Advanced Mental Health Practitioner
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB4 1PX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-0804 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of role and responsibilities. To deliver on-going specialist assessments of adult service users referred to, and under the care of the Personality Disorder Pathway. To develop formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrates information from assessments individually and as part of the team. To develop and implement plans for treatment, therapeutic intervention and/or management of a clients presentation. This done in partnership with the team. The treatment will normally fall within the broad remit of Mentalisation-based therapies, but where appropriate other therapeutic approaches with proven efficacy may be offered. To have oversight for lower banded staff members developing formulations and delivering care, as required. To be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups. To provide specialist professional advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service users formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for service users within the Personality Disorder Pathway operating within Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, including work with service users deemed as vulnerable adults. To act as lead clinician for undertaking assessments and advising clients and other mental health professionals in matters arising from the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults framework. To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to service users, family/ carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of services under their care. To ensure appropriate records of assessment and treatment are regularly maintained which adhere to professional guidelines, CPA/Trust policy and recognised systems within the Personality Disorder Pathway.