Trainee or Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner
4 days ago
Are you a nurse or allied health professional with a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or undergone an accredited portfolio route to Advanced Clinical Practice? If so the Shaftesbury Adult Community Mental Health Team are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join them.
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will be dynamic and highly motivated, with exceptional assessment, risk management, and care formulation skills. You will have experience working with adults with significant mental illness in a multidisciplinary setting. High communication skills, clinical decision-making, understanding of MHA, MCA and safeguarding legislation are essential in this role. You will also prescribe, offer senior clinical support to the team and triage referrals as they come in.
This post is full-time, working Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:00, a job share would be considered of 18.75 hours. We also welcome discussions around flexible working. You will be based in the Shaftesbury CMHT in the North Dorset locality and work closely with other clinical and operational leads across our other CMHTS, Blandford, and Sherbourne. Being able to drive is essential for this role.
You will undertake assessments, nurse reviews, and manage a small group of patients care. Also support carers while patients are under our care and signpost for ongoing support.
You will have a job plan to ensure that you work across the four advanced practice pillars.
You will work with other Community Mental Health Teams, social care and other agencies to benefit patients.
Lead as a driver for change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education.
Plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.
Work strategically, contributing to the planning and development of integrated services.
At Dorset HealthCare, we aim to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust that runs 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities, and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for an almost 800,000-person population.
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, believing in equal opportunities, and celebrating 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.
Please read the attached job description and person specification for this role's main duties and responsibilities.
We encourage applicants to visit our teams and make contact
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