Senior Clinician: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

My job makes better lives by supporting the delivery of recovery-focused, psycho-educational courses as part of a tiered programme for people with traits, or a diagnosis, of Personality Disorder (PD) and their carers. The aim of the Managing Emotions Programme is to help train and empower people to develop the skills to manage their own recovery or the recovery of those they care for or work with.

Job Overview

The post holder will deliver the 3 tiers of recovery-focused, psycho-educational courses related to improving the self-management of emotional intensity to group members. They will support the recruitment, management and supervision of Managing Emotions Programme (MEP) staff along with the clinical lead and service manager. They will have direct involvement in the development, delivery and evaluation of the MEP.

Main duties of the job

NHS Competency

Level

Personal Competencies

Communication

4

Interpersonal Sensitivity

2

Personal and People Development

4

Courage

2

Health, Safety and Security

4

Teamwork

2

Service Improvement

4

Quality

3

Equality and Diversity

3

Values

IT Skills

3

Treat People Well

Statutory Requirements

Create Respectful Places

NONE

Involve not Ignore

Open, Inclusive and Accountable

Qualifications required

BSc Honours Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing (RMN) or equivalent qualification.

Professional Registration with HCPC, NMC or equivalent.

Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom

Experience Required

Postgraduate/post qualification experience working in a clinical role with people who have a personality disorder or other mental health difficulties, for a minimum of 12months.

1 year minimum experience of providing clinical supervision to others.

Experience of groupwork, teaching or training others (2 year minimum).

Experience delivering one or more of the main therapies; DBT, CBT, ACT or similar.

12 months experience of working as a senior, clinical member of an MDT

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • BSc Honours Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing (RMN) or equivalent qualification, with the following Professional Registration (HCPC, NMC or equivalent)
  • Postgraduate/post qualification experience working in a clinical role with people who have a personality disorder or other mental health difficulties, for a minimum of 12months
  • Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom
  • 1 year minimum experience of providing clinical supervision to others
  • Experience of groupwork, teaching or training others (2 year minimum)
  • Experience delivering one or more of the main therapies; DBT, CBT, ACT or similar
  • 12 months experience of working as a senior, clinical member of an MDT

Desirable

  • Someone who has a desire to work with people who have a diagnosis, or traits of, Personality Disorder or emotional intensity as well as carers, within a recovery approach.

Essential

Essential

  • Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom

Desirable

  • Someone who has a desire to work with people who have a diagnosis, or traits of, Personality Disorder or emotional intensity as well as carers, within a recovery approach

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 1 November 2026

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