Job summary
We are looking to employ an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Arts Therapist to work within the Personality Disorder Service provided by Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
The Personality Disorder Service is an integrated service, made up of a Community Team (providing adapted Structured Clinical Management), a Therapies Team, and a Liaison Team (working with colleagues in acute, crisis, primary care, and young people's services).
This post is located within the Therapies Team, which consists of three treatment streams: Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy for Personality Disorder.
Main duties of the job
The main clinical duties involve providing assessment, formulation and treatment to service-users, and offering advice and consultation to those involved in our service-users' care. This will involve working as a therapist and case manager within a multidisciplinary team delivering individual and group-based interventions.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess referred service-users, using clinical interview and formal measures as appropriate.
To formulate and deliver psychological therapy and management plans for referred service-users using a range of psychological interventions as appropriate to the service.
To provide advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of service-users.
To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment of service-users.
To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to service-users.
- To maintain clinical records and administrative systems in-line with Trust policy to support good clinical practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess referred service-users, using clinical interview and formal measures as appropriate.
To formulate and deliver psychological therapy and management plans for referred service-users using a range of psychological interventions as appropriate to the service.
To provide advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of service-users.
To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment of service-users.
To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to service-users.
- To maintain clinical records and administrative systems in-line with Trust policy to support good clinical practice.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential
Desirable
- Training in Mentalisation Based Treatment or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
- Completion of further post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with people with severe and complex mental health problems, especially patients with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
- Demonstrable experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service-users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan and under supervision.
- Experience of the psychological assessment of Personality Disorder, including risk.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of facilitating groups e.g. psycho-education; health promotion; emotional regulation.
- Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act, 2005, Care Act 2014, and 1989 Children Act.
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
SKills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi-professional team as a senior clinician and role model.
- Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and service-user.
- Capacity to work collaboratively in a therapeutic and multi-professional environment within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Mentalization-Based Treatment or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential
Desirable
- Training in Mentalisation Based Treatment or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
- Completion of further post-qualification specialist training in areas of practice relevant to the post.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working with people with severe and complex mental health problems, especially patients with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
- Demonstrable experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service-users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan and under supervision.
- Experience of the psychological assessment of Personality Disorder, including risk.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of facilitating groups e.g. psycho-education; health promotion; emotional regulation.
- Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act, 2005, Care Act 2014, and 1989 Children Act.
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
SKills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi-professional team as a senior clinician and role model.
- Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and service-user.
- Capacity to work collaboratively in a therapeutic and multi-professional environment within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Mentalization-Based Treatment or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
