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Job overview
We are currently recruiting for qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work within our community mental health team in Baird House, Edge Lane, Liverpool. This is an exciting role that will provide additional clinical leadership to our Windsor CMHT.
You will operate as part of an innovative, forward-thinking leadership team. Tasks will include attending weekly multidisciplinary meetings, carrying out initial assessments, follow-ups, and reviews of service users as part of the shared caseload of the team.
You will be expected to prescribe mental health medication and ensure the safe management of medicines, adhering to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust medicine code.
The ACP will have the ability to work in partnership with service users, carers, and other agencies to ensure effective outcomes for all. An ability to utilise expert mental and physical health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes in the service users' physical and mental health.
There will be support from our CMHT; they will receive clinical support from our Advanced Clinical Practitioner, our Nurse Consultant, and managerial supervision from the Operational Manager.
Main duties of the job
An Advanced Clinical Practitioner within Baird House will be expected to provide strategic clinical leadership in relation to older adult mental health using the most up-to-date and evidence-based theory. The advanced practitioner will undertake expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for service users and be able to offer expert clinical advice for service users, carers, and other professionals.
The ACP will demonstrate advanced competence in highly complex decision-making, assessment, and the management of clinical needs within the specialist area of practice and support the existing medical arrangements within the CMHT.
The post holder will visit service users in the most appropriate setting to meet their needs as required and refer service users to other members of the multi-disciplinary team or specialisms as their needs require. The advanced clinical practitioner will use independent non-medical prescribing skills in the initiation and evaluation of treatment plans and establish consistent and evidence-based side-effect medication monitoring, acting on findings as necessary.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce costs as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will assess, plan, evaluate, treat, and discharge from CMHT care as appropriate to the service user's needs.
1. To liaise with other services as required.
2. To refer for medical intervention as the service user's needs require.
3. To make changes within the clinical practices of the team based on evidence, policy, and/or the identified needs of service users.
4. To work as advanced clinical lead.
5. To utilise expert mental and physical health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes in the service user's physical and mental health.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Professional Registration e.g. Registered Nurse Mental Health
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Minimum of 3 years' experience in clinical practice
* Evidence of post-registration study/continuing professional development at master's level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Master's Degree
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
* A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
* The post holder would be expected to have extensive abilities in delivering innovation and quality in clinical practice, demonstrating leadership skills, change management expertise, and the delivery of clinical developments that have tangible results for patients
* Will have experience of promoting clinical effectiveness & standards setting via audit & governance frameworks.
* Will also be able to demonstrate training and teaching expertise in applied settings.
* Will be service user focused with a track record that includes examples of clinical practice that have required collaborative interdisciplinary work to improve adult services
* Ability to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical judgement.
* Will require an in-depth knowledge of clinical care with significant evidence of post-registration development activity.
* Must be able to demonstrate a commitment to service user involvement.
* Be able to work autonomously in a self-motivating style.
* Will possess excellent leadership and communication skills.
* Will have the ability to reflect on experience & generate a learning culture.
* Ability to undertake research and a record of scholarship.
* Computer literate with a working knowledge of standard formats including spreadsheets and data management.
* Ability to disseminate in a professional manner to a range of professionals at regional and national level as evidenced by presentations at conferences and/or publications in peer-reviewed journals.
* Highly effective interpersonal skills and will be a recognisable role model for staff and patients.
* Articulate and effective communicator.
Values
Essential criteria
* Continuous Improvement
* Accountability
* Respectfulness
* Enthusiasm
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Strong customer service belief
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change Oriented
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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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.
Documents to download
* Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 341.5KB)
* OH Risk ID (PDF, 300.7KB)
* A Great Place to Work (PDF, 2.1MB)
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