Job summary
The post holder will commit to completing the Advanced Clinical Practitioner integrated degree/masters' apprenticeship qualification whilst managing a caseload of complex cases This apprenticeship will be undertaken in collaboration with an approved training provider and includes both classroom sessions as well as work- based assessment within the clinical environment. Apprentices complete a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate their learning and skills in practice.
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of advanced mental health practice within the service location they are based within. They will apply their advanced expertise in a range of care settings including both first contact and on-going care delivery. They will work across traditional boundaries providing comprehensive assessment and management of service users and families with a range of mental health needs. The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner, providing clinical assessment and treatment to a diverse group of service users requiring either crisis or ongoing care. The post holder will demonstrate a highly developed, advanced and expert knowledge, in depth experience and clinical skills within the domain of mental health services. A highly visible profile is expected, in order to provide clinical and professional leadership, promoting advanced practice, education to others, research activity and publication.
Main duties of the job
To participate fully in the training programme for the Advanced Clinical Practitioner integrated degree/masters' apprenticeship qualification the post holder will be required to:
- Attend formal study sessions,
- Be willing to undertake self-directed learning,
- Complete all tasks and assignments
- Apply skills and knowledge to patient care in the clinical area
- Complete all identified mandatory training
- Contribute to regular performance and progress
Within the apprenticeship the post holder would develop their role within the four pillars of ACP practice:
- Clinical Care,
- Education including lecturing, teaching others (see below),
- Leadership including ward rounds, leading patient care and clinical quality improvement, change
- Research including service evaluations, audit and service developments
It is expected that the apprentice will successfully complete the training programme within a contract period. On completion, the post holder will gain clinical competencies relating to the National Apprenticeship Standards.
About us
We are looking for a practitioner with a passion for learning who wants to join our Psychiatric Intensive Care team on our exciting journey to develop our services. This post is newly funded within our services and aims to develop Advanced Clinical Practice within our Psychiatric intensive Care Units.
You will study on the integrated degree/ master's programme alongside your clinical role to develop your skills in Advanced Clinical Practice. In your role as a trainee ACP you will undertake a range of complex assessments including physical health examinations, formulations and management plans. You will provide consultation and advice to other professionals and deliver training and supervision of junior staff and students across all disciplines. You will contribute to quality improvement through engagement with research, audit and specific projects in accordance with trust strategy. You will participate and contribute to the trusts Inter-Professional Learning agenda. Supervision will be provided by a dedicated medical supervisor and you will attend the trust ACP Forum for additional peer support.
IMPORTANT Information: This is a 36-month course that will require regular and committed attendance at university throughout its duration; alongside considerable private study, with supervision from a dedicated medical assessor. You will be required to undertake formal examinations and submit a portfolio of learning for the course.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To participate fully in the training programme for the Advanced Clinical Practitioner integrated degree/masters apprenticeship qualification the post holder will be required to:
- Attend formal study sessions,
- Be willing to undertake self-directed learning,
- Complete all tasks and assignments
- Apply skills and knowledge to patient care in the clinical area
- Complete all identified mandatory training
- Contribute to regular performance and progress
Within the apprenticeship the post holder would develop their role within the four pillars of ACP practice:
- Clinical Care,
- Education including lecturing, teaching others (see below),
- Leadership including ward rounds, leading patient care and clinical quality improvement, change
- Research including service evaluations, audit and service developments
It is expected that the apprentice will successfully complete the training programme within a contract period. On completion, the post holder will gain clinical competencies relating to the National Apprenticeship Standards.
The post holder will further develop their skills within the education pillar as follows:
- Responsible for recognition and assessment of the learning and development needs of colleagues, participating in the creation, delivery and evaluation of learning opportunities that fulfil these
- Responsible for teaching and mentoring future staff and other professionals across health and social
- To create and maintain an appropriate learning environment to meet the educational and development needs of a range of staff groups and students as
- Work with the integrated team to co-ordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of teaching programmes for service users and their families / carers, that provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to: gain independence, safety manage with their circumstances, plan for unavoidable progression in their conditions, effectively access health and social
- To lead the development and implementation of teaching programmes to staff
- To provide peer support to other case managers and wider integrated teams across partner
- To take part in education and training
- To be responsible for personal education and development needs and to take the opportunity to maintain and improve professional knowledge and
- To ensure and maintain CPD in line with professional Registration
- To take responsibility for care (including assessment, formulation and treatment planning). To act in a clinically autonomous way to develop, lead and implement appropriate multidisciplinary care
- To provide expert clinical leadership and provide advanced clinical input to a range of pathways for service users and their families / carers.
