About this role
Job summary
Join our dedicated Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) team and help transform the lives of young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We are seeking a compassionate, motivated, and recovery-focused Practitioner to provide high-quality assessment, care coordination, and therapeutic support within a specialist multidisciplinary community mental health service.
In this role, you will work collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and partner agencies to deliver evidence-based interventions that promote recovery, social inclusion, and improved wellbeing. You will manage a caseload, contribute to risk assessment and care planning, and support individuals to achieve their personal goals in education, employment, relationships, and independent living.
The successful candidate will have experience working within mental health services, excellent communication skills, and a strong understanding of recovery-oriented practice. You may come from a nursing, social work, occupational therapy background and will be committed to delivering person-centred care in line with national EIP standards.
You will be provided with excellent individual and team supervision and support.
If you are passionate about early intervention, therapeutic engagement, and improving outcomes for people affected by psychosis, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of patients, age 14-65 years with regular supervision and guidance from a designated supervisor.
You will ensure compliance with approved Trust clinical nursing policies/procedures and the Trust's supervision policy and with the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act regulations/procedures and Code of Practice.
You will be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a service user caseload within the community, focusing on service users with or suspected of having a First Episode Psychosis (FEP). To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals through the Trust's agreed multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment care programmes.
You will participate as an active member of the multi-disciplinary Early Intervention Service team in developing high quality and innovative services to service users with First Episode Psychosis.
If you are interested in moving to Dorset, we also offer a generousrelocationpackage of up to £10,000. For further details onrelocationexpenses please [email protected]
Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.
About us
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application. However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidates individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience. If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety. If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.
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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.
This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING Essential
Registered Mental Health Nurse/ OT/Social Worker, Valid Registration with the appropriate professional body e.g. NMC/SWE/HCPC
Experience Essential
Relevant experience working with clients with psychosis in Adult and or CAMHs services
Desirable
Knowledge of current primary care issues
SKILLS, ABILITIES &KNOWLEDGE Essential
Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care. The ability to: prioritise & meet deadlines; organise work of self and others; supervising, teaching & assessing; self motivated with the ability to motivate others; effective resource management. Skills in managing complex cases. oUnderstanding of current policy and guidance relating to Early Intervention in Psychosis services.
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES Essential
Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patient/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information which may require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills. Able to analyse and assess situations and to interpret potentially conflicting situations and determine appropriate action, where there is a range of options and judgement is required Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Hillcrest
31 Slades Farm Road
Ensbury Park
BH10 4EU
Employer's website https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)