Trainee DBT Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 psychological therapist specialising in DBT to work within the South and West DBT consult.
We would also welcome interest for a Trainee DBT Therapist. This unique role offers a funded salary: throughout your training journey, you'll be employed at Band 6, with progression to a substantive DBT Therapist B7 position upon completion of training and accreditation.
The South and West Consult is embedded in the complex emotional needs pathway and has strong links with two other consults within central locality. There will be further opportunities for continued professional development including the family connections programme. We will strongly encourage developing links with other areas that are also developing their DBT pathways

Main duties of the job
If you are passionate about delivering evidence based psychological therapies and are experienced in working psychologically with adults with complex presentations associated with community mental health, then this role will be perfect for you.
We are seeking someone who is trained, nearing the end of their post graduate diploma training in DBT or has a desire to train in DBT (band 7 salary will be dependant on achieving the qualification and accreditation) to work alongside another DBT Therapist and develop the current service.
The applicant would be able to carry out psychological assessment, formulation and therapy alongside psychological consultation, and deliver teaching/training to the multi-disciplinary team. Duties would also include attendance and contribution to MDT meetings.

Benefits included with this role are: -
+ NHS pension
+ a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
+ career progression
+ starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
+ staff physio service
+ NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
NSFT is committed to lifelong learning and continuous professional development (CPD) for its entire staff. There are a variety of definitions of CPD across the professions, but it is usually taken to mean learning activities which update existing skills.
CPD is determined through appraisal with a personal development plan agreed between an individual and their manager, with the commitment of the necessary time and resources.