Specialist Practitioner Personality Disorders
Band 7
Main area: General Psychiatry
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 351-PEN941-RA
Site: North Barn at Pathways or Victoria House and Morecambe Town, Lancaster & Morecambe
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing date: 30/01/2025 23:59
Our Vision: To provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve.
A challenging and dynamic position for a Specialist Practitioner in Personality Disorders has arisen in Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will provide input into Lancaster & Morecambe. We require someone with drive and compassion to support the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based interventions for people with complex emotional needs (CEN).
The successful candidates will predominantly work with service users who have complex emotional needs (CEN) and/or a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) who are currently on CMHT case loads. You will deliver Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Structured Clinical Management (SCM) to a caseload of service users within the community setting in your locality. An important function of the role will be to provide clinical supervision and support CMHT staff who are also providing SCM to the service users.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will work with service users who predominantly have CEN and/or a diagnosis of EUPD and have been accepted into the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). You will deliver Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Structured Clinical Management (SCM) to service users in the community setting in your locality.
As well as direct face-to-face contact with service users in the form of individual therapy and group work, it is expected that you will engage with the wider community system (A&E, police, inpatient and community settings) and support them to deliver evidence-based practice. It's expected that you are able to travel across Lancashire to meet the needs of the service if necessary, however, you will be aligned with Fylde Coast locality.
Supervision is an integral part of this job and you will be supported with regular access to supervision on a consistent basis. Clinical peer supervision will be provided by fellow Specialist Practitioners and senior Clinical Leads. You will also be providing supervision and support to your local CMHT staff and SCM practitioners, assisting them to deliver the SCM model of care. You will be supported with job planning, training opportunities, and caseload management.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Completion of relevant course in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or other relevant psychological therapy
* Willing to complete Dialectical Behaviour Therapy training
* Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN, SW, OT)
Skills
* Skills in the use of methods of assessment, interventions and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Experience
* Evidence of Leadership Skills
* Extensive experience of community care delivery – post qualification
* Experience of working with adult clients with complex emotional needs and/or diagnosis of personality disorders
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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