Specialist CBT Therapist inOrpington inOrpington PUBLISHED THU 13 MAR 2025
Band 7
MENTAL HEALTH NHS
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust rGNKMGB5
Opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team, enhancing collaborative skills and learning from diverse professionals such as psychologists, psychotherapists, and nurses.
Active support for personal therapeutic interests and specialty development, encouraging continuous professional growth.
Engagement in innovative and evidence-based practices, including pilot programs for complex emotional needs and whole team interventions.
Access to regular reflective practice sessions and established supervision forums to foster professional development and emotional well-being.
The chance to positively impact the lives of individuals aged 18-65 experiencing anxiety, depression, and other complex emotional challenges.
Collaboration with a reputable organisation with a strong tradition in psychological therapies and a commitment to patient-centered care.
Work within a large and diverse healthcare network, benefiting from the resources and support of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's extensive range of services.
Join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Orpington as a Specialist CBT Therapist (Band 7) and become an integral part of a compassionate team dedicated to transforming lives. This permanent role within the ADAPT East Team, which focuses on supporting individuals aged 18-65 with anxiety, depression, trauma, and more, offers a rewarding opportunity to work with those facing complex emotional challenges. As we explore innovative approaches to care, you’ll have the chance to contribute to pioneering "whole team approach" interventions alongside well-established methods.
At Oxleas, we champion professional development and personal therapeutic interests. Whether you’re delivering individual and group psychological interventions or participating in meaningful team collaborations, you’ll find a nurturing environment that encourages growth, backed by regular supervision and supportive structures. With a wide-ranging network across Bromley and beyond, you’ll be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team providing crucial support to our communities. If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a caring environment, we’d love to hear from you. For more information or to arrange an informal visit, contact Andrew Ware at andrew.ware@nhs.net or call 0168 989 2300.
At Oxleas, we champion professional development and personal therapeutic interests. Whether you’re delivering individual and group psychological interventions or participating in meaningful team collaborations, you’ll find a nurturing environment that encourages growth, backed by regular supervision and supportive structures. With a wide-ranging network across Bromley and beyond, you’ll be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team providing crucial support to our communities. If you’re ready to make a difference and thrive in a caring environment, we’d love to hear from you. For more information or to arrange an informal visit, contact Andrew Ware at andrew.ware@nhs.net or call 0168 989 2300.
Opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team, enhancing collaborative skills and learning from diverse professionals such as psychologists, psychotherapists, and nurses.
Active support for personal therapeutic interests and specialty development, encouraging continuous professional growth.
Engagement in innovative and evidence-based practices, including pilot programs for complex emotional needs and whole team interventions.
Access to regular reflective practice sessions and established supervision forums to foster professional development and emotional well-being.
The chance to positively impact the lives of individuals aged 18-65 experiencing anxiety, depression, and other complex emotional challenges.
Collaboration with a reputable organisation with a strong tradition in psychological therapies and a commitment to patient-centered care.
Work within a large and diverse healthcare network, benefiting from the resources and support of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's extensive range of services.
Oxleas are seeking to recruit to a CBT Therapist (Band 7) permanent post to join one of our established and MDT integrated secondary care psychological therapies teams. The ADAPT East Team (Anxiety, Depression, Affective disorders, Personality and Trauma) is based in Orpington and serves the east of the London Borough of Bromley. This is essentially the non-psychosis pathway for secondary care, 18-65yr olds.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to join a team that is currently piloting new ways of working with people with complex emotional needs. Specifically, the service is developing ‘whole team approach’ interventions such as SCM (Structured Clinical Management), alongside more established ways of working with attachment and trauma approaches (i.e. MBT, CBT, CAT, CFT, EMDR). Oxleas has a strong tradition in promoting psychological therapies and embracing different approaches.
Personal therapeutic interests and specialty development are actively encouraged and supported. This can be via formal training as well as established specialist supervision forums which are provided across the Trust.
The post holder will be involved in delivering individual and group-based psychological interventions as well as psychological assessments for new referrals into the team. They will contribute to the MDT and wider process of team working for complex cases.
The psychological therapies team includes clinical and counselling psychologists, as well as art and clinical psychotherapists. There is an established and respected regular reflective practice space for the psychological therapies team that runs alongside regular individual supervision provide by the Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to join a team that is currently piloting new ways of working with people with complex emotional needs. Specifically, the service is developing ‘whole team approach’ interventions such as SCM (Structured Clinical Management), alongside more established ways of working with attachment and trauma approaches (i.e. MBT, CBT, CAT, CFT, EMDR). Oxleas has a strong tradition in promoting psychological therapies and embracing different approaches.
Personal therapeutic interests and specialty development are actively encouraged and supported. This can be via formal training as well as established specialist supervision forums which are provided across the Trust.
The post holder will be involved in delivering individual and group-based psychological interventions as well as psychological assessments for new referrals into the team. They will contribute to the MDT and wider process of team working for complex cases.
The psychological therapies team includes clinical and counselling psychologists, as well as art and clinical psychotherapists. There is an established and respected regular reflective practice space for the psychological therapies team that runs alongside regular individual supervision provide by the Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
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