Enhanced Clinical Practitioner

We are looking to recruit a motivated and highly skilled Enhanced Clinical Practitioner to join the medical team on our inpatient rehabilitation ward at Wimborne hospital. You will be working within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team to provide high quality person centred care to support our patients rehabilitation pathway within the community hospital setting.

You will be based on Hanham ward which specialises in older people's rehabilitation but also cares for patients with other long term and sometimes complex medical needs. The post holder will provide clinical advice, leadership and support to the ward staff, also ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of autonomous clinical assessment, critical analysis, and decision-making skills to deliver high quality patient centred care. This clinical expertise will form an integral part of the daily medical management and discharge planning for our patients.

The current shift pattern for this service provision is weekdays.

To provide high quality person centred care which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity underpinned by enhanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

To undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide enhanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and enhanced decision making skills.

To support the senior ward team to manage change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.