Specialist MBT Therapist/Qualified Mental Health Professional

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Teddington is seeking a registered Mental Health Professional to join as an MBT Therapist. The role involves delivering treatment for Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) through Mentalization Based Therapy, conducting assessments, managing caseloads, and collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have experience in mental health treatment and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working

Support for diversity and inclusion

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Registered with a professional body as a Mental Health Professional.
• Experience in mental health treatment, specifically with EUPD.
• Ability to conduct complex assessments and formulate care plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Mentalization Based Treatment to patients.
• Conduct assessments and screenings for new patients.
• Manage a caseload of patients and facilitate workshops.

Skills

Team working

Clinical assessment

Risk management

Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

Communication skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Professional

Job description

Overview

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 multidisciplinary team, dedicated to working empathically alongside our patients. The post holder is expected to:

Responsibilities

• Be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of treatment model Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT Therapy)
• 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.
• To 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 a series of planned assessment and engagement sessions for patients where MBT is indicated, and prepare the patient for the MBT Introductory Workshops.
• Hold a caseload of CEN Pathway Assessment Patients.
• Be a co-facilitator for MBT Introductory Workshops.
• Provide an In-Reach component to the post, engaging with in-patients or linking with other Trust teams considering referrals to Richmond PDITT, and convey the CEN Pathway processes.
• Work alongside senior clinicians to ensure that the MBT Intensive Treatment Programme is delivered, monitored, and evaluated, including group work as required.
• Provide specialist assessments for patients referred, using complex data from multiple sources, conducting psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations, or semi-structured interviews with patients, others involved in care, and, when indicated, with family or significant others.
• Formulate and implement care plans for patients being assessed or engaging with the MBT Intensive Treatment Programme, including risk management and various needs, using MBT-based interventions with evidence of efficacy.
• Evaluate and make clinical decisions at team level about treatment options in line with theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors.
• Manage an individual caseload including MBT individual and group-based interventions.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing to patient formulation, diagnosis, and care plan, drawing on MBT expertise.
• Contribute to the MBT-based framework of understanding and care for patients across the service and settings.
• Undertake risk assessment and formal risk management planning for individual patients and advise other services on risk assessment and management for this population.
• Act as a care co-ordinator for allocated patients, responsible for care planning and treatment reviews under enhanced CPA; signpost named carers as agreed with the patient and maintain co-working relationships within the patient's network; prepare reports for CPA meetings and contribute to meetings.
• Be responsible for flexible management of a defined caseload to meet individual needs within CPA policy and Mental Health Act frameworks.
• Ensure effective communication at team level to sustain a whole-team approach to patient care.
• Implement and participate in crisis intervention measures with patients or in conjunction with other agencies or significant others.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. The Trust supports Staff Networks to promote diversity in the workplace: BME (Evolve), Christian, DiverseAbility, Deaf, Mental Health, Women\'s, LGBTQIA+. We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Other information

Please note: closing date is a guide and may close early; submitting your application authorizes transfer to a 3rd party e-recruitment system; if you have not heard within three weeks of closing date, your application has not been successful; priority consideration may be given to at-risk NHS employees; if successful, you may be asked to confirm previous NHS service via Inter Authority Transfer; employment is offered subject to successful completion of Probationary Period (depending on Band, except medical roles); we are a smoke-free Trust.

About the Trust

NHS AfC: Band 7. South West London and St George\'s Mental Health NHS Trust serves multiple London boroughs and offers a full range of local mental health services. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as \'good\' and we aspire to be \'outstanding\'. Our values are consistency, compassion, collaboration, respect and openness. Our mission is "making life better together". We offer flexible working and a range of benefits; our Trust is inclusive, diverse, anti-racist, co-produces with local communities, and is undergoing significant estate development.