Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Therapist (DBT)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday - Friday
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 246-ESU7418846
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mariner House
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Psychological Therapist (DBT)
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Job overview
Are you passionate about applying your psychological knowledge and DBT skills to provide and develop an outstanding service for adults of working age? If so, we want to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen in East Suffolk adult community service for an experienced and enthusiastic qualified DBT Therapist.
You will be taking a lead within the DBT service and work with colleagues to provide quality evidence-based DBT to service users from the three community teams. You will provide valuable consultation and training for our hard working and friendly multi disciplinary staff.
You will be supported to flourish and develop your knowledge and skills through training and supervision.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent communication and engagement skills, developing and maintaining good working relationships with multi-disciplinary staff across East Suffolk adult CMHT's and other locality teams.
You will regularly attend team meetings, and provide DBT-informed consultation for staff. You will develop and deliver training for staff on working in a DBT informed way.
You will provide clinical assessment and formulation, and develop and deliver high-quality DBT interventions to service users with complex emotional and relational needs.
You will be familiar with the collection and analysis of outcome measures.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? Our community services at NSFT are undergoing exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). DBT Therapist Accreditation with SfDBT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience of working with people with serious mental health problems or complex emotional needs
- Experience of delivering DBT to a range of service users
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a service for severe mental health problems
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
- Demonstrates a highlevel knowledge of DBT, including the theoretical foundations and overarching principles
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Dr Joanna Seely
- Job title
- Associate Director of Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 341100
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