DBT Practitioner | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | Barnet, EN5 3DJ |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7254104/455-NLFT-0126 |
Summary
This role is part of an exciting expansion of the Barnet CEN Pathway. The remit of the new DBT Service is to offer Barnet residents referred into the service a consistent evidence-based therapeutic approach, to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.
The post holder will be joining a newly developed DBT pathway and will be working closely with the Barnet Adult Psychology Team and the Complex Emotional Needs pathway team.
Ideally you will have a strong enthusiasm to work in a psychological informed way and had experience of DBT, but this is not essential as training will be provided.
The post holder will provide formal DBT psychological interventions using a trauma -informed approach whilst undertaking necessary training to upskill for this role as required.
You will be joining a creative and dynamic multidisciplinary team with a track record of providing high quality psychological interventions with a strong ethos of trauma informed care.
· Jointly assess patients for suitability for DBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex or severe to be appropriate for level of experience refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.
To formulate and implement DBT focused treatment plans, in particular identifying repeating patterns of crisis and advise ways of altering these, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient’s problems.
To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying DBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
· To support the implementation of a range of DBT psychological interventions (group and individual) for prospective patients.
· To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
To work closely with referrers, services and colleagues to collaborate around the delivery of DBT interventions.
To deal appropriately with the intense emotional atmosphere surrounding therapy contacts which may be highly distressing on a daily basis and to work with frequently intense concentration for the clinical sessions of assessment and therapy.
Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?
We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
· Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
· To provide a high-quality DBT treatment to patients with complex mental health problems, in particular people with complex emotional needs (CEN) associated with the diagnosis of Personality Disorder, such as attachment, interpersonal difficulties and emotional intensity. This will include specialist assessment to determine the most appropriate treatment
To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of client’s mental health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings, in particular DBT and SCM models developed within the service for the treatment of personality disorder
To act as Key worker, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under Dialog+ including patients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care in consultation with the MDT.
To utilise clinical and team supervision, to demonstrate autonomy for treatment and discharge of patients whose problems are managed with a psychologically-based standard care plan, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the referral agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis.
To provide guidance and consultation to MDT teams and other professionals contributing directly to patients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To work safely and under guidance in relation to aggression and violence.
To undertake frequent risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide both general and specialist advice for professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management pertaining to patients with personality disorders.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025