MBT Practitioner / Community Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	London, SE8 3BX
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	11 Sept 2026
Closing date:	11 Oct 2026

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Summary

Lewisham Personality Disorder Service (LPDS) is looking to recruit a Band 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 withan interest in this patient group wholikes 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 teammembers. 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 accreditedas an MBT therapist or psychological therapist, you could start at Band 7.

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.

The service is forpeople with a disorder.There are11wte clinicians:psychologists, psychotherapist,psychiatrist,occupationaltherapist(SUN lead),and employment worker.We aimtohelp our patients todevelop toimprove mental well-being,social and occupational functioning,increase theirstability andqualifyof life, reducetheuse of emergency services andhospitaladmissions.

The serviceprovidesMentalisation Based Treatment (MBT) and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), andsupports theCMHTsintheir work.

Contact Christopher Reeve Mates (MBT lead; Christopher.Reeve-Mates@slam.nhs.uk)orLinda Amoakohene (Linda.Amoakohere@slam.nhs.uk)foraninformal discussion.

Aboutourlocation:

The team will bebasedinthe Wallace Medical CentreinDeptford, SE8.

Lewisham is one of four main boroughs inSLaM. Ita multicultural,multi-ethic borough,containingdeprived and well-off areas.

1. To deliver Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) in individual and group therapy with accredited MBT training and weekly supervisionprovided..

2. Ensure that potentialrisk is being assessed within a culture of positive risk taking and report concerns in line with Risk Management Policy.

3. Keep up-to-date documentation and administration.

4. Comply withpolicies,proceduresand guidelines.

5. Undertake other relevant duties asrequested.

This advert closes on Sunday 13 Sep 2026

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