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Main area Allied Health Professionals Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (This is a maternity cover position for a period of 12 months) Hours Part time - 21 hours per week (Must be able to work a Tuesday and Wednesday to support service users already in/preparing for groups) Job ref 333-D-MK-MH-1246
Site Stantonbury Health Centre Town Milton Keynes Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
Please note this is a Maternity cover position for 12 months and available at 21 hours per week. Must be able to work a Tuesday and Wednesday to support service users already in/preparing for groups.
The post holder will be a qualified health care professional with high clinical skills, knowledge and experience in the care for people with complex emotional needs, who will manage the allocated caseloads from initial referral to the service and allocation of cases.
The post holder will work autonomously and with the support of the team using an arts based approach to contribute to the development, provision and evaluation of the Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT), both MBT verbal and Mentalisation based art therapy programme (MBPA), offering both group and individual treatments for people with presentations including personality disorder, complex trauma and complex mood within the MK Community mental health hub.
Main duties of the job
* To conduct psychologically informed and specialised Arts, MBT, MBAP assessments, including assessment in relation to CEN pathway, of service-users referred to MK Community Mental Health Hub including appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
* To formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes across a range of complex problems with which service users present. Specific to NICE Guidance for individuals and groups, adjusting and refining the formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypothesis.
* To engage in clinical work that will involve working with individuals in intimate and emotionally intense individual and group sessions, where behaviour and communication might be unpredictable and challenging.
* To provide group and individual evidence-based interventions utilising arts, MBT verbal and MBAP programme, both face to face and via video zoom.
Working for our organisation
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To conduct psychologically informed and specialised Arts, MBT, MBAP assessments, including assessment in relation to CEN pathway, of service-users referred to MK Community Mental Health Hub including appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
* To formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes across a range of complex problems with which service users present. Specific to NICE Guidance for individuals and groups, adjusting and refining the formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypothesis.
* To engage in clinical work that will involve working with individuals in intimate and emotionally intense individual and group sessions, where behaviour and communication might be unpredictable and challenging.
* To provide group and individual evidence-based interventions utilising arts, MBT verbal and MBAP programme, both face to face and via video zoom.
* To receive regular clinical supervision from a senior clinician and where appropriate other senior professional colleagues.
* To actively participate in personal development and performance reviews.
* To develop skills in the area of professional teaching, training and supervision.
All of the above requirements need to be achieved for the post holder to move onto band 7.
* To provide post-graduate training placements to trainees and other professionals, if appropriate.
* To actively participate in personal development reviews/appraisals of supervised staff.
* To identify and assess the need for training to the wider directorate and to members of the wider cross agency network as appropriate.
* To attend all mandatory training To provide and ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of trainee and students across the service.
* To contribute to developing expertise in the area of professional pre- and post- graduate training and clinical supervision.
Person specification
Experience
* Recent experience of working in a community mental health team in the NHS.
* Experience of working therapeutically with people with Personality Disorder, Complex mood and trauma.
* Experience of using MBT/Arts interventions with people with Personality disorder, both groups and individuals.
* Knowledge of, and ability to assess needs of people with complex emotional needs.
* MBT basic training.
* Knowledge of Psycho-education and Problem Solving.
* Active participation in service planning and delivery.
Qualifications
* Core Mental Health Profession and current live HCPC registration.
* Further substantial postgraduate training and/or qualifications in MBT to work with clients with complex presentations including personality disorder, complex trauma and complex mood.
* Degree or Diploma relevant to the field of Personality Disorder, Complex Trauma or Complex Mood.
* MBT for Personality Disorder.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.
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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.
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