Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7098360
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Highly Specialist DBT Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an experienced clinical/counselling psychologist/Psychotherapist/Nurse Practitioners accredited as DBT Practitioner to join the existing DBT team within the Mood and Personality (MAP) pathway.
The successful candidate will provide line management support and clinical expertise to the Band 7 DBT clinicians within the service. They must have experience of working with clients with complex EUPD presentations and delivering CBT skills.
The clinical role includes the full comprehensive DBT programme: screening, assessment, pre-treatment, individual therapy, DBT skills group and attending Consult.
The post-holder will contribute to ensuring that psychological perspectives are visible and influential in the team’s work more broadly. This may include teaching and case consultation with members of the treatment team involved in client care.
The post holder will be line managed by the MAP Psychology & Psychotherapy Lead and will work very closely with the MAP psychological Therapists within the CMHT and PCMHT.
Main duties of the job
To provide Dialectical Behaviour Therapy service to clients with Borderline/Emotionally-Unstable Personality Disorder (BPD/EUPD) and comorbid difficulties associated with underlying emotional dysregulation.
The job will entail delivering comprehensive DBT (individual DBT sessions, DBT skills training [group sessions], DBT telephone coaching and attending weekly DBT Team Consult meetings), planning and delivering DBT-S groups within the community teams, conducting specialist assessments and comprehensive monitoring of clinical outcomes.
The job will also require the post holder to offer consultation to other professionals, attend MDT meetings, offer advice and consultation to other MDT professional and contribute to the treatment decision making process.
The postholder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the DBT team.
The post holder in collaboration with the MAP psychology Lead will plan and deliver training or teaching as required by the service and teams. The post holder will also be required to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
The post holder has the overall responsibility for managing some aspects of the DBT pathway and waiting list for the DBT service.
Working for our organisation
Our Values:
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To manage and deliver a comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Service for adults in Southwark with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder(BPD).
To be involved in the delivery and supervision of DBT-informed stepped care interventions for (transdiagnostic) adults in Southwark with emotion regulation difficulties.
To offer specialist clinical input to wider services where appropriate. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe and trauma-informed environment.
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional support of other DBT therapists within Southwark DBT Service.
To undertake service evaluation, audit, research, QI and policy development.
To work as an autonomous professional within relevant professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of delivering comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
- Extensive experience of working with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing teams
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Intensively trained and accredited in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.
Desirable criteria
- Trained in CBT, DBT - PE, or in Family Connections
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive theoretical knowledge of DBT.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and formulation.
- Theoretical knowledge of a wide range of mental health difficulties that are often comorbid with BPD/EUPD (e.g. substance misuse, eating disorders, PTSD, OCD, anxiety, depression) and the evidence base and protocols for the relevant psychological intervention.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
Desirable criteria
- Record of publications in academic or professional journals/books
- Ability to develop and use complex multimedia materials for groups, presentations in public, professional and academic meetings.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ani Zavody
- Job title
- MAP Psychology Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Jessie Emilion - Mood and Personality Psychology and Psychotherapy Lead.
0203 228 9708
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