Job summary
Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner : Band 7, Older Person Mental Health Inpatient Services, Harplands Hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner within Older Persons (Ward 6 and 7) Mental Health Inpatient Services at the Harplands Hospital. The Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be at the forefront of delivering excellent quality services to improve the care and service to our older adult inpatient services; with this in mind, an opportunity has arisen for a motivated and articulate Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner to become part of a highly skilled established team. Suitable candidates will have had significant clinical experience working with older adults and be able to demonstrate clinical and strategic leadership experience and qualities.
We are keen to show you any of our services and provide an opportunity to meet some team members, if you would like to arrange an informal visit prior to making an application please email Melanie.mcnair@combined.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
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- Undertake and complete an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.
- Exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care. Provide advanced clinical skills in relation to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the service user group. Promote recovery based care programmes and set high standards for the delivery of care to patients and their families and be responsible for delivering high quality mental health care.
- Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing the highest quality Mental Health care to Service users, their families and carers. The nature of the Service and philosophy of the team may require the post holder to work flexible hours.
- Contribute to the medical prescribing provision within the team through supportive dedicated non-medical prescribing.
- Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team developing shared goals, complementing the roles of others to support and maintain team growth and continuous improvement.
About us
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our team prides themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Team will offer a full induction package.
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it. To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate person who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving Mental Health Trust in the Country.
In return we offer;
A competitive progressive salary
We cover the cost of your DBS Check (£44)
Competitive staff benefits such as weekly offers and discounts
Individual Personal Development Plan and Career Progression
Excellent pension scheme available
27- 33 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide specialist assessment, advice on interventions and treatment plans for service users presenting with mental ill-health.
- Develop and provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of service users who have mental ill-health.
- Contribute to improvements to standards of care through development of care pathways, provision of clinical supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the delivery of skilled clinical leadership.
- Act in accordance with NMC standards and be accountable for own clinical practice and professional actions and omissions at all times. Retain clinical competency ensuring your skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role.
- Contribute to implementation of research into practice and participate in relevant audits and research studies to aid development of the evidence base and to contribute to clinical governance.
- Develop and provide advanced level immediate problem solving and decision making skills and contribute to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area, Trust and local health economy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide specialist assessment, advice on interventions and treatment plans for service users presenting with mental ill-health.
- Develop and provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of service users who have mental ill-health.
- Contribute to improvements to standards of care through development of care pathways, provision of clinical supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the delivery of skilled clinical leadership.
- Act in accordance with NMC standards and be accountable for own clinical practice and professional actions and omissions at all times. Retain clinical competency ensuring your skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role.
- Contribute to implementation of research into practice and participate in relevant audits and research studies to aid development of the evidence base and to contribute to clinical governance.
- Develop and provide advanced level immediate problem solving and decision making skills and contribute to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area, Trust and local health economy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience
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
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).
