Blackstone Recruitment are working with a provider of high-quality, patient-centred mental health care who are looking to recruit a Senior DBT Therapist for one of their sites in Roehampton.
Please see details below for the full job advert:
Location: Roehampton
Salary: Competitive
Hours: 37.5
Contract: Permanent – Full Time
The role:
They are seeking an experienced Senior DBT Therapist to join a growing DBT service. The DBT service comprises 4 weekly skills groups, providing treatment for up to 40 clients at any one time. Reporting to the Outpatient Therapy Lead, the successful candidate will provide leadership to the service and own its organisation and development.
Experience
Successful candidate will demonstrate the following: -
- Organise the programme schedule, ensuring the smooth running of groups and a seamless journey for patients from referral to discharge.
- Ensure planned and unplanned leave does not impact the experience of patients
- Allocate 1:1 Therapists to the patient cohort
- Oversee new referrals and ensure assessment and pre commitment meetings are happening in a timely manner.
- Work closely with the Therapy Lead and Therapy Business Manager to communicate upcoming entry point to referrers
- Hold a clinical caseload comprising DBT Skills Groups and 1:1 therapy session
- Comprehensive and accurate information recording, including risk assessment and clinical notes
- Support the Therapy Administration and patients in ensuring funding is in place correctly for patients and seek support from the wider MDT with this as required.
- Contribute to service development/improvement initiatives locally and in the wider organisation
Successful candidate qualities:
- The ideal candidate for this position will have successfully completed the intensive DBT training with British Isles and demonstrate strong experience and confidence in delivering skills groups and 1:1 therapy.
- Professional registration and/or membership relevant to the post.
- Intensive DBT training with British Isles.
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation.
- Evidence of working as part of a DBT Service.
- Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
Blackstone Benefits:
Permanent jobs:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Informed tailored career advice
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✅Unlimited referral bonus
For further information on this role, please contact Biren Daiya at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.