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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 20 April 2026

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Job summary

Are you a qualified RMN, RNLD, and Advanced Clinical Practitioner with the experience and passion to deliver outstanding, high-quality mental health care for older people?

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Older People's Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). This is an exciting opportunity to work at an advanced level of practice, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex mental and physical health needs in older adults.

As part of the Community Transformation Programme, you will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative, person-centred, and population-based care, with a strong focus on reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for older people.

You will work autonomously for a significant proportion of your role, managing complex clinical presentations including frailty, comorbidities, and severe mental illness, while also contributing to leadership, service development, and clinical excellence across the service.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will work across the four pillars of advanced practice:

Clinical Practice

  • Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for older people with complex mental health needs
  • Manage complete episodes of care independently, from initial assessment through to discharge or ongoing management
  • Demonstrate expert clinical reasoning in managing comorbid mental and physical health conditions, including frailty
  • Prescribe independently (where applicable) and initiate appropriate intervention

Leadership & Management

  • Act as a senior clinical leader within the CMHT
  • Contribute to service transformation, development, and delivery of high-quality care
  • Support and guide multidisciplinary team members in complex decision-making

Education

  • Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and training to staff and students
  • Contribute to the development of a positive learning culture within the service

Research & Quality Improvement

  • Apply and promote evidence-based practice (e.g. NICE guidance)
  • Lead and participate in audit, service evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives
  • Contribute to clinical governance and continuous service improvement

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Details

Date posted

30 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-11926-OPS

Job locations

Older Peoples Service/ CMHT

East / South

Leeds

LS7 3JX


Job description

Job responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply

Job description

Job responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered professional (e.g. RMN, RNLD) with relevant professional body

Skills

Essential

  • Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience, including substantial experience in community mental health and older people's services

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills
  • Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to work across multidisciplinary and organisational boundaries
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered professional (e.g. RMN, RNLD) with relevant professional body

Skills

Essential

  • Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience, including substantial experience in community mental health and older people's services

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills
  • Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to work across multidisciplinary and organisational boundaries

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Older Peoples Service/ CMHT

East / South

Leeds

LS7 3JX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Older Peoples Service/ CMHT

East / South

Leeds

LS7 3JX


Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Operations Manager

Claire Parsons

Claire.parsons26@nhs.net

07980966795

Details

Date posted

30 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-11926-OPS

Job locations

Older Peoples Service/ CMHT

East / South

Leeds

LS7 3JX


Supporting documents

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