Overview
In this role you will provide comprehensive assessment, direct care, and targeted interventions for individuals with severe personality disorder within a community setting. You will work as part of the Personality Disorder Service Community Team under the Community Care Group, delivering evidence-based care aligned with NICE guidelines. You’ll handle a defined caseload, develop specialist treatment plans, and contribute to service evaluation and governance. You will collaborate with families and multisector teams to maximise patient strengths and safety, shaping care within a supportive NHS framework.
Pay / Benefits
- NHS Discounts
- generous annual leave
- NHS pension scheme
- flexible working
- staff wellbeing initiatives
- internal staff network
Responsibilities
- Attend and engage in individual and group supervision
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with service users and carers
- Participate in clinical audit and service evaluation to improve care
- Contribute to MDT meetings with a specialist nursing/OT/HPC perspective
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation and local policies
- Maintain contemporaneous records to required standards
- Assess and manage risk continuously per trust policy
- Encourage service users’ responsibility for their care and involve carers where appropriate
- Support colleagues in assessment/management through data review and care reviews
- Identify carers and provide carers assessments and review plans
Key requirements
- Registered health care professional (e.g. NMC, HCPC, SWE)
- Knowledge/experience related to personality disorders/mental illness and evidence-based practice
- Self-awareness and reflective practice
- Ability to work effectively in crisis situations
- Collaborative teamwork
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Case Management
- Evidence-based practice and NICE guideline adherence
Clinical Specialist in London employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
