IAPT-Specialist LTHC Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBTTherapist

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Newham Talking Therapies - Who are we?

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

We are large, dynamic, experienced primary care (IAPT) talking therapies service with a rich history of being innovators of best practice. Newham is a wonderfully diverse borough that offers practitioners so much wealth in terms of learning from our residents and our clinically exceptional staff. If you are looking to widen your therapy experience, gain expertise or to have opportunities to progress clinically or within management areas, NTT could be the place for you!

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to recruit a passionate CBT therapist with a special interest in LTC. You would work as a clinical specialist working with residents who present with LTC such as long covid, MUS, and pain.

Your passion/expertise would help improve our outcomes for our clients by ensuring staff are up to date with best practice when working with LTC, provide trainings to staff, provide workshops on long term conditions to the borough/external organisations and at times provide peer supervision to junior staff.

You would also hold a small caseload of face-to-face clients and offer the majority of your clinical work via video and telephone. Currently our staff are attending our clinics one day a week and then working the rest of the week at home, this would be continually reviewed in line with our clinical demands.

We welcome therapists who are looking to develop their expertise working with LTC and as part of this role we will offer the opportunity to begin LTC training within the first year of employment and CPD.

We fully welcome applications from those wishing to do part time or flexible hours. Our service runs Monday to Thursday (8am to 8pm), expect Friday (8am-5pm) and you could choose your hours to suit your personal life however we would ask you to still work a minimal of one evening week.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

We would encourage newly qualified CBT therapists to apply and those who expect to complete their training in the near future. For those who are due to complete their training we would, we would initially offer a conditional AfC band 6 position whilst you wait for confirmation that you have passed your CBT training course - if training completion does not occur within 3 months of the offer been given we would close the contract.

We will also support access to relocation project funds.

We offer time for your wellbeing.

There are many benefits to working at East London Foundation Trust such as:

Competitive NHS pension

Cycle to work and car lease schemes

NHS discounts across a range of brands

Interest free train ticket loan

Wellbeing classes Yoga, Pilates.

Employee assistance programme to help manage difficult times within our own mental health

Get involved in staff networks including LBTQ+, Womens, BAME networks

Reduced childcare i.e. 40% subsidy during school holidays

And much more

Find out more about us at https://newhamtalkingtherapies.nhs.uk/

If you have any further questions, please contact Jayshree Pithia (LTC Team Lead & Senior CBT Therapist) on 020 8536 2161 for an informal discussion.