- Exercise an advanced degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical judgment to make professional autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
- To utilise advanced skills and expertise to triage and prioritise patients demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of a difficulty and determine an appropriate care
- To work in partnership with GPs, other health and social care professionals to apply advanced skills to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical findings using advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to support formulation in a wide range of complex presentations and to recommend the appropriate intervention and develop comprehensive and individualistic care plans to provide best possible
- To use expert knowledge and skills to assess the physical and psycho-social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic treatments based on best available evidence in order to improve health
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a range of therapeutic interventions and respond
- To utilise advanced skills to extrapolate and review clinical outcome data within electronic health records and compile into formats that can assist the development of
- To develop and co-ordinate intensive care packages and provide clinical advice on care
- To utilise advanced skills to identify changes in a service users difficulties and risk level through clinical assessment and take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the
- To undertake interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet presenting
- To use the skills and knowledge to make referrals for further specialist interventions as required
- Responsible for supporting users and carers in identifying early signs and change of condition to facilitate care planning and implementation of proactive care
- To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in meeting prior agreed goals and making any necessary
- To undertake necessary specialist assessments and in a non-medical prescriber, prescribe within the scope of professional
- To ensure that the care provided and services delivered are in line with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures and the Clinical Governance
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, national professional policies and guidelines and local policies and guidelines defined by general practice
- To use advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to provide proactive monitoring and provide timely
- To be aware of vulnerability within the patient/carer caseload and report potential safeguarding situations according to local policy and
- To work with the multidisciplinary, multi-agency team to co-ordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes for patients and their carers.
- To develop robust multidisciplinary working relationships to support the co- ordinated provision of highest standards of care to service users and their families / Be responsible for the provision of data and information as required to support the monitoring of appropriate performance measures and outcomes both at individual and whole service level.
- To support and contribute to the development of new models of care away from hospital
- To work in partnership with integrated teams of health and social care professionals to ascertain care plans, initiate interventions and evaluate treatment and service outcomes
- Negotiate and agree with service users and their families / carers, and other health and social care professionals, roles and responsibilities together with
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries, to improve outcomes for service users and their families / carers, using a person-centred approach to ensure continuity and provision of high quality patient centred
- Incorporate service users preferences into treatment decisions, creating a culture of shared decision
- To undertake necessary specialist assessments and interventions; if the post holder is a non-medical prescriber, to prescribe within the scope of professional practice
- Demonstrate that all clinical assessments, agreed programmes of care and evaluations comply with the Trusts agreed clinical
- To provide information as requested by the Managerial and / or Professional Lead for case management in supporting the provision of reports to the local partnerships and other
- To assist managers in achieving the objectives of the services and promoting an open style of
- To assume delegated responsibility in the absence of your line manager(s).
- To be responsible for the establishment of effective clinical governance systems to ensure that standards of care delivery are constantly high and lines of clinical accountability are
- To promote and champion working across professional, organisational and geographical boundaries to facilitate a person centred, seamless, approach for the delivery of
- To champion principles of self-care, shared decision making and service user/patient and carer
- Effectively manage own time and
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners to offer appropriate advice to all professions on care practices, delivery, service developments and re-design.
