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Multi Professional Approved Clinician/Trainee
Band 8c
Main area: MPAC Grade Band 8c
Contract: Fixed Term Temporary Contract as trainee and upon qualification as an approved clinician, a permanent contract will be issued.
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 186-065-25-MH
Site: Highbury Hospital
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
We have an amazing new opportunity for experienced mental health practitioners with professional backgrounds as a clinical psychologist, mental health nurse, social worker, or occupational therapist to train and work as Approved and Responsible Clinicians in Mental Health Acute Inpatient Services.
These are newly created training posts that are attached to permanent acute inpatient posts and have been developed as part of an ongoing agenda to promote new roles within the Trust. The training posts have been banded at an 8c (Agenda for Change) pay grade, with this banding increasing to 8d (AfC) when trainees achieve their Approved Clinician status and start to work autonomously in this role.
It is expected that applicants will be motivated to achieve Approved Clinician status within 1 year of being appointed, and the training posts are offered on a full-time basis to support this. Permanent posts are also offered on a full-time basis to enable the role to be established and embedded in the MDT, and within this, there will be scope for successful applicants to continue to develop or use specialist areas of profession-related interest.
Main duties of the job
Applicants are expected to have been working at a consultant/senior level for their profession and be able to demonstrate significant post-qualification experience that enables them to work autonomously, make independent decisions with complex cases, and evidence successful MDT working and effective leadership and service development.
They will be motivated to engage with a programme of competence and skills training that will require a portfolio to be developed and submitted to the local Regional Approvals Panel.
The post-holder will be required to participate in the second on-call rota, providing out-of-hours support to services in the Mental Health Care Group.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community, from acute settings and across low, medium, and high secure environments, including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority, and as such, we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service, and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network, and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will initially work under the supervision of existing MPACs and medical ACs as they build the skills and confidence required to develop a role that enables them to autonomously deliver the AC/RC role alongside making best use of existing professional skills and expertise that they bring with them. They will receive support to develop and submit a portfolio to the Regional Approvals Panel, and following achieving AC approval will be supported to implement this role independently, overseeing a clinical caseload and making use of their professional expertise, along with optimising that of the wider MDT, to ensure the provision of high-quality care for patients. The successful candidate will provide leadership, consultation, and advice to the ward and wider service-related areas, provide specialist input associated with their professional background, and develop research/service evaluations in relation to their service. These posts will help develop flexibility within acute inpatient care and aim to promote person-centred, safe, effective, and compassionate care to all those accessing these services. As the Responsible Clinician for patient care, you will lead, coordinate, and ensure effective delivery of care and will complete all statutory duties required for patients, whilst also bringing your professional expertise to this work.
The post-holder will be required to participate in the second on-call rota, providing out-of-hours support to services in the Mental Health Care Group.
The successful applicant/s will be required to remain within the Trust following the training for the same period of time as the length of the course; e.g., for a 1-year course, you will remain in the trust for 1 year after completion.
For more details regarding this exciting opportunity, please contact Claire Pearson, Associate Director of Psychological Professions at claire.pearson@nottshc.nhs.uk.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Professionally qualified mental health professionals in one of the following groups: - A clinical psychologist registered in Part 14 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council - A first-level nurse registered with the NMC, whose field of practice is mental health or learning disabilities - A registered occupational therapist - A registered social worker
* AHP/Nurses: Educated to a minimum of Masters level for nurses, social workers, occupational therapists
* Clinical Psychologists: Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology (including children & young people)
* Minimum of 6 (+) years post-professional qualifying clinical experience in current profession at a senior position with evidence of assessed/supervised experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development and further specialist post-qualification training, supervision, and experience
* To have a well-developed and maintained expertise in one or more identified specialist area of clinical expertise, related to the provision of clinical services within a service, and act as a key resource to the service in the relevant area
* Speciality specific clinical knowledge, skills, and experience: Evidence of significant experience and competence, supported by specific relevant training, with identified client group (older adults; working age adults)
* Already approved as a Consultant Psychologist / Consultant AHP / Nurse Consultant Multi-Professional Approved Clinician
* Evidence of attendance at specialised Approved Clinician Training
* Evidence of formal leadership training
Clinical Knowledge Skills and Experience
* A comprehensive understanding of the roles, legal responsibilities, and key functions of the AC and RC; and an ability to apply knowledge and the relevant mental health legislation, policy, and guidance and eligible for Approved Clinician Status
* Experience and competencies in the assessment and treatment of difficult-to-treat or difficult-to-engage groups (e.g., dual diagnoses, additional co-morbidities or disability, complex and chronic psychological ill-health) functioning at a consultant/senior specialist or generalist level.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
* Experience of conducting and evaluating complex risk assessments in relation to changing complex presentations
* Training in clinical supervision and providing supervision to other professionals and trainees
* Evidence of providing significant consultation and leadership experience within MDT settings and demonstrate the ability to assimilate the (potentially diverse) views and opinions of other professionals, patients, and carers, whilst maintaining an independent view
* Evidence of ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively to a diverse audience via both written and oral means
* Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified professionals
* Evidence of establishing new services and governance structures for assessing the effectiveness of these
* Experience of working as a Multi-Professional Approved Clinician within an MDT setting
Human Resources and Financial Management
* Significant experience of supervising the work of less senior professionals from own and/or other professional backgrounds
* Awareness of and commitment to addressing service and individual performance issues.
* Understanding of relevant HR policies and procedures
* Experience of managing/supervising/mentoring trainee or qualified Multi-Professional Approved Clinicians
* Experience of multi-professional management and/or leadership of teams or services.
* Experience of managing or monitoring budgets
Clinical Leadership and Clinical Governance
* Experience and skills in providing an ‘expert resource’ to the wider professional team including providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
* Experience of teaching, training, and clinical supervision of both trainee and qualified clinical psychologists and/or other professionally qualified staff
* Evidence of participating in and leading clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, service evaluation, and/or research projects including ’closing the loop’ to evidence service improvement
* Evidence of effective leadership across the specialism
* Evidence of leadership contribution to interpreting and/or developing clinical policy and services.
* A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uniprofessional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
* Publication of training, service evaluation, clinical audit, and research material in either peer-reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Leadership and Personal Qualities
* Able to demonstrate personal leadership skills.
* Experience of actively contributing to and leading effective team-working including multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams
* Knowledge and understanding of models of management & leadership.
* Enthusiasm for a broad range of mental health phenomena, an interest in models of assessment, treatment, and service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by Multi-Professional Approved Clinician services within the context of multidisciplinary health and social care services.
* Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others
Additional Information
* The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
* We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
* The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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* For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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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.
Name: Gareth Foote
Job title: Clinical Director Inpatient/Crisis Care Unit
Email address: Gareth.Foote@nottshc.nhs.uk
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