Therapeutic practitioner

We are seeking a Therapeutic Practitioner with an extraordinary skill set and extensive experience of working with children, young people and their families who have complex requirements of health services. If you do have the training, skills, experience and aptitude needed by this population, do you also have the resolve and commitment required for Multi-Professional working? If you are still interested, please consider whether you have the flexibility, resilience, determination and courage to work in a fast changing contested area. We need you to build on your skills, deliver excellent care, take responsibility for case management, lead and manage others, teach, train, evaluate and learn.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead holistic multi-professional assessments, that build therapeutic relationships and enable effective formulation and care planning.
2. Communicate complex case material succinctly in written and verbal formats.
3. Deliver group, individual and family psychotherapeutic interventions.
4. Manage, appraise and develop staff.
5. Contribute to quality improvement, audit and research.
6. Share responsibility for effective and satisfying team functioning.
7. Involve and safeguard children, young people and adults.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Dr Julie Alderson
Job title: Clinical Director
Email address: Julie.alderson@uhbw.nhs.uk