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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to manage effectively verbal aggression and abuse from service users, carers etc, and the risk of physical aggression.
- Other
Demonstrably respectful approach to service users, carers, colleagues, other professionals and professional contacts. Willingness to negotiate and ability to handle confrontation effectively and professional
- Experience
Experience in working with patients with complex personality presentations (i.e. ‘Personality Disorder’) and/or risk of self-harm.
- Experience
Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to individuals with Complex Emotional Needs.
- Experience
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team offering support to adults with severe and enduring mental health problems.
- Experience
Experience of group work.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the effective communication of technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in the assessment of risk for patients with mental health problems and specifically for patients with complex Emotional Needs
- Knowledge and Skills
Capacity to work calmly and thoughtfully when working with traumatic psychological issues, demonstrating an awareness of the sensitivity and unpredictability of patients with complex needs, and a capacity to tolerate the strong emotions evoked by such work
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and understanding of diagnosis of Personality Disorder.
- Knowledge and Skills
Evidence of CPD
- Knowledge and Skills
Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non-stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult - to - treat groups (e.g. complex needs, self harm, personality disorder/psychosis, dual diagnosis, persons with additional disabilities etc).
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Doctorate in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or equivalence (statement of equivalence and able to demonstrate eligibility for BPS CPsychol (Chartered Psychologist) or allied professional with experience in MBT
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
HCPC registration or equivalent (for Allied Health Professionals)
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of delivering training/consultation and providing clinical supervision.
- Experience
Work within at least two therapeutic modalities.
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychology/therapy in different cultural contexts
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge and Skills
Some knowledge and understanding of psychoanalytic models and developmental processes associated with Personality Disorder (eg: Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT).
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Training in MBT
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Further training in a therapeutic modality relevant to personality disorder
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or an Allied Health professional with experience in MBT to join the Newham Mentalisation Based Therapy Service. The post is a fixed term, 0.8 band 7 post covering maternity leave.
The service offers a full MBT program to individuals with Complex Emotional Needs. Candidates with past experience in working therapeutically with individuals with complex mental health needs are welcome to apply. Past experience in MBT treatment is preferable.
This post is an exciting opportunity for individuals look to develop their clinical experience in a small and supportive team environment. In addition to offering clinical interventions, you may be involved in other service development initiatives including consultation to other services, improving the offer to families and young people, and outreach work to community teams within the borough.
MBT in Newham is a team based approach. We would like to hear from candidates who value working as part of a reflective, in-person team. Service Users are discussed regularly and the team collaborates closely around care planning. We would welcome applications from people who are reflective and can consider the therapeutic relationship and the impact the work has on them.
Main duties of the job
To provide a clinical service to patients open to the Newham Mentalisation Based Therapy Service and to provide expert support and advice to other members of the team.
The role will require the post holder to:
- Undertake psychological assessment of patients referred to the Mentalisation Based Therapy Service and provide specialist reports to referrers and patients
- Formulate and implement appropriate treatment plans and provide specialist Mentalisation-Based therapy to patients under the care of the service
- To offer individual and group interventions to individuals with Complex Emotional Needs.
- To engage with both individual and group supervision, reflective practice further professional development in Mentalisation Based Therapy
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note, a requirement of this role is to work on Fridays. The post is also a fixed term contract, from November 2026 to November 2027. The contract will end in November 2027. As such, if recruitment into the role is beyond November 2026, the contract will still complete in November 2027.
Please see attached Job Description and Person specification for further details and overview of job role
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.
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This advert is for Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or Allied Health Professional with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 pa. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (David Beecraft). The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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