Band 6 Trainee High Intensity Practitioner - Swindon or Wiltshire inSwindon inSwindon PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023

Band 6: £35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata (Pay award pending)  PERMANENT 
Salary: Band 6 moving to Band 7 on completion of HI training course and accreditationHours per Week: 37.5 hours per week.


Please see attached Job Description in 'documents' section for full details of the role along with the person specification and requirements.


Job Title Trainee High Intensity Practitioner - NHS Talking Therapies , Swindon or Wiltshire

Area of Work: Mental HealthDepartment:Swindon Talking Therapies or Wiltshire Talking Therapies

Base:Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury

Salary: Band 6 moving to Band 7 on completion of HI training course and accreditationHours per Week: 37.5 hours per week. Training begins on 24th February 2025 with Reading University.

Please make clear in your application which base you would prefer - Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury.

This is an exciting opportunity to commence a training role within the NHS Talking Therapies service (previously IAPT). The post-holder will work within the Talking Therapies service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post - holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post holder will work in the service using their newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme.

Working as Trainee High Intensity Therapists as part of the Talking Therapies programme across Swindon, or Wiltshire. You will be enthusiastic, hardworking and have the capability to meet specified targets.

The post-holder will work within the service to provide high intensity CBT interventions to patients at Step 3 of the Talking Therapies service. HI therapists deliver a variety of CBT interventions, including face to face, video and telephone based work as well as group workshops when qualified.

Swindon Talking Therapies /Wiltshire Talking Therapies isa patient focused and pro-active community based service and has strong links with both GPs and our colleagues in secondary care mental health. We have a strong commitment to delivering high quality community oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and voluntary agencies.

We are a dynamic, supportive and creative service, providing a high level of training and supervision to all clinical practitioners at all levels.


Please see attached Job Description in 'documents' section for full details of the role along with the person specification and requirements.


Job Title Trainee High Intensity Practitioner - NHS Talking Therapies , Swindon or Wiltshire

Area of Work: Mental HealthDepartment:Swindon Talking Therapies or Wiltshire Talking Therapies

Base:Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury

Salary: Band 6 moving to Band 7 on completion of HI training course and accreditationHours per Week: 37.5 hours per week. Training begins on 24th February 2025 with Reading University.

Please make clear in your application which base you would prefer - Swindon, Devizes or Salisbury.

This is an exciting opportunity to commence a training role within the NHS Talking Therapies service (previously IAPT). The post-holder will work within the Talking Therapies service providing high intensity interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post - holder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post holder will work in the service using their newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme.

Working as Trainee High Intensity Therapists as part of the Talking Therapies programme across Swindon, or Wiltshire. You will be enthusiastic, hardworking and have the capability to meet specified targets.

The post-holder will work within the service to provide high intensity CBT interventions to patients at Step 3 of the Talking Therapies service. HI therapists deliver a variety of CBT interventions, including face to face, video and telephone based work as well as group workshops when qualified.

Swindon Talking Therapies /Wiltshire Talking Therapies isa patient focused and pro-active community based service and has strong links with both GPs and our colleagues in secondary care mental health. We have a strong commitment to delivering high quality community oriented services, and to working in partnership with service users, carers, health and social care agencies and voluntary agencies.

We are a dynamic, supportive and creative service, providing a high level of training and supervision to all clinical practitioners at all levels.



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