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Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
* Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
* Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
* Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
* Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
* Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
* Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Haringey Personality Disorder Pathway - Senior Clinician, Band 7 (OT, Social worker, psychologist, psychotherapist RMN), temporary, maternity leave cover
We currently have a vacancy for a senior clinician to join our well established and supportive team.
The successful applicant will have experience working with patients who have a diagnosis of Personality Disorder. They will have undertaken MBT and/or SCM training or have experience in teams using these approaches.
Holding a caseload of patients within the Pathway who are part of the MBT or SCM programme, They will deliver group or individual treatment as well as completing assessments and providing supervision to junior staff. There will be opportunities to develop both clinical and managerial roles within the post.
Within the PD pathway there is an emphasis on team based, multi-disciplinary decision making. There is close liaison with other community mental health teams and acute services. Supervision is provided individually and in groups. This lends itself to a supportive environment where risk management is shared in the process of treatment planning and delivery.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT) and SCM to a caseload of individuals, and facilitate groups in the Personality Disorder Pathway
Liaise with other professionals to provide continuity of care across acute care, Primary care teams, Core mental health teams, and the PD Pathway.
Undertake general mental health assessments and specialist assessments for personality disorder
Formulate and implement treatment plans and provide Structured Clinical Management / Mentalisation-based therapy.
Provide supervision to junior members of the team
Participate in the day to day emotional work of the MDT, and overall service development and maintenance.
Working for our organisation
NLFT is a Foundation Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.
NLFT has a mature and supportive specialist personality disorder service which offers psychologically informed community mental health care and specialist treatment to clients with personality disorders and complex emotional needs
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
* RMN/Occupational Therapy/Social work/Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate.
* MBT in a treatment setting.
Desirable criteria
* Teaching/Mentorship Qualification.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
* Evidence of ability to effectively manage a team.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing.
* Ability to work within multidisciplinary team autonomously.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria
* The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.
If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.
Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.
Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.
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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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download
* Job description and person specification (PDF, 371.9KB)
* Functional Requirements (PDF, 1015.1KB)
* A comprehensive guide for candidates (PDF, 875.7KB)
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