North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Job summary

Our Community Directorate is moving through a journey of transformation. These changes have given the Directorate an opportunity to refresh its clinical pathways and innovate in new areas of clinical practice. As part of these changes, CAMHS has moved to a strengthened position, inclusive of a portfolio of revised evidence based clinical pathways, underpinned by the iTHRIVE framework. Our next phase maps out the enhancement of our MDT skills and the embedding of our improved processes. Strong clinical leadership skills will be fundamental to these ongoing improvements.

The ANP will form part of the Senior Clinical Leadership Team of the Community Directorate and will be part of, and provide support to, an established leadership team.

The post holder will work across the CAMHS multi-professional teams, they will practice autonomously, whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the NMC code of professional conduct.

The post holder will have advanced communication skills in presenting with differential and un-differential diagnosis, decision-making and problem-solving skills for children and young people who experience mental health and emotional needs. Through a strong evidence base you will work to improve clinical outcomes for children and young people accessing our services. The post holder will examine, assess, diagnose and treat patients within the scope of their professional practice.

Main duties of the job

If you have the passion, drive and commitment to delivering outstanding clinical practice, leading change and empowering our MDT's to be 'OUTSTANDING' then we need to hear from you!

You willjoin a multi-professional team (MDT), working collaboratively, to provide initial assessment and ongoing care for children and young people with complex mental health and emotional needs. This will include the responsibility for the daily management of patients on an established caseload, in collaboration with the MDT.

The provision of nurse led clinics to support effective and responsive pathways for children and young people, across a range of clinical presentations.

The post holder will:

Work towards health promotion and prevention and comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness
Provide clinical leadership and service support to the Community directorate.

Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions
Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, and provide direct support to patients and clients

About us

Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.

Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.

As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:

Proud to CARE:

Compassionate

Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.

Approachable

Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open

Responsible

Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions

Excellent

Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving

Date posted

08 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-CMT-6002260

Job locations

Dragon Square

Stoke on Trent

ST5 7HL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess and prioritise patients undergoing treatment

Undertake advanced practitioner-level holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients care needs
Undertake advanced clinical practitioner-level physical assessment examination of patients requiring complex medical disease-management and resolution or containment of disease complications
Undertake initial assessment to determine differential diagnoses, utilising advanced critical-thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior medical colleagues
On a daily basis, act autonomously to provide expert clinical/technical care, which contributes to the diagnosis, specialist care and treatment plans for these highly complex patients

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess and prioritise patients undergoing treatment

Undertake advanced practitioner-level holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients care needs
Undertake advanced clinical practitioner-level physical assessment examination of patients requiring complex medical disease-management and resolution or containment of disease complications
Undertake initial assessment to determine differential diagnoses, utilising advanced critical-thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior medical colleagues
On a daily basis, act autonomously to provide expert clinical/technical care, which contributes to the diagnosis, specialist care and treatment plans for these highly complex patients

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First level nurse registration
Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice inclusive of Independent Prescribing registration (V300

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience at senior nurse level
Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice in the clinical management of patients

Knowledge

Essential

An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care
Competencies in clinical examination and diagnostic test modules

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First level nurse registration
Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice inclusive of Independent Prescribing registration (V300

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience at senior nurse level
Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice in the clinical management of patients

Knowledge

Essential

An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care
Competencies in clinical examination and diagnostic test modules

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Dragon Square

Stoke on Trent

ST5 7HL

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Dragon Square

Stoke on Trent

ST5 7HL

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)