Job summary
Are you a qualified mental health nurse or social worker?
Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?
We are seeking to recruit a Dialectical Behaviour Therapists (DBT) to join the friendly Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS)based in Bishops Stortford covering East & South East 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 (including nursing, social work, occupational therapy)
- 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 emotion
- have some experience of working with service users with mental health needs
- be able to work flexibly as the needs of the service demands
- hold 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 opportunities
- regular supervision
- 5% 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 schemes
- Free Pilates lessons
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing programme
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS 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
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, 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 care
- To 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 problem
- To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions from within your area of specialty for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across team
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models for individuals, families, or groups as appropriate
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
To 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.
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 care
- To 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 problem
- To be responsible for implementing psychological interventions from within your area of specialty for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across team
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models for individuals, families, or groups as appropriate
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
To 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Qualification and continuing registration* in one of the core mental health professions
- *Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (e.g. NMC, HCPC
- Completion of DBT Training or willingness and aptitude to train - if the opportunity arises, to undertake the PG Diploma in DBT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration.
- Experience across the whole life span presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being
- Ability to take the appropriate action to address any issues or risks
- Awareness of Child and Adult Safeguarding Procedures.
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and Developments.
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems.
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues. both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work and communicate therapeutically with clients and their families consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background, and preferred ways of communicating
- Ability to work and communicate as a responsible participating member of a multidisciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members' contributions and to encourage participation of all involved
- Ability to keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Ability to alert line manager / team when direction, policies, and strategies are adversely affecting users of services or the public
- Ability to time manage effectively and to work under pressure and to prioritise a clinical workload
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential
- Positive problem-solving approach
- Ability to critically evaluate and review developments made by others to determine if and how they could be applied within own area of work
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Qualification and continuing registration* in one of the core mental health professions
- *Continuing registration with body overseeing practice of core mental health profession (e.g. NMC, HCPC
- Completion of DBT Training or willingness and aptitude to train - if the opportunity arises, to undertake the PG Diploma in DBT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of assessment and treatment of clients across a full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, adult mental health and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including adults with personality disorders
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration.
- Experience across the whole life span presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being
- Ability to take the appropriate action to address any issues or risks
- Awareness of Child and Adult Safeguarding Procedures.
- Awareness of current NHS initiatives and Developments.
- Knowledge and awareness of specific clinical practices and issues relating to clients with mental health problems.
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues. both within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work and communicate therapeutically with clients and their families consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background, and preferred ways of communicating
- Ability to work and communicate as a responsible participating member of a multidisciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members' contributions and to encourage participation of all involved
- Ability to keep accurate and complete records of activities and communications consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Ability to alert line manager / team when direction, policies, and strategies are adversely affecting users of services or the public
- Ability to time manage effectively and to work under pressure and to prioritise a clinical workload
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential
- Positive problem-solving approach
- Ability to critically evaluate and review developments made by others to determine if and how they could be applied within own area of work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
