Senior Clinical Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS cost covered

Part-time hours 22.5+ a week

Job share considered

Job summary

The Dorset HealthCare CYPMH Dorset service is recruiting a Senior Clinical Practitioner to cover Getting Help, Getting More Help and Getting Risk Support quadrants of the i-Thrive model. You will manage a specialist caseload of advanced assessment, risk management and family interventions.

The role involves providing clinical leadership, supervising colleagues, and working with partner agencies to deliver coordinated care within a Thrive-aligned framework.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate-level study or equivalent in the relevant profession, plus a core qualification as mental health nurse, social worker, applied psychologist, occupational therapist or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Carrying out advanced clinical assessments and developing formulations for children and young people with complex mental health needs
• Providing clinical leadership and oversight of the patient journey to remove barriers to care
• Holding a specialist caseload and delivering individual, group and family interventions
• Undertaking comprehensive risk assessment and management to support safe clinical decision-making
• Providing consultation, clinical supervision and professional support to multidisciplinary colleagues
• Working with partner agencies to deliver coordinated care
• Contributing to Thrive-aligned service development, audit and transformation
• Delivering person-centred care within the i-Thrive framework across quadrants

Skills

Advanced assessments

Risk management

Interventions (family)

Clinical supervision

Team collaboration

Thrive framework

Education

Postgraduate-level study + core MH qualification

Tools

NMC/HCPC/UKCP registration

Job description

Dorset HealthCare's CYPMH Dorset service has this Senior Clinical Practitioner post across the Getting Help, Getting More Help and Getting Risk Support quadrants of the i-Thrive model. The work centres on a specialist caseload of advanced assessment, risk management and individual, group and family interventions for young people with complex mental health needs, alongside clinical supervision of colleagues. The post starts by supporting existing teams from a temporary base during service transition, with part-time hours and job share considered. Visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Carrying out advanced clinical assessments, developing formulations and delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with complex mental health needs
• Providing clinical leadership and oversight of the patient journey, including access, care planning and patient flow to identify and remove barriers to care
• Holding a specialist caseload and delivering individual, group and family interventions
• Undertaking comprehensive risk assessment and management to support safe clinical decision-making
• Providing consultation, clinical supervision and professional support to multidisciplinary colleagues
• Working with partner agencies to deliver coordinated care
• Contributing to service development, audit, quality improvement and transformation in line with Thrive principles
• Delivering person-centred care within the i-Thrive framework across the Getting Help, Getting More Help and Getting Risk Support quadrants
• Supporting existing teams from a temporary base during the transition

Qualifications

• Postgraduate-level study or equivalent in the relevant profession, plus a core qualification as mental health nurse, social worker, applied psychologist, occupational therapist or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Current registration with the relevant professional body, such as NMC, HCPC or UKCP

Experience

• Demonstrable experience working at Band 6 with young people, families and carers, including assessing, planning and implementing care programmes
• Demonstrable experience working in a CAMHS team
• Effective working with multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
• Making judgements in complex operational or clinical matters
• Working with safeguarding issues and contributing to safeguarding training

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to provide clinical and/or management supervision, including carrying out clinical supervision effectively
• Communicating clearly with all staff and in difficult, highly complex situations to ensure care programmes are implemented
• Influencing and working with local health and social care partners to develop new services
• Resilience in a range of complex and demanding situations
• Managing time and conflicting demands, prioritising own and others' workload
• Willingness to explore new ways of working and encourage staff to do so

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK without needing sponsorship
• Able to use own vehicle on Trust business and travel between sites

Nice to have

• Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level
• Clinical Supervisor Training
• Evidence of effective staff management, including individual and team performance
• Demonstrable experience of leading or managing a multi-professional team

What’s offered

• Enhanced DBS check cost covered by the Trust
• Part-time hours of minimum 22.5 a week, and job share considered