The Croydon Personality Disorder Service is looking to recruit a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or equivalent to the post of Community Practitioner- specialist in personality disorder. You will have worked in a multi-disciplinary mental health team.

We are looking for staff with a commitment to working with people with personality disorder along with the confidence and skill to work effectively in therapeutic groups.

This is an exciting job with great opportunities to learn a range of clinical skills working in therapeutic groups, and with personality disordered patients. You will be trained in using Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) skills level A, the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) model, and in the competencies required to facilitate SUN groups, and become an accredited SUN group facilitator. You'll also learn skills working individually with personality disordered patients, from an experienced and well-established team.

Our team is known as a very supportive team, and with an emphasis on regular supervision and weekly Reflective Practice, and on development of staff skills and knowledge.

You will be based in the psychotherapy day hospital, The Touchstone Centre, on the Bethlem Royal Hospital site and will go out into the Croydon community to facilitate our Sun Project/visit patients at home. At the Touchstone Centre you will lead on the facilitation of our SCM-based Problem Solving Skills groups.

Main duties of the job

We provide specialist, evidence-based MBT, psychotherapeutic day hospital treatment for working-age people with moderate to severe personality disorder. We also run The Sun Project, a coping skills development and crisis support group 4 times a week in central Croydon to people with or without a diagnosis of personality disorder. You will work within our team of psychotherapists, doctors, specialist community practitioners, nurses and care co-ordinators.

We offer a strong, supportive and cohesive team and this exciting post means that you get the opportunity to develop your clinical skills to attain accreditation from us in facilitation of appraisal based coping skills development groups (the SUN project), develop MBT skills in working with personality disordered patients, SCM skills and will participate in learning identified in your appraisal and personal development plan.

About us

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Benefits:

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

• Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

Essential

Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or mental health social worker or equivalent.

Experience

At least 1 year post qualifying mental health service work with peoplewith a range of mental health problems.

Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting

Knowledgeand demonstrable commitment to deliver accessible andacceptable care to people across cultural and other differences.

A workingknowledgeof the physical health vulnerabilities and needs of people with mental health problems.

Ability ideally be a car driver with business use insurance.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or mental health social worker or equivalent.

Desirable criteria

Certified attendance at Personality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training. Certificate of Group skills training

Experience

Essential criteria

At least 1 year post qualifying mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems.

Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting.

Experience of co-ordinating shifts where there is a need to assess, identify, communicate and manage patient risk issues to a range of professionals.

Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues

Desirable criteria

Mentorship or supervision training

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge and demonstrable commitment to deliver accessible and acceptable care to people across cultural and other differences

A working knowledge of the physical health vulnerabilities and needs of people with mental health problems.

Desirable criteria

Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group

Ability

Essential criteria

Ability ideally be a car driver with business use insurance.

Ability to demonstrate commitment to working with people with personality disorder.

Ability to work on a Saturday morning on a rota basis.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Evidence of relevant continuing professional development required by professional registering body.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or mental health social worker or equivalent.

Desirable

• Certified attendance at Personality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training. Certificate of Group skills training

Experience

Essential

• At least 1 year post qualifying mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems.
• Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting.
• Experience of co-ordinating shifts where there is a need to assess, identify, communicate and manage patient risk issues to a range of professionals.
• Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues.

Desirable

• Mentorship or supervision training.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and demonstrable commitment to deliver accessible and acceptable care to people across cultural and other differences.
• A working knowledge of the physical health vulnerabilities and needs of people with mental health problems.

Desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group.

Ability

Essential

• Ideally be a car driver with business use insurance.
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to working with people with personality disorder.
• Ability to work on a Saturday morning on a rota basis.

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development required by professional registering body.

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Croydon Personality Disorder Service, Touchstone Centre, Alex House Ground Floor, SLAM NHS Trust, Bethlem Royal Hospital

Monks Orchard Road

Beckenham

BR3 3BX

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334-NUR-6351574-LF