Overview
An opportunity exists within East London Foundation Trust’s Bedfordshire and Luton Complex Needs Service for a Principal Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist to oversee the development, delivery and supervision of Mentalization‑Based Treatment (MBT) for individuals with complex emotional needs diagnosable as ’personality disorder’. The successful applicant will lead the MBT group‑based programme, sit alongside the DBT programme, and report to the Clinical Lead for Complex Needs Service.
Responsibilities
* Oversee the ongoing development, delivery and supervision of MBT.
* Co‑produce and monitor the quality of service developments, grow the lived experience workforce, and provide advice, consultation and supervision to core mental health teams.
* Develop knowledge and skills of professionals and colleagues within ELFT, partnership agencies, voluntary community groups and social enterprises, embedding trauma‑informed and psychosocial approaches in service delivery.
* Promote the recovery and social inclusion of service users with complex emotional needs, including those transitioning from acute inpatient care and specialist out‑of‑area placements back to local community settings.
* Offer specialist advice, training, consultation and supervision, and provide assessments and evidence‑based interventions (MBT and DBT) to a small caseload of service users with severe self‑harm and suicidal behaviour.
* Offer consultation, supervision, assessment and intervention, travelling to CMHT bases, inpatient units and other sites across Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton, and occasionally in East London.
Working Conditions
The role is offered on a full‑time or part‑time basis, with a minimum of 22.5 hours a week (0.6 WTE). Hours and days will be negotiated with the Clinical Lead.
The post holder will be based at Mountbatten House, Dunstable.
Values
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive.
Application Deadline
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jun 2026.
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