Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious individual to join our Community Specialist Diabetes Team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. We are looking for a highly motivated and resilient candidate, to support our Community Specialist Diabetes team, based across Sefton geographical area.
The service is current delivered between the hours of 9am-5pm Monday - Friday
The post holder must show commitment in supporting and in the development of others to ensure a consistent, quality driven delivery of service, mentorship, and clinical supervision. You will also ensure the delivery of the trust strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within their recognised remit.
Working within the local and nationally agreed frameworks the Advanced Clinical practitioner, will exercise independent judgment to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of patients within their care.
The Advanced Clinical practitioner will provide the teams with advanced clinical leadership, having undergone training to meet all academic and core clinical requirements (4 pillars of advanced practice) relevant to the role.
The Advanced Clinical practitioner reporting lines will be via the Sefton Place Leadership Structure. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will have key working relationships with all members of the nursing, medical and multidisciplinary teams, trust management teams and wider partners.
About us
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 are also 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 cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support in the leadership of Specialist Nursing Teams whilst being accountable for the performance, quality, and clinical effectiveness of the team.
A key outcome of the role is to support your team to understand and own their quality, recognise, and respond to patient safety concerns, whilst identifying, assessing, and managing risk.
The post holder is expected to provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner ensuring that the specialist nurses within the team practice within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to The Code and local Trust Policies and Procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support in the leadership of Specialist Nursing Teams whilst being accountable for the performance, quality, and clinical effectiveness of the team.
A key outcome of the role is to support your team to understand and own their quality, recognise, and respond to patient safety concerns, whilst identifying, assessing, and managing risk.
The post holder is expected to provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner ensuring that the specialist nurses within the team practice within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to The Code and local Trust Policies and Procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with relevant clinical body
- Full Masters qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP)
- V300 Non Medical Prescribing
- Mentorship/teaching
- Clinical Examination Skills - Level 7
Desirable
- Masters/Degree level qualification in Diabetes Management
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Working autonomously in an advanced role.
- Proven leadership skills
- Significant post registration experience
- Demonstratable experience of working at an autonomous level within Diabetes specialism
- Research Audits
Desirable
- Community experience working within a multidisciplinary led environment
Values
Essential
- 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 Orientated
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience in change management
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- IT literate
- Able to work across boundaries within primary care and offering support to secondary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with relevant clinical body
- Full Masters qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP)
- V300 Non Medical Prescribing
- Mentorship/teaching
- Clinical Examination Skills - Level 7
Desirable
- Masters/Degree level qualification in Diabetes Management
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Working autonomously in an advanced role.
- Proven leadership skills
- Significant post registration experience
- Demonstratable experience of working at an autonomous level within Diabetes specialism
- Research Audits
Desirable
- Community experience working within a multidisciplinary led environment
Values
Essential
- 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 Orientated
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience in change management
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- IT literate
- Able to work across boundaries within primary care and offering support to secondary care
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).
