Advanced Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced practitioner to deepen specialist clinical skills in advanced assessment, formulation, care coordination and therapy for people with complex emotional and personality difficulties.

The role focuses on safety, stabilisation and holistic care, with delivery of SCМ, trauma stabilisation, and related therapies as part of a multidisciplinary team across the North-East region.

Qualifications

• First-level registered professional qualification in a relevant field.
• Experience with evidence-based treatments for complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties.
• Student assessor status considered for appointment.
• Commitment to multi-agency and multidisciplinary working.
• Ability to manage a caseload and high-risk scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, formulation, care coordination and therapy for a small caseload.
• Coordinate input from services to maintain coherent, formulation-based plans.
• Ensure formulations inform risk management and clinical decisions.
• Deliver Structured Clinical Management, trauma stabilisation, DBT/MBT where appropriate.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to produce holistic care plans.
• Travel across the North-East region as part of the role.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical supervision

Advanced clinical skills

Structured Clinical Management

Trauma stabilisation knowledge

Education

First-level registered professional qualification

Job description

The Personality Disorder Hub at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced practitioner to deepen their specialist clinical skills. The post centres on advanced assessment, psychological formulation, care co-ordination and therapy for people with complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties alongside high risk to self. The postholder carries a small care co-ordination caseload, is based mainly in South Tyneside and Sunderland, and travels across the North East. Fit depends on a first-level registered professional qualification and prior experience of Structured Clinical Management.

What the job involves

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, formulation, care co-ordination and therapeutic intervention for a small number of service users with complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties, co-existing…
• Co-ordinate input from relevant services and agencies, keeping care plans coherent, formulation-based, goal-orientated and person centred
• Ensure psychological formulation informs clinical decision-making, risk management and therapeutic intervention
• Focus on safety, stabilisation, individual and wider system containment, and therapy that supports emotional and relational stability
• Deliver adapted Structured Clinical Management, trauma stabilisation, DBT and MBT during the most unstable phase of a service user's care pathway
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to produce holistic care plans
• Hold a relatively small care co-ordination caseload
• Provide scaffolding to community teams, inpatient staff and third sector providers
• Travel across the North-East region as part of the role

Qualifications

• First-level registered professional qualification, such as RMN, RNLD, social worker, OT or clinical psychologist
• Degree or equivalent, or experience in evidence-based treatments for complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties
• Student assessor

Experience

• Commitment to multi-agency and multidisciplinary working
• Collaborative working across agencies and professions for people with complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties
• Proven ability to manage a caseload flexibly as required
• Managing complex cases and risk for people with complex emotional, relational and personality difficulties

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict management
• Expert clinical supervision skills
• Evidence-based advanced clinical skills
• Experience of Structured Clinical Management and trauma stabilisation work
• Knowledge of, and particular interest in, working with people with complex emotional and relational difficulties

Other

• Ability to meet the mobility and geographical requirements of the post

What’s offered

• Wellbeing support and building resilience
• Strong reflective culture
• Protected time for learning, growth and development
• Forums for learning and development
• Prior consideration for NHS staff at risk of compulsory redundancyPrior consideration for those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub