Senior Clinical Practitioner – Integrated Front Door

Transformationunitgm; Poole; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Poole is seeking a Senior Clinical Practitioner to join their Integrated Front Door team. This role involves providing assessments, advice, and support for children and young people's mental health, collaborating across multiple agencies. Ideal candidates will have a postgraduate degree and current professional registration. This position offers an engaging work environment, opportunities for professional development, and a chance to make a substantial impact on mental health support in Dorset.

Benefits

27 days of annual leave

Health and wellbeing services

Free training and one-to-one career coaching

Qualifications

• Post graduate degree level study or equivalent in relevant profession.
• Current registration with appropriate professional body, eg NMC / HCPC / UKCP.
• Demonstrable experience of working at Band 6 with young people their families and carers.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with health, education, and social care systems.
• Provide timely assessments and signposting for mental health services.
• Exercise advanced clinical judgment in complex situations.

Skills

Strong clinical experience with children and young people

Advanced clinical judgment

Ability to provide advice and consultation

Education

Post graduate degree in relevant profession

Current registration with professional body (NMC/ HCPC/ UKCP)

Job description

Senior Clinical Practitioner – Integrated Front Door

Band 7

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Practitioner to join our innovative Integrated Front Door (IFD) team within our Dorset Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service. This is a unique opportunity to transform how children, young people, families, and professionals access mental health support.

As the first point of clinical contact, you will offer timely assessments of need, provide advice and signposting, and ensure safe triage to the most appropriate service pathway. You will exercise advanced clinical judgment and decision-making skills, working collaboratively across health, education, and social care systems.

CYPMH Dorset is entering an exciting period of growth, with new investments enabling us to enhance our services in line with Thrive principles. This role will evolve as we develop, beginning with supporting existing teams from a temporary base during the transition. Positions are pan-Dorset, and the future service will include extended operational hours as we expand.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build skills, influence new initiatives, and grow professionally. We are looking for adaptable, positive individuals who are eager to help shape our future and thrive in a dynamic, evolving environment.

Main duties of the job

The ECP will have strong, demonstrable clinical experience of working therapeutically with children and young people with mental health presentations and their families. The post holder will work cohesively alongside the Team Leaders, Clinical Lead and Clinical Service Manager and other ECP in providing robust clinical leadership, supporting the team with complex cases, hold a caseload within their sphere of professional and clinical competence, contribute to multi-agency meetings by providing expert clinical input and promoting the role of CAMHS. The post holder will provide inspirational clinical leadership to the team, promoting positive outcomes for the young people of Dorset by ensuring that the service provides high quality interventions and offering.

Main Duties of the Job

• Receive and respond to referrals into CYPMH via the Integrated Front Door.
• Apply evidence-based clinical judgment to assess needs and formulate care plans.
• Escalate high-risk cases and ensure robust risk management.
• Provide specialist mental health advice and consultation to professionals.
• Champion integrated working across agencies and contribute to service development.
• Support the clinical development of team members and mentor colleagues.

Working for our organisation

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.

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 [emailprotected]

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.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Person specification

Knoweldge, Skills & Training

• Post graduate degree level study or equivalent in relevant profession.
• Current registration with appropriate professional body, eg NMC / HCPC / UKCP
• Core professional qualifications as Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Applied Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of working at Band 6 with young people their families and carers.
• The experience and ability to provide clinical and/or management supervision.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly in difficult and highly complex situations.
• Experience of assessing, planning and implementing programmes of care, for young people
• Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level
• Clinical Supervisor Training

Job Specific Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working as part of a CAMHS Team
• Experience of effective working with multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
• Experience of making judgements in complex operational or clinical matters
• Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment.

Managerial / supervisory experience

• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all staff to ensure programmes of care are implemented.
• Ability to carry out clinical supervision effectively.
• Evidence of effective staff management, including management of individual and team performance
• Demonstrable experience of leading/managing a multi professional team
• Able to influence and work with local partners in health and social care developing new services.
• Evidence of resilience in a range of complex and demanding situations
• Willingness to explore new ways of working with services and delivery and encourage staff to do so.
• Ability to manage time and conflicting demands, and prioritise workload of self and that of others accordingly.

Business travel

• Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, able travel using own vehicle on Trust business.
• Able to travel between sites

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)
• 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)

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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