Senior Mental Health Practitioner and DBT Lead

Are you an experienced clinician with a passion for working with young people and their families? We are looking for a skilled and motivated clinician to take a lead role in the delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) across Buckinghamshire.

You will provide expert clinical care, spending your time working directly with patients, while leading the development and delivery of the DBT-A programme. You will be responsible for maintaining the programme and its clinical governance, as well as providing professional leadership and clinical consultancy to colleagues.

The role also includes opportunities to deliver training and development, contribute to service improvement and evaluation, and lead and support audit and research within your area of expertise.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of the flexibility and adaptability required from a service working with this group of children and young people. They will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and strong background experience in working with young people with mental health and neurodevelopmental needs in a range of different environments and settings.

The successful applicant will be expected to support in every aspect of the service to ensure high-quality service delivery to children, families and professionals. This will include contributing to, and writing up, multi agency consultation and specialist assessments, supporting the clinical lead in service development and ongoing research, and will lead in the collision of outcome data for research and service evaluation.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Ashleigh Green

Job title: Operational Lead

Email address:

Telephone number:

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

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