Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 January 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7BE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9173-25-0456 |
Summary
The Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist will work as an autonomous clinician providing specialist cognitive behavioural assessments, formulation and treatment to service users experiencing concurrent physical and psychological problems within a ward-based setting, the community and an outpatient service. They will provide trauma-focussed therapies (trauma-focussed CBT or EMDR) when clinically indicated. The post holder will provide supervision, consultation, and advice to staff within the ward and wider Leeds Liaison Psychiatry service. There will also be scope to assist in the delivery of specialist training to other professional groups. To take an active role in the development and implementation of the 2-year pilot taking a lead where needed To offer psychological therapies to service users in their own home/community setting when indicated To provide specialist cognitive behavioural assessments, formulation and treatment to service users experiencing concurrent physical and psychological problems within a ward-based setting, the community and the outpatient service To work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Professionals, to provide joint treatment for service users in a specialist inpatient and outpatient setting. To lead the psychological aspects of the formulation and treatment of patients within NICPM and the outpatient service, (alongside the MDT), and contribute to the overall biopsychosocial formulation. To liaise with the heads of psychological services across the West Yorkshire footprint to establish a service users previous therapy and to organise continuation of psychological therapy after discharge from Liaison Psychiatry The post holder will be a member of the Liaison Psychiatry CBT team and is required to work closely with CBT colleagues in providing CBT services to the wider department. This will include regular meetings to plan and develop the delivery of the service including clinical, supervisory, and teaching responsibilities.