Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Practitioner Psychologist and a Specialist Practitioner, to join the Enfield spoke of the Enfield & Haringey Personality Disorder Service. We are looking for candidates who are highly skilled with relevant experience of working with people with complex emotional needs and emotional difficulties to work as a senior clinician within the Enfield & Haringey Personality Disorder Service

The Enfield & Haringey Personality Disorder Service has been developed from the model at the Halliwick Personality Disorder Service, the birthplace of Mentalisation-based treatment (MBT) which was developed and manualised by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman. In addition to MBT, we also offer comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Structured Clinical Management informed approach. We are currently in the process of expanding our Family and Carers Programme and trauma informed interventions.

There is an emphasis on team based MDT decision making in the treatment planning which lends itself to creating a supportive environment for staff. There is a good record of effectively supporting staff towards a sense of satisfaction and achievement.

We aim to promote excellence and innovation in the provision of care to patients with challenging and complex presentations. There is a culture of continuous learning and development opportunities and we regularly offer consultation and training to wider services.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will undertake skilled assessment of emotional and psychological needs, working with the patient and using other appropriate sources of knowledge about the patient. The applicant will also offer individual psychotherapy in at least one of the offered modalities to a caseload of patients within the service who may be part of the MBT or DBT Program. This will include formulating and implementing treatment plans with support of the MDT. As an allocated professional you will signpost and liaise with Social Care and other colleagues to support the service user to have their needs holistically met.

As a senior member of the team, you may take on a liaison role with a service with whom we have key relationships including Acute Inpatient Wards, Crisis and Home Treatment Teams, Eating Disorder Service, CAMHS and Psychiatric Liaison Service. A key target is to minimise ward admissions but to also to provide clinical guidance to staff who are referring into the pathway.

Supervision is central to the work we do. You will receive both Group and Individual supervision. You will also be supported to supervise junior staff.

As a Psychological practitioner there will be responsibilities in supporting the pathway in service improvement projects including interpreting data from outcome measures and supporting development of QI projects.

About us
Working for North London NHS Foundation Trust
Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents ofNorth Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staffand visitors.
• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managersprogramme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health andwellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

• Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential

• Registered HCPC Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
• Registered CORE Professional (Nursing/Social Work/Occupational Therapist/ Arts Therapists)

Desirable

• Recognised training in teaching/mentorship/ supervision
• Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Basic Course accredited training
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential

• Working with patients with severe and complex mental health problems
• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience of facilitating groups e.g. psycho-education; health promotion; emotional regulation

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and mentoring.
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential

• Training and advanced skills in a specialised approach such as psycho-social interventions, dual diagnosis, personality disorder.
• Knowledge of the process necessary for effective risk assessment and management

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of a number of specialised psychological therapies, including psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioural therapy, and group analytic psychotherapy
• Ability to set, monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service

PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential

• To be able to tolerate and have an interest in thinking about team dynamics
• Demonstrating a positive "can do" attitude and a positive attitude to change

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential

• Ability to travel across the geographical areas served by the Trust
• Ability to work occasional flexible hours

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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