Job overview

Are You Creative ? Do You think outside the Box ? Do you want to work in a team that is supportive, passionate and motivated ?  

The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Learning Disability Team are looking for a highly motivated Skilled Practitioner to Join Our Team. 

This is a Full Time 37.5 Hours per week, Band 6 Role, it would be suitable for a Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse/ Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist with a Passion to work along side individuals with a Learning Disability.   

You must be a Car driver and have full access to a car  as this is a community post.

You should have an interest in working with  a trauma informed and  person Centred approach.  Creativity to engage service user's in a way that is meaningful to them in order to achieve effective out comes for individuals. 

A passion to remain up to date with current  evidence based practice, to inform all clinical outcomes. 

Main duties of the job

To provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people’s safety, privacy, and dignity.

To Provide high Quality Out of area care coordination to maintain local contact and facilitate timely repatriation back to Local area if appropriate.

To provide specialist care and interventions, assessments, treatments and managing patients on a caseload, as part of the wider multi-disciplinary care team. 

To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients / service users.

To devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.

To plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings.

Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students, trained practitioners, care providers and the wider health and care system.

Working for our organisation

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.