Specialist MBT Therapist/Qualified Mental Health Professional

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Teddington is looking for a registered Mental Health Professional to join as an MBT Therapist. This role involves delivering psychological treatment for patients with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder through Mentalization Based Therapy, ensuring high-quality care and collaborative work within a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have a commitment to patient care and experience in assessments and treatment planning. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Committed to effective team working and delivery of MBT treatment.
• Ability to provide high standard patient care and manage a caseload.
• Experience in conducting assessments and treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Promote and deliver high-quality patient care.
• Participate in initial screenings and assessments.
• Co-facilitate MBT Introductory Workshops.

Skills

Effective team working

High standard of patient care

Crisis intervention

Mentalization Based Therapy

Education

Registered Mental Health Professional

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We are seeking a registered Mental Health Professional to join our team as an MBT Therapist. Richmond Personality Intensive Treatment Team (PDITT) delivers psychological treatment and a care programme approach (CPA) for people who meet the diagnostic criteria for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) through Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT). We are a small, cohesive, and committed multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to working empathically alongside our patients.

We are proud to belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as “good” - we aspire to be “outstanding”. This is a great time to join us as we transform care for our communities, with new facilities and planned developments across our sites.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti-racist. We aim to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Responsibilities

• Be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the MBT treatment model.
• Promote and deliver a high standard of patient care.
• Work within the Trust’s CPA policy and the standards set out in the Richmond PDITT Operational Policy and PD Pathway criteria.
• Provide out of hours work if required.
• Work as a core member of Richmond PDITT.
• Participate in initial screenings for patients referred to the borough-based CEN Pathway Referrals Meetings, conduct specialist assessments, and provide planned assessment and engagement sessions where MBT is indicated, preparing patients for MBT Introductory Workshops.
• Hold a caseload of CEN Pathway Assessment Patients.
• Co-facilitate MBT Introductory Workshops.
• Provide an In-Reach component to engage with in-patients or link with other Trust teams considering referrals to Richmond PDITT and explain the CEN Pathway processes.
• Work alongside senior clinicians to ensure the MBT Intensive Treatment Programme is delivered, monitored, and evaluated, including group work as required.
• Provide a care co-ordinator function for allocated patients, including care planning, treatment reviews under enhanced CPA, and signposting, with transparent co-working within the patient’s network of care as agreed with the patient.
• Prepare reports for, attend, and contribute to CPA meetings; manage a defined caseload to meet individual patient and carer needs within CPA policy and Mental Health Act frameworks.
• Ensure effective communication to sustain a whole-team approach to patient care.
• Implement and participate in crisis intervention measures with the patient or with other agencies or significant others.

Clinical Practice and Scope

• Provide specialist assessments for referred patients using appropriate psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations, or semi-structured interviews with patients and relevant others.
• Formulate and implement care plans for patients undergoing MBT Intensive Treatment Programme, including risk management, physical health, vocational, and financial needs, using MBT-based interventions with evidence of efficacy.
• Evaluate and make clinical decisions at the team level about treatment options, considering historical and developmental factors shaping the individual.
• Manage an individual caseload including MBT individual and group-based interventions.
• Offer specialist clinical advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing to patient formulation, diagnosis, and care plans, drawing on MBT expertise.
• Contribute to MBT-based framework of understanding and care across all settings and agencies serving the patient group.
• Undertake risk assessment and formal risk management planning for individual patients and provide advice to other services on specialist risk assessment and risk management for this population.
• Act as a care co-ordinator for allocated patients and take responsibility for care planning and treatment reviews under enhanced CPA, including signposting to named carers as agreed with the patient, and maintain co-working relationships within the patient’s network of care.
• Prepare reports for CPA meetings and be responsible for flexible management of a defined caseload.
• Ensure secure and effective communication at team level for whole-team patient care, including coordination with external agencies as needed.
• Implement and participate in crisis intervention measures with patients and/or with significant others or other agencies.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025