# Band 6 Trainee High Intensity Therapist

**Company**: West London NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

H&F NHS Talking Therapies are offering several places on the London-wide NHS Talking Therapies for trainee Cognitive-Behavioural Therapists. This role will involve working with the adult population. As a Band 6 Trainee High Intensity Therapist, you will have the opportunity to gain training and experience in delivering cognitive behavioural therapy.

The post is offered at NHS Band 6 starting salary, plus 20% Inner London weighting. The salary range is £47,951 to £56,863 a year.

The programme involves three days working within H&F NHS Talking Therapies and two days of university-based teaching at Royal Holloway University. Trainees will normally work at least two days in the office, including one evening clinic (12pm-8pm, Monday to Thursday), with opportunities to apply their learning in clinical practice.

Responsibilities:

- Work within H&F NHS Talking Therapies, providing cognitive behavioural therapy to adults

- Participate in university-based teaching at Royal Holloway University

- Develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

- Evaluate and put in place the effect of training

- Manage own caseload and time

- Write clear reports and letters to referrers

Requirements:

- A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level: nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, or within a psychological therapy

- Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression

- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Computer literate

- Has received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice

Benefits:

- 20% Inner London weighting

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

- Supportive line management and a buddy system to meet the needs and maximise the learning experience of each trainee

Interview date: 1 December 2026 (via MS Teams)

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## Skills

### Required
- cognitive behavioural therapy
- communication skills
- risk assessments
- time management
- report writing

### Nice to have
- experience working in Primary Care Services
- worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- car driver
- fluent in languages other than English
- experience of working with diverse communities within a multicultural setting

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