Psychological Therapist (Personality Disorders)

Are you a qualified mental health nurse, OT, social worker? Or are you an experienced PWP, a qualified CAP, CBT therapist or registered with BACP?

We welcome diversity in our workforce and encourage applicants from people of all ages and backgrounds, such as those with lived experience of mental health difficulties.,

• have a core mental health qualification and registration (such as nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy, PWP or CAP)
• have an interest of working collaboratively with service users (and their families) to develop their skills to improve their ability to tolerate and manage strong emotion
• have some experience of working with service users with mental health needs
• be able to work flexibly as the needs of the service demands
• hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout

In return, we can offer you:
• development and training opportunities
• regular supervision
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Free Pilates lessons
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing programme
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Employee Assistance Programme
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.