Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week (service operates Monday to Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 186-1184-25-FS
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Notts MBT Service, Mandala Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
The Nottinghamshire Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Service is a community based service based at the Mandala Centre in Nottingham and is a service managed as a part of the Low Secure and Community Forensic Care Unit. The Notts MBT Service delivers assessment, advice, consultation, training and the delivery of a range of specialised Personality Disorder psychotherapeutic interventions, in group and individual programmes to individuals with highly complex personality disorders across Nottinghamshire, utilising other community bases to deliver interventions where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
· Assess service users referred with severe personality disorder to Notts MBT Service.
· Along with colleagues, deliver highly specialised psychological group and individual treatments for people with severe personality disorder across Nottinghamshire.
· Provision of teaching, training programmes and consultation as required to staff across multi-agencies.
The post holder will have some responsibility for the operational supervision of peers and provide mentorship, preceptorship, supervision, and support of students/newly appointed staff. The post holder will have access to robust supervision offer.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work as a member of an integrated multi-disciplinary team that provides/delivers intensive psychological and psychosocial treatment to service users with severe and enduring psychological problems. The role will include supporting and working alongside service users in a collaborative, therapeutic partnership and participation in the development and provision of social/therapeutic activities, psycho-educational programmes for service users (and their family and friends) and facilitation of group therapy programmes (Mentalization Based Treatment and Cognitive Analytic Therapy informed). The post holder will be involved in the provision of training programmes and consultation as required to staff across a range of agencies in contact with people with personality disorder. The post holder will be expected to work across the Service.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies
Person specification
Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential criteria
- Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions to Degree level e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy OR post-graduate therapy training (e.g. CBT therapy training, psychological wellbeing practitioner qualification, psychotherapy qualification with associates HCPC, BACP or UKCP registration).
- Substantial post registration experience in mental health to include; post-graduate experience in delivering psychological interventions.
Desirable criteria
- Post basic qualification in working with people with a Personality Disorder.
Values
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion & Teamwork.
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Training
Essential criteria
- Understanding risk assessment and management.
- Introductory level knowledge of the therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Mentalization Based Treatment / or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Post basic training in working with people with a Personality Disorder.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registration experience of working with individuals of all ages within a healthcare/social care setting.
- Experience of caseload management.
- Experience of working with people diagnosed as having a personality disorder.
- Experience of implementing a range of therapeutic interventions drawn from different evidence-based models.
- Experience in maintaining effective records in line with Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Experience in delivering clinical supervision to other mental health clinicians.
- Specialist skills to facilitate small and larger group treatment programmes.
- Experience of using computer systems.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in caring settings/roles.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an awareness of wide range of vulnerabilities inclusive of mental health/LD needs.
- Awareness and understanding of confidentiality and professional responsibilities.
- Experience of planning and delivering a range of therapeutic interventions.
- Demonstrates an understanding of cultural and diversity needs of individuals.
- Understanding, and experience of, the importance of maintaining boundaries in the workplace.
- Introductory level knowledge of the psychotherapies such as Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) etc.
- A sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the clinical presentation and problems experienced by patients diagnosed with personality disorder.
- A sound knowledge of CPA and risk assessment / management.
- A sound knowledge of safeguarding Procedures.
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and be fully aware of the legal and ethical issues.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist skills and knowledge of assessing individuals with life-long emotional difficulties resulting in a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist skills in the planning and delivery of a range of group and individual treatment interventions for service users with complex emotional needs
- Ability to keep accurate records on computer system.
- Ability to motivate others and skill in forming and maintaining positive working relationships.
- Ability to communicate to a range of people on a range of matters, in a range of forms.
- Ability to identify own development needs with support of others.
- Ability to identify risk and to take responsibility for self and others in ensuring legislation, policies and procedures are followed in the workplace.
- Ability to actively participate in development of the service.
- Skills in communicating with people with a range of communication needs.
- Ability to work in partnership providing consultation, supervision, specialist training, education and support when required and appropriate within existing Mental Health services, statutory and non-statutory organisations.
- Skills to contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and others.
- Contribute service evaluation and development within Notts MBT Service.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage and seek support for own wellbeing.
- Ability to carry out practical tasks.
- To think creatively.
- Skills in using own initiative.
- Autonomous working.
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to adapt to changing services and be flexible in approach.
- Must be able to travel to different sites.
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake relevant mandatory training and engage in the management of violence and aggression to breakaway level, commensurate to the role.
- Requirement to travel around the community to different locations.
- This post will require someone who can sit and concentrate on distressing clinical material for lengthy periods of time such as in individual and group sessions.
Desirable criteria
- Physical skills in line with Breakaway Training.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Lloyd
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 822 2050
- Additional information
For additional information please contact Nikki Chambers, Community Services Manager for Notts MBT Service, [email protected], 0115 773 5400
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