Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual to join Headroom, the early intervention in psychosis service for Cardiff and Vale UHB, as a trainee advanced nurse practitioner.

Headroom is a service for young people aged 14 to 25 who are presenting with their first episode of psychosis. The service works across Adult Services and Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Service for children and Young people.

Headroom is working to towards accreditation with EIPN Network and Diverse Cymru. We are active in research and audit, have close links with the National Centre for Mental Health and are connected to a range of mental health and neurodevelopmental services which contribute to the development of staff.

The job will require you to act as a key member of the Headroom team whilst being enrolled on the advanced practice development programme. The programme will provide the training, supervision, and clinical opportunities for the candidate to develop across the four pillars of advanced practice: - education, clinical practice, leadership, and research. Upon successful attainment of the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and a yearlong consolidation period, the candidate will have the opportunity for advancement to Band 8a subject to funding.

Main duties of the job

As a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will ideally bring clinical experience within the field of early intervention in psychosis. This role involves working with both children and adults. The position will require you to enhance your skills and knowledge to operate as an autonomous practitioner, capable of appropriately assessing, examining, investigating, and treating patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions at an advanced level.

As a Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will work under the supervision of the Nurse Consultant, Consultant Psychiatrist, and Team Psychologist. Your responsibilities will include assessing, managing, and delivering treatment and interventions for the total episode of care. In addition, you will provide supervision and teaching, lead on relevant audit and service improvement initiatives, and collaborate on ongoing research projects.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all ethnicities, races, genders, religions, and ages, as well as individuals with disabilities.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.