High Intensity Practitioner

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust · Harold Wood · £49397.00 to £56515.00 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. Main duties of the job 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. Benefits Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. Our Values 2025 - 2030 Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are: We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.