# MBT Practitioner / Community Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mbt-practitioner-community-practitioner/0fd1f272-d7c2-4a1a-a7f0-3247794f5c85 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mbt-practitioner-community-practitioner/0fd1f272-d7c2-4a1a-a7f0-3247794f5c85.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bethlem Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Also available as a secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 26.25 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T09:21:00.733Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Therapy_Psychologial_Therapy/Therapy_Psychologial_Therapy-v8299209 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8299209?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Lewisham Personality Disorder Service (LPDS) is looking to recruit a Band 7 or Band 6 MBT practitioner for a one-year fixed term post. This may be a secondment from elsewhere in the NHS. The aim of the post is to deliver individual MBT in order to reduce a long waiting list of assessed patient. It is an opportunity to join a well-established and effective MBT team of MBT therapists, contributing towards a treatment programme consisting of individual and group MBT. Specialist supervision is provided, and the role would suit someone with an interest in this patient group who likes working as part of a team and is wants to practice MBT. Support for MBT in the wider organisation is excellent with Trust wide special interest groups and strong links to the Anna Freud Centre. In terms of career progression, it will enhance your intervention skills working therapeutically with personality disorder or other mental health difficulties in collaboration with other team members. You will either by MBT trained, or training will be provided during supervision to enable you to pursue MBT after this initial experience. The post is suitable for a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist, or a mental health worker (eg CPN, OT, practitioner psychologist, social worker) with good NHS mental health experience. If you are Band 6, you would be employed at Band 6. If you are already accredited as an MBT therapist or psychological therapist, you could start at Band 7. ### Main duties of the job Your job would be delivering individual mentalisation based therapy as part of our MBT team. We would support you in learning MBT. You would be involved in supervision groups with other members of the existing five-strong MBT team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To deliver Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) in individual and group therapy with accredited MBT training and weekly supervision provided.. - Ensure that potential risk is being assessed within a culture of positive risk taking and report concerns in line with Risk Management Policy. - Keep up-to-date documentation and administration. - Comply with policies, procedures and guidelines. - Undertake other relevant duties as requested. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses/conditions and their recommended treatments. - Demonstrable commitment to working with people with personality disorders. - An ability to tolerate difficult and at times unpredictable working conditions which can include risky behaviour, acts of self-harm and high levels of distress by service users - A commitment to working compassionately and reflectively with a team which includes holding high levels of emotion and includes peer support. **Desirable** - Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems. - Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting. - Experience of undertaking risk assessments and communicating to others, ensuring outcomes. (A&I) **Desirable** - Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Hold a valid Professional Registration either as a Registered Mental Nurse, Mental Health Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Practitioner Psychologist. Registered with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England. - Willingness to develop mental health practice skills including undertaking MBT training. **Desirable** - Basic Level Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) accredited by the Anna Freud Centre. - Working towards completion of MBT Practitioner status accredited by the Anna Freud Centre and the BPS. - Working towards completion of specialist post graduate training. ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [mbt therapist jdps (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618358) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.