Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

We have an excellent opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our team within Therapy Services for People with difficulties associated with Personality Disorder (TSPPD).

The Senior Mental Health Practitioner will work within the TSPPD service to aid the delivery of the PD treatment pathway in conjunction with Community mental health teams (treatment and recovery teams), in line with NICE guidelines.

To act as a champion to improve current service provision and reduce stigma for individuals with moderate to severe difficulties associated with a personality disorder diagnosis. To promote the patient voice within service developments and collaborative care.

As part of the role, you will be expected to line manage staff in your locality area, manage the local patient tracking list and day to day management of the groups offered in your area. Experience of working with individuals with severe difficulties associated with personality disorder is required.

You will be working into a neighbourhood team (CMHT), as well as spending some time working from Gwendolen house.The post will be based in one area to enable relationships with the local neighbourhood team although there is a degree of flexibility needed in line with the needs of the service.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support.

Main duties of the job

The posts are likely to suit someone who enjoys challenges and working in a team, is flexible, and has an ongoing commitment to working with Personality Disorder within group settings.

We would welcome applications from registered individuals who are reflective and can consider the therapeutic relationship and the impact the work has on them.

Candidates will require high levels of energy, enthusiasm, commitment, and resilience to succeed in this role, which is important in further improving mental health services for the diverse population we serve. The SCM role involves delivering treatments within groups and the individual sessions which form part of the Structured Clinical Management treatment pathway. You will also be working within the TSPPD team based at Gwendolen house and with staff working into the MBT treatment pathway such as the Therapeutic Community and Mentalisation Based intervention programme.

There is support in place to manage treatment group dynamics, this involves detailed planning and supervision to ensure that groups are being run in line with the SCM stance. Assessment, safeguarding and risk management would be an intrinsic part of the role.

You must have a core profession and significant experience of working with the client group.

For an informal chat, please contact Emma Day on07899904383 or emailemma.day26@nhs.net

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Francis Dixon Lodge, Gwendolen House

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Francis Dixon Lodge, Gwendolen House

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE5 4QF

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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