Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

Are you an experienced Cognitive Behavioural Therapist passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based CBT through digital platforms?
Are you confident in assessment, formulation and delivering effective CBT interventions to support people experiencing a range of psychological difficulties?
Would you like to contribute your skills and experience to the continued development and innovation of NHS 24’s enhanced psychological therapy pathway?

Who We Are

As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.

Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This post will be based in our Cardonald Regional Centre.

This Role: CBT Therapist

The successful candidate will join the enhanced psychology pathway within NHS 24’s Psychological Services, delivering digitally enabled, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to adults experiencing mild to moderate mental health or physical health difficulties. This primarily involves individual clinical work via telephone, with potential future opportunities for video-enabled and group interventions.

The role includes managing a personal caseload, undertaking assessment and formulation, and delivering structured CBT interventions in accordance with evidence-based practice. The post holder will maintain appropriate clinical records, monitor and evaluate treatment outcomes, and work collaboratively with clinical psychology colleagues and other health professionals. You will contribute to training, supervision, service delivery and evaluation activities to support the ongoing development of psychological therapy provision within NHS 24.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy interventions appropriate to patients’ assessed needs and clinical presentations.
• Undertake psychological assessment and CBT formulation, identifying relevant predisposing, precipitating and maintaining factors associated with patients’ presenting difficulties.
• Evaluate therapeutic interventions and monitor change throughout treatment, including changes in behaviour, cognition, emotional wellbeing and psychological symptoms, using appropriate clinical outcome measures.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency in the use of relevant psychological assessment tools, outcome measures and CBT protocols, applying these appropriately within clinical case management.
• Communicate formulations, treatment plans and psychological understanding clearly and sensitively to patients, referrers and other health professionals involved in the patient’s care.
• Maintain appropriate clinical records and documentation in accordance with professional and organisational requirements.

Successful Applicant will:

• Hold an appropriate postgraduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and demonstrate the professional knowledge and competencies required to practise as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.
• Demonstrate experience of assessing and treating a range of mental health presentations using evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, including mild to moderate presentations.
• Demonstrate competence in assessment, formulation, treatment planning, delivery and evaluation of CBT interventions.
• Show willingness and competence to effectively deliver psycho-educational materials to patients, other healthcare staff and third-sector colleagues.
• Experience of delivering psychological therapies digitally and providing treatment appointments remotely via telephone or Near Me would be advantageous.

Benefits

NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with permanent contract on Band 6, £43,231 - £52,679 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Where applicable, enhanced payments may be payable for work undertaken on public holidays in line with Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will contribute to the success of a public organisation.

Interested?

Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application..

We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.

Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.

We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.

NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visas as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you already have an appropriate right to work in the UK BEFORE submitting your application form.