Senior Clinical Practitioner - Waterview Team


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£47,951 to £56,863 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, W9 2BN
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Sept 2026
Closing date:	30 Sept 2026

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Summary

For the full Job Description, please see the Job Description attachment Clinical Responsibilities To undertake assessments of clients, identifying specific personality traits, emotional ability of service user to use groups and their capacity to work towards shared treatment goals. Facilitate and co-facilitate Dialectical Based Treatment (DBT) and Or Mentalised based treatment (MBT) To act as Lead Professional for an identified number of service users with severe personality disorder, establishing and maintaining a long-term supportive relationship. To conduct joint home visits, for engagement purposes or emergency assessments, as clinically indicated. To initiate and carry through safeguarding alerts where appropriate. To work with service users within intimate and emotionally intense individual and group sessions, where their behaviour may be unpredictable and challenging. To undertake risk assessments and manage risk as part of the treatment process to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all when faced with threats of verbal abuse, deliberate self-harm and violence to self and/or others. To assess the needs of carers, and work with them to best support the service user, where consent is given/appropriate. The service, which has a long history and is the only such service within the Trust, has undergone exciting developments in the past 24 months. The service also has a track record of involvement in clinical research and links with the Division of Psychiatry at Imperial College London, including recently participating on a feasibility study for Structured Psychological Support (SPS). If you want to be part of our exciting team then get in touch! For more information visit our dedicated website; https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/services/mental-health-services/adult-and-older-adult/waterview-personality-disorder-service

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