Community Specialist Practitioner

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Are you an established Practitioner (Nurse, Paramedic) looking to work in an outstanding CQC rated Trust? Dorset Healthcare are expanding the Community Intermediate Care Teams who deliver D2A, Admission avoidance, Frailty Hospital at Home and Urgent Community Response, we want you to join our dynamic, positive multi-professional team.

As the Community Specialist Practitioner, you will provide support to adult patients in their own homes and care homes. You will promote independence and improve quality of life by supporting patients to remain at home whilst providing follow up appointments to help manage longer term rehabilitation. You will provide holistic clinical assessment, advice, and interventions to avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital and support timely discharges from Hospital whilst working and being supported by a multi-disciplinary team. Problem solving and confident decision-making are a must for this role.

Being a driver is essential for this role.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Dorset Healthcare are expanding our Intermediate Care Services by developing Frailty Hospital at Home, to enable people whose health needs would ordinarily be managed in hospital, be managed at home.

We offer opportunities for further training and development. There is the chance to be involved in Service development projects.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Undertake specialist autonomous assessments, interventions, and management of patients on an independent caseload and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.
2. Provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/service users.
3. Responding to patients in crisis in their own homes to avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
4. Providing follow-up and monitoring through clinical assessment and interventions to support people to return and remain at home.
5. Undertake clinical observations and holistic assessments, acting on findings and liaising with the MDT as required.
6. Devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.
7. Provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Chantelle Bonnor-Moris
Job title: Older Persons Service lead
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01305216692

Suzanne Kennedy 01305 216699