A Vacancy at Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker looking to be part of a motivated, professional, and committed multi-disciplinary team. The Early Intervention Service who works with individuals who have a range of psychosis related problems are looking for a Practitioner to join.
As a practitioner 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 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. Provide a high-quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals through the Trust’s agreed multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment care programme.
This is a full time Monday to Friday 9:00-17:00 role based at Hillcrest Ensbury Park, part time applications would be considered with opportunities for flexible working. Being a driver is essential for this role.
For further information, please contact Simon Potterton, Service Lead at spotterton@nhs.netor on 01202 584336.
You will promote and participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment and development of treatment/care programmes and reviews.
Administration of medication, ensuring compliance with nursing responsibilities under the Medicines Act (1971), the local care of Drugs policy and other relevant Trust clinical procedures (according to clinical registration).
Act as a Care Co-ordinator and fully implement and adhere to the Trust policies on Integrated CPA and Risk Assessment.
Deliver in the provision of specialist interventions i.e. Family Interventions or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis CBTp (according to skills).
This role includes a £3,000 Recruitment Premium lump sum on commencement of employment and thereafter a further £1,500 Retention Premium per annum (pro-rata), paid in equal monthly instalments provided you remain in post and subject to review by the Trust.
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.
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 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
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.
Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.
If you are interested in moving to Dorset we also offer a generous relocation package of up to £10,000. For further details on relocation expenses please emaildhc.careers@nhs.net
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This advert closes on Thursday 16 Oct 2025