Lead Practitioner, Emotion Regulation Pathway (Adult Care Community)

Derbyshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust

Killamarsh

Remote

GBP 42,000 - 48,000

Part time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Home or remote working

Compressed hours

NHS pension scheme

Supportive learning and development

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Practitioner for the Emotion Regulation Pathway in Adult Care Community. The role is NHS AfC Band 6, part time with flexible and home or remote working options.

The post is based in a multi-disciplinary CMHT focused on personality regulation and therapeutic pathways. You will receive high quality training in SCM and DBT with supervision, working across nursing, OT and social work disciplines to support service users with emotion

Qualifications

Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with professional registration.
Experience working with personality disorders and complex emotions is desirable.
Strong reflection skills and ability to build effective relationships.

Responsibilities

Develop psychotherapeutic and case management skills within the CMHT.
Contribute to the Emotion Regulation Pathway and SCM training.
Provide consulting support and collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
Engage in weekly problem-solving, safety planning and service-user focus.

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse / Occupational Therapist / Social Worker

Job description

Lead Practitioner, Emotion Regulation Pathway (Adult Care Community)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Nursing and Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

Part time
Flexible working
Home or remote working
Compressed hours

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Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Job overview

We are looking for compassionate and highly motivated mental health nurses, occupational therapists and social workers, who wish to develop their psychotherapeutic and case management skills.

This particular post is based in the Killamarsh CMHT, and you will also be a part of our trust-wide Emotion Regulation Pathway team. We are a psychologically informed and multi-disciplinary service for people with 'personality difficulties', and particularly problems managing themselves in the context of relationships with other people.

Drawing on the best available evidence for effective treatments, we have created a clear, structured pathway within each CMHT, comprising referral, assessment, socialisation, treatment and discharge phases.

You will be provided with high quality training in SCM, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and related psychologically informed approaches, and also regular supervision to build your own skills and effectiveness and support your wellbeing.

Being a team player and advising within MDM's if people are suited to the Coping with emotions Pathway.

Working alongside and with CPN's in the CMHT, assisting in others absence to provide seamless care within the CMHT.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will work with a small case load utilising the SCM model to enhance problem solving and crisis planning and develop skills in managing emotions, improving relationships and reducing impulsive behaviour.

SCM is an evidence-based approach incorporating both individual and group work that enables generalist mental health practitioners to work effectively with people meeting criteria for diagnosis with borderline personality disorder.

SCM has been adopted by many NHS Trusts and is supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

Clinical work will involve: building effective therapeutic relationships with a focus on curiosity and validation; structured assessment leading to a shared formulation of the maintenance of problems and identification of the person’s own goals; co-produced safety plans which actively involve service-users in managing their risks; weekly problem-solving, focussed individual sessions; and group sessions focussing on developing understanding through shared experiences and skills building.

You will develop expertise in this area and provide a consultative and supportive role to colleagues within the wider CMHT in working compassionately and effectively with our client group.

Working for our organisation

You will be joining a passionate and motivated, multi-disciplinary Emotion Regulation Pathway team of mental health nurses, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and soon to be social workers.

We are committed to developing our own awareness and skills, supporting each other, and reflecting on our work in order to continue to develop and provide high quality, effective and accessible services.

You will also join the wider 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’. You will also be supported by relevant professional leads.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Benefits include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
Generous NHS pension scheme
Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Health service discounts and online benefits
Incremental pay progression
Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be offered Structured Clinical Management Training, as well as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy training.

You will also be supported by regular learning sessions on relevant topics. Recent sessions include understanding trauma and dissociation, general therapy skills and validation, structured assessment and discussing diagnosis, enhancing motivation and stages of change, chain and solution analysis, problem-solving approaches and mindfulness.

Support and management supervision will be provided by CMHT managers, and in addition practitioners attend regular 1:1 and group clinical supervision offered within the Emotion Regulation Pathway to support their continued development.

Our model of a small team of practitioners working within CMHTs is designed to promote safety and confidence in our staff, support their wellbeing and prevent burnout.

Thus, this opportunity will appeal to those who are eager to develop their own therapeutic and case management skills using innovative evidence based approaches, and are passionate about improving outcomes for people with emotion regulation and interpersonal relationship problems.

Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate experience of and commitment to working effectively with people with difficulties in the area of personality disorder.

Successful applicants will have high levels of self-awareness, the ability to reflect on their own clinical practice, and the ability to work collaboratively with service users and other service providers facilitating seamless pathways of care.

Please note: applicants must hold a mental health nursing or occupational therapy qualification

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker

Skills

Essential criteria

High level of self awareness and ability to reflect on own clinical practice
Ability to build effective working relationships internally and externally to the organisation

Experience

Essential criteria