Complex Emotional Needs Advanced Practitioner

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Complex Emotional Needs Advanced Practitioner

The closing date is 07 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen as part of our Complex Emotional Needs Pathway development. We are seeking two Complex Emotional Needs Advanced Practitioners to work across our Community Mental Health Teams in Bradford AireWharfe and Craven alongside other professionals in the MDT. The posts are specialist roles requiring an advanced level of knowledge about the development and treatment of complex emotional needs. Working in a trauma-informed recovery focused way, the successful candidates will work in collaboration across services to ensure an individualised, multi-agency approach to care and support.

Interview date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To bring a person-centred, trauma-informed and individualised approach to ensure appropriate treatment and clinical management of people with complex emotional needs by supporting the development of multi-agency care plans.

To ensure that barriers to effective care are challenged, overcome and analysed, options compared and reviewed to agree the best way forward.

To facilitate the development of a coherent care plan for individuals who present across a number of different services (Community Mental Health Teams, crisis services, Police, Ambulance and voluntary services etc.) that are enacted as agreed.

To provide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across all localities.

To support adherence to relevant NICE guidance.

To maintain clinical skills by delivering direct clinical care in line with evidence-based practice such as DBT or SCM.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including: Increase mileage rates for > 3500, A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages, A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities, Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust's eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it is essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Person Specification Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in a core profession (Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Social work). If BSc - working towards or prepared to undertake a Master's degree programme
• Registration with Health & Care Professions Council, NMC, Social Work England
• Accreditation in a clinical intervention relevant to people with CEN such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or Structured Clinical Management
• Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience.
• Leadership training.

Experience

• Significant experience in relevant area of mental health practice (CEN & trauma) - at least 3 years post qualification.
• Application of evidence-based specialist interventions relevant to the clinical service - CEN and trauma.
• Experience of Service Development.
• Experience of working in a CMHT and/or crisis/inpatient services.

Knowledge

• Able to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision or case reviews with other staff.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Master's level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis.

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.

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