Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
IAPT HIGH Intensity Trainee/ IAPT High Intensity Therapist
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Exciting Opportunity for Trainee High Intensity CBT Therapists in North Tyneside Talking Therapies
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the North Tyneside Talking Therapies for Trainee High Intensity CBT therapists, to provide excellent, high quality and time limited CBT in accordance with NICE guidelines.
About the Role
This training post will equip the post holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post holder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the national High Intensity curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.
Training
The PgD CBT course starts in October 2026 at Newcastle University and the applicant must be able to start at agreed date.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing clinical intervention in the form of CBT to clients experiencing common mental health disorders.
- Accurate recording and processing of patient information and data in line with NHS Information Governance policies and procedures.
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Requirements
Completion of all requirements as set by the education provider for the High Intensity Training Programme.
Eligibility
Applicants who have a registered core profession will be considered for shortlisting along with those who are currently a PWP with two years post qualification experience and can produce a completed KSA portfolio at interview.
About Us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
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Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
Application Process
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.
Read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kate Brown
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: Kate.Brown@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0191 2952775
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