Perinatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Maternity Cover

Job overview

We are excited to announce a secondment opportunity for a Perinatal Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to work with the Dorset Perinatal Community Mental Health service for a period of 14months.

The service offers specialist mental health treatment to women experiencing mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. From preconception up to 2 years postnatal. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled professional with a passion for Perinatal Mental Health to immerse themselves within our Perinatal Services.

The Community Perinatal Mental Health Team cover PAN Dorset to ensure Perinatal Services are accessible to women and families across the county, having two main office hubs at Dorchester (Forston Clinic) and Bournemouth (Alumhurst Road). This position is predominately within the east of Dorset geographically.

Majority of our clinical contact occurs within the patients home environment, therefore car driving is essential.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist high quality person centred care within the framework of the Perinatal frame of mind which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

As part of a multi-professional team, the post holder will practice autonomously, whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.

To plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision making skills.

To lead as a driver for change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice

To work strategically, contributing to the planning and development of integrated services.

The post holder will be accountable for the direct delivery of autonomous service user care.

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. We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application. 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

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.