Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

The closing date is 21 January 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is confident in working autonomously carrying out clinical consultations, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment and medication through prescribing. In addition, your experience will provide management and leadership to the teams delivering urgent treatment and enhanced access services. To succeed in this role, you will need excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

Main duties of the job

The role is central in developing and managing highly specialised programmes of care and provides specialised advice concerning care beyond the scope of normal clinical practice e.g., establishes differential diagnoses, management/treatment plans and makes referrals as appropriate you will be facilitating the development of clinical practice through research and education of the multidisciplinary team. Evaluate care through quality assurance initiatives and assessment of clinical outcome you will look to take every opportunity to promote the health of patients and initiate health education strategies as necessary.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

31 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TF534-MH-A

Job locations

HMP Peterborough

Saville Road

Peterborough

PE3 7PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC registration
Master's Level Degree in Advanced Practice
NMP Independent prescribing qualification

Desirable

Professional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
Undertaken leadership training

Skills and experience

Essential

Minimum of 5 years post registration experience to include 1 year experience of a leadership position
Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
Experience in delivering clinical supervision, mentoring and being a role model to staff

Desirable

Complex Case Management experience
Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate individualised plans of care working autonomously and collaboratively

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC registration
Master's Level Degree in Advanced Practice
NMP Independent prescribing qualification

Desirable

Professional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
Undertaken leadership training

Skills and experience

Essential

Minimum of 5 years post registration experience to include 1 year experience of a leadership position
Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience
Experience in delivering clinical supervision, mentoring and being a role model to staff

Desirable

Complex Case Management experience
Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate individualised plans of care working autonomously and collaboratively

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.