Senior Clinician/CAT Therapist

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

Haringey Personality Disorder Pathway - Senior Clinician/CAT therapist Band 7 (OT, Psychotherapist, Social worker, psychologist, RMN)

The successful applicant will have experience working with patients who have a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. They will be a qualified Cognitive analytic therapist.

The postholder will work for 15 hours a week, holding a small caseload of patients within the Pathway who require CAT. They will provide individual CAT treatment and reviews to patients in the PD Pathway. They may when indicated provide shorter term CAT informed SCM treatment. They may provide training and supervision to junior staff.

Within the PD pathway there is an emphasis on team based, multi-disciplinary decision making. Supervision is provided individually and in groups. This lends itself to a supportive environment where risk management is shared in the process of treatment planning and delivery.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist Cognitive analytic therapy to individuals with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder within the Personality Disorder Pathway
Formulate and implement appropriate treatment plans and contribute to reviews and new patient assessments when indicated.
Contribute to the team culture and shared clinical risk management and decision making.
Act as key worker and work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures
To be responsible for the provision of Specialist Personality Disorder interventions for people with a primary diagnosis of Emotionally
Unstable Personality Disorder in individual therapyusing a CAT Treatment model.
To demonstrate, through case supervision and clinical meetings, the explicit implementation of a CAT model to all clinical work and reflective practice groups.
To be able to demonstrate the quality of your CAT work through completion of the documentation of the care pathway interventions the service.
In conjunction with senior colleagues facilitate regular clinical reviews of the implementation of the treatment plan, involving the client, other professionals involved and their family/any other relevant person.
To offer supervision to colleagues in the Personality Disorder Pathway team, role modelling the Trust's values; Compassion, Respect, Being Positive, and ensuring that your actionshelp junior colleagues work to the best of their ability.

About us

BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care.

The Haringey Personality Disorder Pathway is part of the Haringey Complex emotional Needs team. It was the birthplace of MBT and SCM and has a mature and supportive team, where collaborative decision making and personal development are prioritised. For a time CAT informed SCM has been delivered in the Pathway and we are seeking to further develop our CAT provision in the Pathway.

Date posted

13 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

Depending on experience Per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

306-BEH-1104

Job locations

St Ann's Hospital

St Ann’s Road

London

N15 3TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

RMN/Occupational Therapy/Social work/Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate.
MBT in a treatment setting.

Desirable

Teaching/Mentorship Qualification.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
Evidence of ability to effectively manage a team.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to work within multidisciplinary team autonomously.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

RMN/Occupational Therapy/Social work/Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate.
MBT in a treatment setting.

Desirable

Teaching/Mentorship Qualification.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential

Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
Evidence of ability to effectively manage a team.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to work within multidisciplinary team autonomously.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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