Overview
We are looking to recruit an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner to join our specialist service. We welcome thoughtful and motivated candidates who enjoy working in a team and have considerable experience of formulating and working with people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder. The successful applicant will support care planning and implementation in our treatment pathways, maintaining a strong focus on providing excellent clinical care as a practitioner, within the MDT. The role also includes providing support to the crisis pathway within the service. The Personality Disorder Community Service (PDCS) is a specialist outpatient service offering NICE recommended treatment options to adults between the age of 17 and 65, who present with increased needs and risk in the context of their Personality Disorder.
Our treatment offers include Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) an Occupational Therapy Pathway and an engagement and formulation pathway, informed by a Structured Clinical Management model. PDCS has a highly specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team, and we manage the risk our service users present with within a wrap-around MDT, with a strong emphasis on reflection within our practice. As an Advanced Mental Health Practitioner in PDCS, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team that is specialist yet open and approachable. We work with people who are presenting with both longstanding risk and crisis periods, with the aim of providing treatment and systemwide support for those who are hard to engage and have complex needs in the context of a personality disorder.
Responsibilities
* The main focus of the role is to support the co-ordination and implementation of the Level 4 Treatment Pathway.
* To provide support to the duty pathway, as required by the service.
* To provide effective support to systemwide management of service users who are open to PDCS, working with other agencies, both within and outside CPFT.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people''s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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