Job Description

The key purpose of this post is to provide structured psychological therapies to adults with diagnoses of personality disorder within a multi-disciplinary service. The post is located within the Personality Disorder Therapies Team which currently consists of three treatment streams: Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP).



The main clinical duties involve providing assessment, formulation and therapy to service-users at the Camden & Islington Personality Disorder Service and offering advice and consultation to those involved in service-users' care. This will involve working as a psychological therapist and case manager within a multidisciplinary team delivering individual and group-based interventions and engaging in team and individual supervision aimed at promoting adherence and improving the service we offer. The role will also involve screening referrals, liaising with referrers, and communicating referral decisions to service-users.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.



The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.



To provide professional and clinical supervision to students, trainees and assistant practitioners. To provide educational/ teaching sessions internally and where appropriate to other services and external agencies

To maintain clinical records and administrative systems in-line with Trust policy to support good clinical practice.



To assess referred service-users, using clinical interview and formal measures as appropriate. To formulate and deliver psychological therapy and management plans for referred service-users using a range of weekly individual and group psychological interventions in a community setting To provide advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of service-users. To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment of service-users. * To liaise with other health and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in the care provided to service-users.