Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Are you a highly motivated, experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner, looking for a new challenge? If so Adult Mental Health Services are looking for someone who possess confidence, enthusiasm, initiative and a positive approach to teamwork but most importantly have a genuine passion for patient care.
AMH have exciting plans to modernise our workforce to meet current and future challenges and provide a new career pathway for non-medical practitioners through the introduction of Advanced Clinical Practitioners into our community services. This role is based in the Broxtowe & Hucknall LMHT.
It is anticipated that this role will develop over time in response to changes in service delivery and therefore we need clinicians who are energetic, eager to develop and are forward thinking with the potential to adapt to change and meet new challenges. We will ensure we support you at every level to enable you to develop the role within AMH services.
Alternatively, we would consider appointing a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) to develop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their speciality through an established ACP training pathway.
The post holder will be an experienced Nurse/Allied Health Professional/Paramedic, qualified to ACP Masters Level who will act as a Clinical Leader. They will:
Demonstrate safe, senior clinical decision-making by autonomously assessing patients presenting to the inpatient service including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care
Demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process and work collaboratively with the MDT to meet the needs of patients.
Be instrumental in guiding junior medical staff and nursing staff in relation to relevant protocols, procedures and clinical pathways.
Be fundamental in the development of this new role.
Initiate, manage and drive innovative change in practice for the benefit of patient care in line with Trust and local procedures.
The ACP may provide mentorship to trainee ACP's within the directorate. 1st on call duties on a 3 month rota basis, will form part of this role.
Alternatively, we would consider appointing a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) to develop specialist knowledge and skills through the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice as an apprentice; included in the curriculum are work-based learning modules. As well as the academic pathway the tACP will follow the three-year supervisor-supported ACP training program mapped against established national and regional competencies.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you
TeamNottsHC
**A fully qualified ACP must be able to**:
Complete a full system and physical or psychological/psychiatric exam
Take a systemic and/or psychosocial patient / prisoner or service user history
Make diagnostic decisions based on consultation, history, presentation, pathology and/ or imaging results
Initiate, prescribe and monitor the impact and outcome of treatments and medication including efficacy, side effects, contraindications and risk
Devise an individual clinical management plan that includes all aspects of multi-disciplinary care
Screen patients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators
Carry out where appropriate, invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with due regard to mental capacity and advance decisions
Refer to other health professionals as appropriate
Discharge from hospital or services as required
Run independent out-patient clinics se