Are you an ambitious and driven Mental Health Professional with a goal of furthering your skills and knowledge as a Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner? This could be the job for you!
We are seeking a Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work within our community mental health teams supporting our consultant psychiatrists within outpatient clinics.
Full expert supervision and support will be offered during the training phase as well as on qualifying following the successful completion of the MSc in Advanced Practice (Mental health).
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner is a nationally recognised role, and these posts offer an exciting opportunity for senior nurses with significant mental health experience to develop their skills further. These posts are full-time clinical posts. Part-time working is not possible during the training period (1-3 years depending on previous academic qualifications), but once trained, consideration to flexible working can be made.
Following successful completion of the MSc in Advanced Practice, which is expected to take 1-3 years depending on previous educational attainment, the successful candidate will progress to a Band 8a.
Candidates that are successful at interview will be required to submit a university application which may involve a separate interview process.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking someone with a good understanding of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner role and the requirements before qualifying.
You'll be expected to:
* Demonstrate ongoing evidence of learning of capability at Masters Level across the 38 standards within the four pillars of Advanced Practice outlined in the Multi Professional Framework for Advanced Practice (Clinical practice, Leadership and Management, Education, Research).
* Practise in compliance with your respective Code of Professional Conduct and within your scope of practice. Being responsible and accountable for decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice.
* Demonstrate a critical understanding of your broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty, and incomplete information.
* Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change.
* Under supervision, assume responsibility for the daily management of the clinical areas to which on qualifying you will have responsibility.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Working under supervision; practice as a trainee ANP using collaborative and independent judgment to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage, and evaluate care for patients. The level of supervision will be dependent on the stage of training.
* Under appropriate level of supervision, plan and manage complete episodes of care. This will be working in collaboration with senior medical colleagues and others when required. Delegating and referring as appropriate, to ensure timely, effective management to optimise health outcomes, in line with the evidence base and nationally recognised best practice.
* Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to achieve the education, leadership, and research pillars.
* Under appropriate levels of supervision, be responsible for the rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of individuals within the Mental Health Community Service using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by relevant experience.
* Under supervision, work in partnership with individuals, families, and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate.
* Use knowledge, expertise, and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations.
* Under supervision, initiate, evaluate, and modify a range of interventions which may include therapies, lifestyle advice, and independently prescribing medicines.
* Exercise professional judgement to assess and manage risk appropriately.
* Engage with, appraise, and respond to individuals’ motivation, development stage, and capacity.
* Work collaboratively with an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources.
* Act as a clinical role model/advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements.
* Demonstrate the underpinning subject-specific competencies relevant to the role setting and scope.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £43,742.00-£57,349.00 per year
Benefits:
* Bereavement leave
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee discount
* Free flu jabs
* On-site parking
* Relocation assistance
* Sick pay
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
* Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse?
Experience:
* Community Mental Health: 3 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* NMC (required)
Work Location: In person
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