or provide advice, including psycho-education, as appropriate.
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Formulate and implement plans for the specialist psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of patient’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of those problems derived from a broad theoretical knowledge of cognitive behaviour therapy, and employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy within modality. It is expected that the post holder will treat patients across the range of severity.
Applicants that are successful to the post would be required to work in service a minimum of two days a week, as well as be available to offer an evening clinic once a week (12 to 8pm).
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
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In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Justin Phil-Ebosie
- Job title: Senior CBT Therapist
- Email address: Justin.Phil-Ebosie@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 020 8702 5309
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