Lead Cognitive Behavioural Therapist – 12 month fixed term contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Provide high-quality cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and low-intensity psychological interventions, underpinned by thorough assessments, formulations, and evidence-based care planning.

• Deliver therapy through remote methods, including telephone and video consultations, aligning with client preferences and service pathways.

• Manage CBT and online CBT cases according to Bupa’s clinical pathways, session limits, and private medical insurance allowances, aiming for recovery-focused outcomes.

• Offer signposting, referrals, one-off assessments, wellbeing support, and coaching as needed.

• Conduct group psychoeducation, workshops, and remote wellbeing training to enhance mental health awareness and resilience.

• Provide clinical supervision, guidance, and consultation to therapists, ensuring adherence to high standards of clinical quality and safe practices.

• Participate in individual and group clinical supervision and monthly team meetings, meeting professional and organizational standards.

• Actively maintain and contribute to high clinical governance standards, including clinical effectiveness, safety, risk management, incident management, and continuous quality improvement.

• Carry out clinical audits, oversee complaint reviews and investigations, and assist with audit processes within the team.

• Ensure adherence to operational control standards, including ISO, privacy and information security, Bupa quality standards, clinical governance frameworks, and legal obligations.

• Participate in the review, development, and implementation of processes and protocols to facilitate safe, effective, and scalable remote service delivery.

• Assist in the recruitment, interviewing, induction, training, mentoring, coaching, and appraisal of team members.

• Lead and take part in service line development, project work, process mapping, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Create, review, and contribute to business support and clinical resources.

• Collaborate closely with operational managers and clinical leads to ensure exceptional clinical quality, commercial insight, and a consistently excellent customer experience.

• Work effectively within the broader Mental Health Support Team in a collaborative supervisory and leadership role.

⛳️ Requirements

• Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (accredited by BABCP).

• Full BABCP accreditation.

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in delivering high-intensity CBT to working-age adults with a diverse range of presentations.

• At least 6 months’ experience providing high-intensity CBT to corporate clients.

• A strong performance history, demonstrating consistent effectiveness in the role.

• Proven experience within Bupa services, consistently meeting or exceeding performance standards.

• Additional specialist psychological training or accreditation (Desirable).

• Experience in leadership and advanced practice tasks, such as supervision, coaching, mentoring, training, auditing, or service development (Desirable).

• Supervisor training and/or management or leadership experience (Desirable).

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 days of holiday (pro-rata), increasing with service length, with the option to buy or sell days.

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.

• An enhanced pension scheme and life assurance.

• Assistance with travel expenses through a season ticket loan or cycle2work scheme.

• Performance-related bonus.

• Monthly supervision compensated.

• Up to 100% coverage for accreditation application fees.

• Comprehensive induction and training provided.

• Support for your continuing professional development (CPD).

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where onsite gyms are unavailable.

• A variety of other benefits and online discounts.

• Opportunities for career advancement within Bupa.

• Option to enroll in a dental insurance scheme at a reduced rate.

• Access to our Digital GP platform via mobile.

• Emotional wellbeing support.

• Access to a family mental health helpline.

• Financial wellbeing resources.

• Support for caregivers.