Senior Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will need to have:
• Experience of working with people with complex needs, often termed 'personality disorder' and be passionate about reducing exclusion and stigma for this client group
• A core mental health profession and demonstrate an ongoing interest in developing competencies in working with people with 'personality disorder' (e.g. via training in evidence based approaches, areas of specialism within existing roles)
• Self-awareness and an ability to reflect on their own emotions
• Good communication and team working skills in order to collaborate with a variety of groups and stakeholders
• Leadership skills

You will need to be well organised and able to cope in potentially challenging situations and high-pressure environments. Flexibility is required as there may be some travelling to/from different sites across the county. It is expected that the post holder will develop in role and therefore may not meet all aspects of the job description on application.

The Personality Disorder Hub is on a mission to provide an equitable, inclusive, representative and anti-racist service for its service users and staff. Part of this mission involves efforts towards creating and maintaining a diverse workforce. Therefore, if you self-identify as belonging to a marginalised and/or minoritized community, we would like to encourage you to apply for the post and communicate this difference in your application and/or interview.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification

Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Capacity to be appropriately assertive with others in a constructive manner.
• Self-motivated with the capacity to motivate others
• Evidence of and commitment to continuing professional development.
• Capacity and willingness to contribute to policy development and implementation within the Service.
• Willingness, understanding and valuing the importance of working collaboratively with service user representatives and organisations

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the N.H.S (e.g. by maintaining registration with the HCPC and/or your recognised professional body).
• Significant experience of working in a mental health profession (or equivalent), and in a therapeutic role with people with significant personality difficulties.
• Clinical Experience of Psychosocial assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a range of care settings.
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, self-harm and the threat of aggression.
• Providing consultation to other professionals across a variety of clinical settings.

Desirable criteria

• Prior experience of working within a DBT or SCM programme.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group and mental health.
• Learned and lived experience of the barriers facing minoritised groups in accessing mental health services

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• To demonstrate clear strategies of maintaining psychological well-being when working with intense emotions and distressing material.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues, managers and others in both written and verbal forms, including the preparation of reports, investigations, plans and proposals.
• Communicating clearly, effectively and sensitively with patients, particularly when presenting highly complex and contentious issues in a high-risk situation.
• Skills in engaging with other healthcare professionals in extending their psychological understanding of personality disorders and applying this understanding in their everyday practice.
• Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professionals.

Desirable criteria

• IT and keyboard skills
• Ability to undertake flexible working hours

Important Information

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 888.5KB)
• Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)