***MPFT INTERNAL APPLICANTS*** Senior Practitioner

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Inclusion ***MPFT INTERNAL APPLICANTS*** Senior Practitioner The closing date is 28 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary The East of England Gambling Service is run by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, which has over 15 years of experience providing pioneering NHS gambling treatment across the UK. We partner with Inclusion (Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust) which delivers gambling treatment across the West Midlands region. Both Trusts have extensive experience providing addictions and psychological treatment and care to a wide range of service users. We would welcome your application for the role of Highly Specialised and Senior Psychological Therapist. Joining the team, you will share your specific expertise in a modality of psychological therapy at a Highly Specialised level to help sustain and develop the service as well as also providing clinical leadership to the service, within a senior clinical team. Working alongside other Highly Specialised Psychological Therapists you will have strategic support from the Clinical Lead. This role is crucial in the responsibility for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist East of England Gambling Service. A key part of the role is to supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by PWPs, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, CBT therapists, psychologists, psychological therapists (as appropriate), and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist East of England Gambling Service psychological therapy service to clients with common mental health problems. The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead and utilise delegated responsibility as appropriate in ensuring the effective high-quality clinical functioning of the service. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by PWPs, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, CBT therapists, psychologists, psychological therapists (as appropriate), and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. As well as providing clinical expertise in an area of psychological therapy, the senior psychological therapy lead also ensures the service's vision, business model, clinical quality, productivity and KPIs are consistently and systematically delivered. The post holder will ensure ongoing quality improvements are established to improve delivery and will ensure supervision is robust and clinical pathways meet the requirements of the East of England Gambling Service and the evidence base. About us Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staf