Job summary
Are you a highly motivated, experienced Clinician looking for a new challenge?
If so Adult Mental Health Services are looking for someone who possess confidence, enthusiasm, initiative and a positive approach to teamwork but most importantly have a genuine passion for patient care.
AMH have exciting plans to modernise our workforce to meet current and future challenges and provide a new career pathway for non-medical practitioners through the introduction of trainee and qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioners into our community services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is an experienced Nurse/Allied Health Professional/Paramedic, who will qualify to ACP Masters Level and will act as a Clinical Leader. Through qualification, will be able to:
- Demonstrate safe , senior clinical decision-making by autonomously assessing patients presenting to the inpatient service including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care
- Demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process and work collaboratively with the MDT to meet the needs of patients.
- Be instrumental in guiding junior medical staff and nursing staff in relation to relevant protocols, procedures and clinical pathways.
- Be fundamental in the development of this new role.
- Initiate, manage and drive innovative change in practice for the benefit of patient care in line with Trust and local procedures.
The role will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. The trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within a defined scope of practice and to agreed clinical standards applied within the service.
The role will be multi factorial including clinical assessment, formulation, non-medical prescribing (where appropriate) and developing holistic non-pharmacological treatments.
The trainee ACP on successful qualification will work at a band 8a and may provide mentorship to trainee ACP's within the directorate.
1st on call duties on a 3 month rota basis, will form part of this role.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will be based within the City Community Mental Health Service, based at Marlow House .
It is anticipated that this role will develop over time in response to changes in service delivery and therefore we need clinicians who are energetic, eager to develop and are forward thinking with the potential to adapt to change and meet new challenges. We will ensure we support you at every level to enable you to develop the role within AMH services.
The Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) will be educated todevelop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their speciality through an established ACP training pathway. The Trainee will work to develop and demonstrate competence in expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and build competences for expanded scope of advanced clinical practice. The specific characteristics of the role are shaped by the clinical context, profession, scope of practice and/or qualifications but will always include all 4 pillars of clinical practice, education and personal development, Leadership and management and research, evaluation and audit.
Duties as part of achieving the qualification will include:
- Complete a full system and physical or psychological/psychiatric exam
- Take a systemic and/or psychosocial patient history
- Make diagnostic decisions based on consultation, history, presentation, pathology and imaging results if required.
- Initiate, prescribe and monitor the impact and outcome of treatments and/or medication including efficacy, side effects, contraindications and risk
- Devise an individual clinical management plan that includes all aspects of multi-disciplinary care.
- Screen patients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators
- Carry out, if appropriate to role, invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with due regard to mental capacity and advance decisions
- Refer to other health professionals as appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will be based within the City Community Mental Health Service, based at Marlow House .
It is anticipated that this role will develop over time in response to changes in service delivery and therefore we need clinicians who are energetic, eager to develop and are forward thinking with the potential to adapt to change and meet new challenges. We will ensure we support you at every level to enable you to develop the role within AMH services.
The Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) will be educated todevelop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their speciality through an established ACP training pathway. The Trainee will work to develop and demonstrate competence in expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and build competences for expanded scope of advanced clinical practice. The specific characteristics of the role are shaped by the clinical context, profession, scope of practice and/or qualifications but will always include all 4 pillars of clinical practice, education and personal development, Leadership and management and research, evaluation and audit.
Duties as part of achieving the qualification will include:
- Complete a full system and physical or psychological/psychiatric exam
- Take a systemic and/or psychosocial patient history
- Make diagnostic decisions based on consultation, history, presentation, pathology and imaging results if required.
- Initiate, prescribe and monitor the impact and outcome of treatments and/or medication including efficacy, side effects, contraindications and risk
- Devise an individual clinical management plan that includes all aspects of multi-disciplinary care.
- Screen patients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators
- Carry out, if appropriate to role, invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with due regard to mental capacity and advance decisions
- Refer to other health professionals as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC or equivalent
- Recognised NMC or HCPC Degree/diploma
- Degree at 2.2
- Level 2 maths and English (GCSE grade A*-C or O levels grade 1-6)
Desirable
- Working towards MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Mentor/ Assessor and/or teaching qualification
- Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to specialty
Training
Essential
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
Desirable
- Evidence of management/leadership training and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex patients/ caseloads
- Substantial experience of clinical work in relevant setting
- Minimum of 4 years post-registration
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Evidence of continued professional development Worked as or are working as a band 6 or above
Desirable
- Experience of leading service development
- Experience of clinically supervising others
- Experience of service improvement initiatives
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
- Clinical work in an autonomous role.
- Experience in using research evaluation / audit tools and demonstrating need.
Skills
Essential
- Empathetic and psychologically minded, team builder and team member
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, , good reasoning skills
- Well organised, motivated and a motivator with evidence of efficient rime and deadline management
- Reflective practitioner and accepts constructive feedback, ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner. Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.
Desirable
- Highly specialist skill in working with people, leadership skills
- Experience of managing a project or service initiative. Experience of leading service development
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching, experience of supporting other staff and students including training
- Evidence of conflict management
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Knowledge
Essential
- Expertise in knowledge of working area
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance
- Ability to work within a multi-professional team, often presenting and receiving complex information
Desirable
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Post graduate qualification in relevant specialty
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC or equivalent
- Recognised NMC or HCPC Degree/diploma
- Degree at 2.2
- Level 2 maths and English (GCSE grade A*-C or O levels grade 1-6)
Desirable
- Working towards MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Mentor/ Assessor and/or teaching qualification
- Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to specialty
Training
Essential
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
Desirable
- Evidence of management/leadership training and development
Experience
Essential
- Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex patients/ caseloads
- Substantial experience of clinical work in relevant setting
- Minimum of 4 years post-registration
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Evidence of continued professional development Worked as or are working as a band 6 or above
Desirable
- Experience of leading service development
- Experience of clinically supervising others
- Experience of service improvement initiatives
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
- Clinical work in an autonomous role.
- Experience in using research evaluation / audit tools and demonstrating need.
Skills
Essential
- Empathetic and psychologically minded, team builder and team member
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, , good reasoning skills
- Well organised, motivated and a motivator with evidence of efficient rime and deadline management
- Reflective practitioner and accepts constructive feedback, ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner. Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.
Desirable
- Highly specialist skill in working with people, leadership skills
- Experience of managing a project or service initiative. Experience of leading service development
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching, experience of supporting other staff and students including training
- Evidence of conflict management
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Knowledge
Essential
- Expertise in knowledge of working area
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance
- Ability to work within a multi-professional team, often presenting and receiving complex information
Desirable
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Post graduate qualification in relevant specialty
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
