High Intensity Therapist | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Southall, UB1 3HW |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7318819/222-EAL-008 |
Summary
Ealing NHS Talking Therapies was one of the first Talking Therapies services to launch in 2008, and is one of the three services provided by West London NHS Trust. We are a large team of over 70 members of staff and are currently working on further expansion. Our main base is in Ealing where we have access to over 16 clinic rooms and two open plan offices. In addition to this, we run clinics at GP surgeries across the borough, covering areas such as Southall, Acton, and Chiswick. Our service is well-established and many of our staff have been with us since the beginning.
Clinical and line management supervision is part of our success, and as a qualified high intensity therapist you will benefit from weekly clinical supervision, monthly line management supervision, and monthly step 3 clinical skills. In addition to this, we operate a duty system on a daily basis with daily debrief to make sure that all new assessments are discussed promptly.
Ø To provide a qualified specialist CBT service to clients from Ealing NHS Talking Therapies service. These clients are primarily suffering mild to moderate mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. This involves providing specialist CBT assessment and therapy.
Ø To provide advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. It will involve supervision of other colleagues including trainee HI therapists and PWPs, as well as trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.
Ø The post involves being able to work flexibly and to be able to work at least one evening session (i.e. 12am – 8pm one day). The sessions would be based within the borough of Ealing; this could be either at one of our two main sites either in Southall or Ealing and other Health centres / GP surgeries
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025