South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
DBT Specialist Therapist
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Job Title
We are seeking a registered Mental Health Professional with a particular interest in working with clients who meet criteria consistent with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder to join our team as a DBT practitioner. There is earmarked funding for training for the post holder. If a core mental health professional without DBT training and experience wishes to apply, they can be appointed at Band 6 whilst they do their DBT training and supervised experience (approx. 2 years).
About the Role
This service forms part of our clearly defined complex emotional needs (CEN) pathway that includes other interventions such as Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT), Structured Clinical Management (SCM) and DBT skills only groups. The CEN pathway within this Trust provides treatment options within generic CMHT/RST/IRH’s and specific complex needs teams. This post is located within a complex needs team that provides DBT and MBT to residents of the Kingston and Richmond boroughs.
This post will be based at Tolworth Hospital in Surbiton close to several shops and with good transport links close to the A3, and a bus ride away from Surbiton station, which has fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
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Key Responsibilities
- To work as a core member of the community specialist complex emotional needs service, Kingston complex needs pathway.
- The post holder will work alongside senior clinicians of the service to ensure that the treatment programme is delivered, monitored and evaluated, including group work as required.
- The post holder is expected:
- To be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the treatment model which is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
- To promote a high standard of patient care.
- To work within the Trust policy and the standards set out in the Community Operational Policy and personality disorder pathway.
- To provide out of hours work as and when required.
About Us
Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
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This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Contact for Further Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Malcolm Simpson
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: Malcolm.simpson@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 020 3513 1458
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