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 on 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.
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 a portfolio to be developed and submitted to the local Regional Approvals Panel.
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.
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!
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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 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.
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 Professionsclaire.pearson@nottshc.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Feb 2025
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