High Intensity Trainee in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes NHS Talking Therapies (MKTT) is seeking to recruit two Trainee High Intensity Therapists. Applicants must be available to commence employment at the beginning of September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to train with the University of Reading and join NHS Talking Therapies MKTT. The successful candidates will deliver High Intensity interventions in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines.

You will work with patients who have a range of mild to moderate anxiety and depression, and common mental health problems for which high intensity psychological interventions are demonstrated to be clinically effective. We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced individuals to train in delivering High Intensity interventions within a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) framework. Successful candidates will develop skills in delivering evidence-based CBT interventions, monitoring clinical outcomes, and contributing to the ongoing development of MKTT treatment pathways and service delivery.

This is an academically demanding training role within a fast-paced clinical environment. Applicants should be target-driven, clinically motivated, and able to contribute to maintaining and improving performance against local and national KPI’s.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertake training in High Intensity CBT interventions as part of a postgraduate programme
• Deliver evidence-based psychological therapy to adults with common mental health difficulties
• Manage a defined clinical caseload within a stepped care model
• Use routine outcome measures to monitor treatment progress and effectiveness
• Participate in clinical supervision, academic teaching, and reflective practice
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records in line with Trust standards
• Contribute to audit, service development, and quality improvement initiatives

Person specification:

Qualifications:

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

Experience:

• Experience working in a stepped care service for anxiety and depression.
• Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services.
• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
• Ability to manage own caseload and time.
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication.
• Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers.
• Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.

Knowledge:

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care.
• Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post.

Skills:

• Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training.
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients.

Other Considerations:

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• Please confirm your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
• If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.