Berkshire Healthcare has developed a comprehensive care pathway for people who may meet criteria for a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). This is an exciting development for patients and staff to ensure that individuals with complex emotional needs are offered equitable, accessible, and evidence-based care, and to transform the way that care is provided. Our Psychologically Informed Consultation and Training Team (PICT) has been established to support the effective delivery of this Pathway, through specialist training, staff consultation, supervision, and co-working. The PICT approach is to work with staff, in teams and/or as individuals, rather than working directly with the individual using services. This approach enhances the experience of people who have complex emotional needs or personality disorder, provides staff with increased confidence and skills, and the benefits achieved are sustainable beyond the PICT input.

PICT support colleagues across the Trust, including inpatient services, community teams, and the OAP team, as well as those working within Berkshire Primary Care Networks or key partner agencies such as emergency services and the voluntary sector.

We are looking for the right person to work in and help shape our PICT team. This is a rare and stimulating opportunity to bring together experienced psychologists and psychotherapists with expertise in working with EUPD, alongside lived experience practitioners within PICT.

Main duties of the job

• To support and inform all staff, services and agencies to work in targeted, proportionate and effective ways that supports service users to achieve their primary goals, gain better recovery outcomes, and improve service user and staff experience across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
• To provide highly specialist psychological advice, consultation and supervision regarding the formulation, care planning, treatment, and risk management for clients with complex psychological needs and acute and chronic mental health difficulties associated with EUPD. The Trust have opted for models of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalization Based treatment (MBT) or Structured Clinical Management (SCM) informed care coordination as the evidence-based treatments and all advice, consultation and training would need to adhere to the principles of these modalities.
• To provide post-qualifications teaching and training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to a range of peer/junior qualified clinicians, including multi-professional teams as well as clinical/counselling psychologists, in the Trust for their provision of psychologically based interventions and their training needs.
• To initiate project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families and to disseminate research findings as appropriate.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

• Be an innovative and forward-looking clinical / counselling psychologist or psychotherapist
• Have post-qualification training and clinical expertise in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), and/ or Structured Clinical Management (SCM)
• Have a substantial record of working within multi-disciplinary settings with people with complex needs often associated with a diagnosis of personality disorder and often challenging and high-risk presentations.
• Be someone who enjoys working with colleagues and systems to enable people with a diagnosis of EUPD to achieve positive outcomes
• Have a record of developing and delivering training, supervising and consulting to others to effectively share skills and understanding and enhance outcomes.
• Be someone who believes in the vision of changing the culture around how this group of people are managed within mental health services and are excited by the challenges of enabling and supporting this.

PICT functions as a branch of IMPACTT (Intensive Management of Personality Disorder and Clinical Therapies Team). IMPACTT is a specialist service which delivers DBT, MBT, hosts a Service User Network and the Assertive Intensive Stabilisation Team (ASSIST) - you will report to the IMPACTT/PICT Consultant Clinical Psychologist. You will be supported to develop your training, consultation and supervision skills to enhance the well-being of our clients and staff.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Dr Chloe Forster (PICT Consultant Psychologist ) on 07825 121382 or chloe.forster@berkshire.nhs.uk or mailto: Sorana Berry (Head of IMPACTT) on 07900267968 or sorana.berry@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent) and clinical supervision training for psychology trainees.
• Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC).
• Eligible for Graduate membership of BPS (British Psychology Society) and for Chartered Clinical/ Counselling Psychology status and membership of the Division of Clinical/ Counselling Psychology as a result of training in models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and at least 2 psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Proven ability in teaching and formal training in professional/clinical supervision.
• OR A nationally recognised Psychotherapy training (UKCP -PP section or BPC) with supervision training for psychotherapy trainees on placement / Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) and/or UKCP/BPC / Membership of UKCP-PP section and or BPC (British psychoanalytic council) / Proven ability in teaching and formal training in professional/clinical supervision.

Desirable

• Qualifications in DBT, MBT, and/or SCM by a recognised training course or another accredited and evidence-based treatment for Personality Disorder.
• OR Qualifications in DBT, MBT, and/or SCM by a recognised training course or another accredited and evidence-based treatment for Personality Disorder.

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

• Evidence of specialist training in at least 2 areas of psychological/ psychotherapy practice directly related to the clinical requirements of this post.

Previous Experience

Essential

• Extensive and relevant experience of working as a qualified clinician with adults with diagnosis of personality disorders especially EUPD, using evidence based models including DBT, MBT and/or SCM etc.
• Will usually have at least four years demonstrable post-qualification experience of applying professional expertise at a highly specialist level of working in multidisciplinary teams and multi-agency environments.
• Extensive experience of teaching and professional/clinical supervision as well as experience of developing training programmes and supervision.
• Experience of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance, complaints and investigations.
• Experience of care planning in services with difficult caseloads requiring the application of complex methods, psychological assessments, formulation and intervention.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Detailed and advanced knowledge of a range of evidence based assessments and therapeutic interventions in adult personality disorders.
• Ability to comfortably and confidently cope under pressure, with excellent time management skills and an ability to respond constructively to challenge or resistance.
• Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation and an ability to implement change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.
• Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as RiO outlook, databases, MS office and the internet).

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Able to work flexibly on a shift pattern as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position, at times outside of Berkshire if working with the Out of Area Placement team.

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

University of Reading - Earley Gate

Earley Gate

Reading

RG6 6BZ

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