- In conjunction with other health and social care professionals develop and regularly review patient information using a variety of mediums that take into account cultural diversity and communication
- Be a change agent, facilitating change in practice, which improves clinical outcomes, and the patient and carers experience
- To participate in the staff recruitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To participate fully in the training programme for the Advanced Clinical Practitioner integrated degree/masters apprenticeship qualification the post holder will be required to:
- Attend formal study sessions,
- Be willing to undertake self-directed learning,
- Complete all tasks and assignments
- Apply skills and knowledge to patient care in the clinical area
- Complete all identified mandatory training
- Contribute to regular performance and progress
Within the apprenticeship the post holder would develop their role within the four pillars of ACP practice:
- Clinical Care,
- Education including lecturing, teaching others (see below),
- Leadership including ward rounds, leading patient care and clinical quality improvement, change
- Research including service evaluations, audit and service developments
It is expected that the apprentice will successfully complete the training programme within a contract period. On completion, the post holder will gain clinical competencies relating to the National Apprenticeship Standards.
The post holder will further develop their skills within the education pillar as follows:
- Responsible for recognition and assessment of the learning and development needs of colleagues, participating in the creation, delivery and evaluation of learning opportunities that fulfil these
- Responsible for teaching and mentoring future staff and other professionals across health and social
- To create and maintain an appropriate learning environment to meet the educational and development needs of a range of staff groups and students as
- Work with the integrated team to co-ordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of teaching programmes for service users and their families / carers, that provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to: gain independence, safety manage with their circumstances, plan for unavoidable progression in their conditions, effectively access health and social
- To lead the development and implementation of teaching programmes to staff
- To provide peer support to other case managers and wider integrated teams across partner
- To take part in education and training
- To be responsible for personal education and development needs and to take the opportunity to maintain and improve professional knowledge and
- To ensure and maintain CPD in line with professional Registration
- To take responsibility for care (including assessment, formulation and treatment planning). To act in a clinically autonomous way to develop, lead and implement appropriate multidisciplinary care
- To provide expert clinical leadership and provide advanced clinical input to a range of pathways for service users and their families / carers.
- Exercise an advanced degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical judgment to make professional autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
- To utilise advanced skills and expertise to triage and prioritise patients demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of a difficulty and determine an appropriate care
- To work in partnership with GPs, other health and social care professionals to apply advanced skills to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical findings using advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills to support formulation in a wide range of complex presentations and to recommend the appropriate intervention and develop comprehensive and individualistic care plans to provide best possible
- To use expert knowledge and skills to assess the physical and psycho-social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic treatments based on best available evidence in order to improve health
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a range of therapeutic interventions and respond
- To utilise advanced skills to extrapolate and review clinical outcome data within electronic health records and compile into formats that can assist the development of
- To develop and co-ordinate intensive care packages and provide clinical advice on care
- To utilise advanced skills to identify changes in a service users difficulties and risk level through clinical assessment and take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the
- To undertake interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet presenting
- To use the skills and knowledge to make referrals for further specialist interventions as required
- Responsible for supporting users and carers in identifying early signs and change of condition to facilitate care planning and implementation of proactive care
- To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in meeting prior agreed goals and making any necessary
- To undertake necessary specialist assessments and in a non-medical prescriber, prescribe within the scope of professional
- To ensure that the care provided and services delivered are in line with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures and the Clinical Governance
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, national professional policies and guidelines and local policies and guidelines defined by general practice
- To use advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to provide proactive monitoring and provide timely
- To be aware of vulnerability within the patient/carer caseload and report potential safeguarding situations according to local policy and
- To work with the multidisciplinary, multi-agency team to co-ordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes for patients and their carers.
- To develop robust multidisciplinary working relationships to support the co- ordinated provision of highest standards of care to service users and their families / Be responsible for the provision of data and information as required to support the monitoring of appropriate performance measures and outcomes both at individual and whole service level.
- To support and contribute to the development of new models of care away from hospital
- To work in partnership with integrated teams of health and social care professionals to ascertain care plans, initiate interventions and evaluate treatment and service outcomes
- Negotiate and agree with service users and their families / carers, and other health and social care professionals, roles and responsibilities together with
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries, to improve outcomes for service users and their families / carers, using a person-centred approach to ensure continuity and provision of high quality patient centred
- Incorporate service users preferences into treatment decisions, creating a culture of shared decision
- To undertake necessary specialist assessments and interventions; if the post holder is a non-medical prescriber, to prescribe within the scope of professional practice
- Demonstrate that all clinical assessments, agreed programmes of care and evaluations comply with the Trusts agreed clinical
- To provide information as requested by the Managerial and / or Professional Lead for case management in supporting the provision of reports to the local partnerships and other
- To assist managers in achieving the objectives of the services and promoting an open style of
- To assume delegated responsibility in the absence of your line manager(s).
