High Intensity Practitioner

Are you an experienced psychological therapist looking to make a meaningful difference to people's mental health and wellbeing? We are looking for a skilled and motivated High Intensity Practitioner to join our NHS Talking Therapies service (formerly IAPT). In this role, you will provide specialist psychological assessments and evidence-based interventions to adults aged 18 and over experiencing common mental health difficulties, including presentations of greater complexity. You will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, helping people overcome psychological challenges, improve their wellbeing and achieve meaningful recovery. Alongside your clinical work, you will have opportunities to contribute to service development, support the learning and development of colleagues and help shape the delivery of high-quality psychological therapies., As a High Intensity Psychological Therapist, you will: Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based therapeutic interventions tailored to individual needs. Manage your own clinical caseload, ensuring safe, effective and person-centred care. Deliver high intensity psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance and NHS Talking Therapies principles. Provide clinical supervision, guidance and support to junior colleagues, including Low Intensity Practitioners and trainee psychologists, as appropriate. Contribute to the development and delivery of training, teaching and professional development activities within the service. Work collaboratively with colleagues and other professionals to ensure coordinated care and positive outcomes for service users. Participate in clinical supervision, reflective practice and continuing professional development. Support service improvement, clinical audit, research and the sharing of evidence-based good practice.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.