Detailed job description and main 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.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING
Essential criteria
* Registered practitioner to degree / diploma level supplemented by diploma level specialist training and / or short courses or demonstrable extensive experience in the relevant specialty
* Membership of the relevant Professional Body
* Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training
* Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio
* Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role
JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
* Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level
* Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to Practice
* Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement
* Ability to teach staff new to the clinical area, less experienced staff, students and members of the multi-disciplinary team
* Able to demonstrate highly developed physical skills where accuracy is important such as in the manipulation of fine tools and materials for patient interventions.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of managing change
* Recent previous experience within a comparable role
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working
* Previous line management experience
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
* Able to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation in both verbal and written form for example with staff, patients / service users, visitors or external organisations in the exchange of complex, sensitive or contentious information, which will require the use of negotiating and/or persuasive skills.
* Able to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities.
* Able to analyse and assess sometimes challenging and complex situations requiring interpretation of potentially conflicting situations with the ability to make judgements on appropriate courses of action, requiring consideration of a range of options and the implications of each.
* Experience of planning and organising complex activities such as organising own time and that of junior staff and learners, planning off duty rota and undertaking discharge planning involving co-ordination with other agencies.
* Evidence of demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours.
* Evidence of complex communication skills both verbal and written to deal with difficult situations
* Ability to use own initiative within sphere of authority
* Demonstrated ability at using tact & diplomacy
* Demonstrable leadership qualities and the ability to perform as a role model
* Willingness to advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence
Information Technology
Essential criteria
* Evaluate and report data relevant to role using Trust record systems and use of Microsoft Office components such as Word and Excel
At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager.
What working for us will provide:
* 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions)
* Excellent NHS pension scheme
* Health and wellbeing services
* Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours
* Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals
* Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs
* Access to nine staff networks - have a voice and transform our Trust
* Relocation costs where applicable
* Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities - including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying annual leave
* NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more
Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities.
What you need to do:
Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you, alternatively if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regrettably, we are not able to offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you attempt to apply for a role that we do not offer sponsorship for, you will receive notification of this at the time of starting your application and you will not be able to proceed. At this point, we wish to thank you for your interest in working for us and apologise we cannot take your application any further.
Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
* JD & PS (PDF, 555.8KB)
* Staff Benefits Leaflet (PDF, 316.1KB)
* Applications Recruitment Flowchart (PDF, 434.1KB)
* Guidance on Verification of ID (PDF, 284.4KB)
* Pay scales from 1 April 2024 (PDF, 39.6KB)
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