Job summary Are you a qualified mental health nurse, OT, social worker?
Or are you an experienced PWP, a qualified CAP, CBT therapist or registered with BACP?Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
We are in a period of skill development with the wider workforce and embedding trauma informed approaches across all teams.We are seeking to recruit a Dialectical Behaviour Therapist (DBT) to join the friendly Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS).
This role is based in Watford covering South West Hertfordshire.Ideally, you will already be trained in DBT however full training will be provided as required for the successful candidate.We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate will: have a core mental health qualification and registration (such as nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, PWP or CAP)have an interest of working collaboratively with service users (and their families) to develop their skills to improve their ability to tolerate and manage strong emotionhave some experience of working with service users with mental health needsbe able to work flexibly as the needs of the service demandshold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
In return, we can offer you: development and training opportunitiesregular supervision5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)One of the UK's best pension schemesFree Pilates lessonsComprehensive health and wellbeing programmeSpecial leave for family and personal reasonsNHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)Employee Assistance Programme Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT.
The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
About us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.
Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming.
Kind.
Positive.
Respectful.
Professional.
Job description Job responsibilities To provide psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients careTo formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problemTo be responsible for implementing psychological interventions from within your area of specialty for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teamTo evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models for individuals, families, or groups as appropriateTo exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plansTo provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planTo undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk managementTo act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.
Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential Qualification and continuing registration* in oneone of the core mental haelt professipons ( psychistric nursing, social work, occupational therapy one of the core mental health professions ( ?
(, psychiatric nursing, social work, occupation Occupational therapy).
*Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (, NMC, HCPC).
Completion of DBT Training or willingness and aptitude to train - if the opportunity arises, to undertake the PGDiploma in DBT Experience Essential Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders Experience of multi-disciplinary team working Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments Desirable Experience of MDT working Diversity Essential Ability to apply psychological practice in different cultural contexts Physical Skills Essential Own form of transportation to be able to commute between sites