OPMH Trainee/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner inBlandford inBlandford PUBLISHED
TUE 17 DEC 2024
The full-time role, with potential for flexible hours, requires driving across North Dorset and offers comprehensive support for trainees to complete their studies. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, managing patient care, collaborating with various community and social services, and contributing to service development and improvement initiatives. Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate their relevant experience in their application, and informal visits to discuss the role are welcomed.
Are you a nurse or allied health professional with an accredited MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, or have you undergone the Centre for Advancing Practice portfolio route to Advanced Clinical Practice? There is also an opportunity for a trainee to complete their MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice. If so, the Older Persons Community Mental Health Team is looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/ trainee to join its team.
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Trainee, you will be dynamic and highly motivated, with exceptional assessment, risk management, and care formulation skills. You will have experience working with older adults and dementia health 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 cover the North Dorset Locality, with older persons teams based in Blandford, Shaftsbury, and Sherbourne.Being able to drive is essential for this role; pool cars are available.
We welcome informal visits and discussions about the role, please get in touch with Leanne Ballantyne Integrated Community Mental Health Manager,
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. As a trainee, you will be fully supported by the organisation and the North Dorset older persons community teams to complete your training.
You will have a job plan to ensure that you work across the four advanced practice pillars and have protected time to deliver on supporting professional activities.
You will work with other Community Mental Health Teams, social care, and other agencies to benefit patients.
You will lead as a driver for change, monitoring and improving standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audits, research, and education.
You will plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent, comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; and make complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.
Work strategically, contributing to the planning and development of integrated services.
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