- To be responsible for the establishment of effective clinical governance systems to ensure that standards of care delivery are constantly high and lines of clinical accountability are
- To promote and champion working across professional, organisational and geographical boundaries to facilitate a person centred, seamless, approach for the delivery of
- To champion principles of self-care, shared decision making and service user/patient and carer
- Effectively manage own time and
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners to offer appropriate advice to all professions on care practices, delivery, service developments and re-design.
- In conjunction with other health and social care professionals develop and regularly review patient information using a variety of mediums that take into account cultural diversity and communication
- Be a change agent, facilitating change in practice, which improves clinical outcomes, and the patient and carers experience
- To participate in the staff recruitment
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oGCSE English and Maths A- C/4-9 or Functional Skills level 2. oDegree level qualification in either Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, AHP, etc oUp to date Professional Registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England. oClinical supervision training and experience oShort courses and experience to Master's level oCommitment to complete training as an Advanced Practitioner
Desirable
- oTeaching qualification oSpeciality qualification - Non-medical prescribing oTraining in psychosocial or other specific interventions in mental health
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with service users' with complex needs, and their families / carers' oCompiling protocols and clinical guidance oAudit oSignificant experience of working at a senior clinical level oPortfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice / speciality
Desirable
- oEvidence of delivering teaching and training programmes to staff groups oEvidence of delivering presentations at local, regional, national level. oResearch experience
knowledge
Essential
- oAdvanced clinical practice skills oManagement of service users' and their families / carers' with complex needsoClinical examination skills oAccountability of own role and other roles within the team oSound knowledge of Local and national health policies particularly those related to service users' and their families / carers' with complex needs.
Desirable
- Knowledge of issues affecting services users' and their families / carers. oAble to identify determinants on health in the clinical area oKnowledge of legislation affecting service users' and their families / carers' with complex needs.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oExcellent communication and leadership skills oNegotiation and conflict management skills oChange management oAbility to work across boundaries oDemonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment oCompetent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Desirable
- oAble to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources oAble to articulate personal development needs oCompetent in databases and spreadsheets
Work related Circumstances
Essential
- oTo be able to participate in the appropriate on call rota oTo work flexible hours across 7 days oUse of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs oWilling to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies oAppointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oGCSE English and Maths A- C/4-9 or Functional Skills level 2. oDegree level qualification in either Social Work, Nursing, Psychology, AHP, etc oUp to date Professional Registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England. oClinical supervision training and experience oShort courses and experience to Master's level oCommitment to complete training as an Advanced Practitioner
Desirable
- oTeaching qualification oSpeciality qualification - Non-medical prescribing oTraining in psychosocial or other specific interventions in mental health
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with service users' with complex needs, and their families / carers' oCompiling protocols and clinical guidance oAudit oSignificant experience of working at a senior clinical level oPortfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice / speciality
Desirable
- oEvidence of delivering teaching and training programmes to staff groups oEvidence of delivering presentations at local, regional, national level. oResearch experience
knowledge
Essential
- oAdvanced clinical practice skills oManagement of service users' and their families / carers' with complex needsoClinical examination skills oAccountability of own role and other roles within the team oSound knowledge of Local and national health policies particularly those related to service users' and their families / carers' with complex needs.
Desirable
- Knowledge of issues affecting services users' and their families / carers. oAble to identify determinants on health in the clinical area oKnowledge of legislation affecting service users' and their families / carers' with complex needs.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oExcellent communication and leadership skills oNegotiation and conflict management skills oChange management oAbility to work across boundaries oDemonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment oCompetent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Desirable
- oAble to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources oAble to articulate personal development needs oCompetent in databases and spreadsheets
Work related Circumstances
Essential
- oTo be able to participate in the appropriate on call rota oTo work flexible hours across 7 days oUse of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs oWilling to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies oAppointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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).
