Senior Clinician

Transformation Unit; Leatherhead; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Flexible working

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced programme lead to deliver the Managing Emotions Programme for PD and related communities.

You will supervise MEP staff, develop and evaluate psycho-educational courses, and work with clinical leads to improve self-management outcomes. The role is based in Leatherhead within an NHS trust focused on community mental health services.

Qualifications

• BSc Honours Degree in Occupational Therapy or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing.
• HCPC/NMC registration (or equivalent) is essential.
• Valid UK driving licence.
• Minimum 12 months clinical experience with personality disorder or related MH difficulties.
• At least 1 year of clinical supervision experience.
• Experience delivering groupwork or training (2+ years).
• Experience delivering DBT, CBT, ACT or similar therapies.
• 12 months experience as a senior member of an MDT.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the service alongside the Team Manager and Senior Clinical Lead.
• Support co-delivery of the Managing Emotions Programme and supervision of staff.
• Lead evaluation of the MEP and use relevant outcome measures.
• Promote co-production, equality and recovery principles in service delivery.

Skills

PD recovery experience

Groupwork training

Clinical supervision

DBT/CBT/ACT experience

Senior MDT experience

Education

BSc Honours in Occupational Therapy or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

HCPC / NMC registration

UK driving licence

Job description

Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site SABP NHS Trust Headquarters, 18 Mole Business Park Town Leatherhead Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

My job makes better lives by supporting the delivery of recovery-focused, psycho-educational courses as part of a tiered programme for people with traits, or a diagnosis, of Personality Disorder (PD) and their carers. The aim of the Managing Emotions Programme is to help train and empower people to develop the skills to manage their own recovery or the recovery of those they care for or work with.

Job Overview

The post holder will deliver the 3 tiers of recovery-focused, psycho-educational courses related to improving the self-management of emotional intensity to group members. They will support the recruitment, management and supervision of Managing Emotions Programme (MEP) staff along with the clinical lead and service manager. They will have direct involvement in the development, delivery and evaluation of the MEP.

Main duties of the job

NHS Competency

Level

Communication

4

Interpersonal Sensitivity

2

Personal and People Development

4

Courage

2

Health, Safety and Security

4

Teamwork

2

Service Improvement

4

Quality

3

Equality and Diversity

3

Values

IT Skills

3

Treat People Well

Statutory Requirements

Create Respectful Places

NONE

Involve not Ignore

Open, Inclusive and Accountable

Qualifications required

• BSc Honours Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing (RMN) or equivalent qualification.
• Professional Registration with HCPC, NMC or equivalent.
• Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom

Experience Required

• Postgraduate/post qualification experience working in a clinical role with people who have a personality disorder or other mental health difficulties, for a minimum of 12months.
• 1 year minimum experience of providing clinical supervision to others.
• Experience of groupwork, teaching or training others (2 year minimum).
• Experience delivering one or more of the main therapies; DBT, CBT, ACT or similar.
• 12 months experience of working as a senior, clinical member of an MDT

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

• wide range of staff networks
• flexible working
• free parking
• excellent health and wellbeing support
• wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• To provide leadership to the service, alongside the Team Manager and Senior Clinical Lead, to provide an effective, high quality service which enhances the co-production of PD recovery-focused courses.
• To support the co-delivery of the courses, offering a range of recovery-focused, psycho-educational courses aiming to improve the self-management of traits, or a diagnosis, of PD and co-deliverv specific courses for carers.
• To lead on the evaluation of the MEP, supporting the use of relevant and appropriate outcome measures.
• To provide supervision to the Band 5 Expert Trainer / Mental Health Practitioner.

• To ensure courses are co-produced and are sensitive to the needs of specific localities i.e taking into consideration 18-25 year old population, working age adults, older adults, SMI, and equality and diversity issues in the community they are serving.

• To support the co-development and evaluations of the carers provision by promoting a focus on carers health and wellbeing, including young carers.
• To carry out reviews of individuals who may need time and support in order for them to engage them in the programme or to connect them to alternative community provision.
• To support the development and promotion of the Managing Emotions Programme in Surrey Heartlands and Frimley Health ICS.
• To embody the recovery ethos of the service and co-production principles through compassionate working.
• To be able to reflect on and contain own response to group interpersonal dynamics.

DUAL ROLES

In some instances, employees are in receipt of services as well as providing a service. This gives these post holders a unique and extremely valuable insight into the Trust’s services from multiple perspectives. The advantage of having a dual role includes the ability to implement a co-designed approach to the planning, development and delivery of services, and to work as a peer to encourage and promote the self-management of health conditions. The challenges that can arise from having a dual role include complex boundary issues, which involves having access to information they otherwise wouldn’t, if they were not an employee. All staff are bound by the same confidentiality rules and need to demonstrate the same Trust values as all other employees when at work and outside their immediate work situation.

This job description is not restrictive or definitive in any way and should be regarded only as a guideline to normal duties.

Person specification

• BSc Honours Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing (RMN) or equivalent qualification, with the following Professional Registration (HCPC, NMC or equivalent)
• Postgraduate/post qualification experience working in a clinical role with people who have a personality disorder or other mental health difficulties, for a minimum of 12months
• Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom
• 1 year minimum experience of providing clinical supervision to others
• Experience of groupwork, teaching or training others (2 year minimum)
• Experience delivering one or more of the main therapies; DBT, CBT, ACT or similar
• 12 months experience of working as a senior, clinical member of an MDT
• Someone who has a desire to work with people who have a diagnosis, or traits of, Personality Disorder or emotional intensity as well as carers, within a recovery approach.
• Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom
• Someone who has a desire to work with people who have a diagnosis, or traits of, Personality Disorder or emotional intensity as well as carers, within a recovery approach

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.

Sponsorship

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.