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West London NHS Trust Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

The closing date is 04 November 2026

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Job summary

Are you looking for a new CBT role in a friendly team? Are you passionate about providing a vital service to our community?

Hounslow NHS Talking Therapies is seeking an experienced CBT therapist to join our friendly team.

What we offer:

We offer a stable, and supportive working environment

A values driven environment - Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring underpin how we treat each other and our patients

We promote a healthy work-life balance and operate a hybrid working week

We offer flexible working,

Regular line management & supervision

A comprehensive CPD & reflective practice program

We are also eager to attract Psychologists and CBT therapists trained in other Talking Therapies modalities such as Behavioural Couples Therapy (BCT), Couples Therapy for Depression (CTfD), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Newly qualified CBT therapists, who have completed a BABCP accredited CBT training, are welcomed to apply. If you are in the process of completing your CBT qualification or awaiting results, you will progress to Band 7 salary upon the receipt of confirmation of successful completion from the board of examiners, effective from the same date.

Main duties of the job

You'll provide a specialist and caring CBT service to our clients who are primarily suffering mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. This will include providing specialist CBT therapy, facilitating CBT groups and supporting PWPs to facilitate community and/or in-house workshops.

In addition, this role also involves providing advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers, and supervising other colleagues including trainee therapists and PWPs and trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.

You will be based in the Isleworth Centre team base and Health Centres in the London Borough of Hounslow, as well as home working.

This role will include working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and you will be passionate about providing an equal opportunity for all clients to access our services.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Details

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

222-LS-Man-210

Job locations

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre

146 Twickenham Road

Isleworth, Middlesex

TW7 7DJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, occupational therapy) or equivalent experience plus a postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
• To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Fully accredited with the BABCP

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within a Talking Therapies service
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings

Knowledge

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Able to work at least one evening session, until 8.00pm
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
• Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical or counseling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Postgraduate training in another core mental health profession (nursing, occupational therapy) or equivalent experience plus a postgraduate diploma or higher degree in CBT
• Professional registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council (HPC)
• To be accredited by the BABCP as a provisionally or fully accredited practitioner, or to be able to achieve provisional practitioner accreditation with the BABCP within six months of starting in post

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Fully accredited with the BABCP

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within a Talking Therapies service
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings. including outpatient, community, and primary care settings

Knowledge

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Experience at working with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at a specialist level
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Knowledge of issues relating to primary and secondary care psychological therapies services

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Able to work at least one evening session, until 8.00pm
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence
• Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre

146 Twickenham Road

Isleworth, Middlesex

TW7 7DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

West London NHS Trust

Address

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre

146 Twickenham Road

Isleworth, Middlesex

TW7 7DJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Psychologist

Rhani Allen-Crooks

[email protected]

03001231156

Details

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

222-LS-Man-210

Job locations

Hounslow Talking Therapies - Isleworth Centre

146 Twickenham Road

Isleworth, Middlesex

TW7 7DJ

United Kingdom

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