Advanced Clinical Practitioner

**About The Role**:
**UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**

**+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Primary Care team in West Midlands Regional area within HMP settings.

This is a really exciting time to join HMP Oakwood, HMP Featherstone and HMP Brinsford as a ACP, initially for these 3 site and eventually you will be travelling additional 7 sites around the West Midlands.

If you are looking for a development role into a ACP, we can look to support this.

You will be based in the Regional Hub Office based at Oakwood and will be a car driver.

**Hours**:
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

**Salary**:
This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £53755 - £58000**_ _**per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team

**What you'll be doing**:
As a Advanced Clinical Practitioner, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Demonstrate judgement in assessing and managing wide ranging and complex patient problems
- Provide clinical leadership for the mental health team, This multi-disciplinary team is made up of a variety of
registered and non-registered professionals including; mental health, and substance misuse practitioners
- You will act as a role model ensuring professional appearance and maintaining
professional standards at all times
- Supporting senior clinicians on site you will be part of the daily leadership team, providing clinical input for all patients
- As a clinical expert in your field, you will work with the team to ensure; patient safety, the management of complex cases and ensure the most up to date treatment methodology is applied to patient care.

If you are interested in **career development,** we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both **internal and external options** for development and learning.

**It doesn’t stop there**we also offer:

- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

**What we’ll look for in you**:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required:

- Registered Nurse - Adult Mental Health with current NMC or Registered Paramedic with current HCPC
- Independent/supplementary prescriber qualification - not essential
- MSc in Advanced Practice
- Experience working autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner following best practice
guidance

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.