Multi-professional Approved Clinician

We have an exciting opportunity in Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for a Multi-Professional Approved Clinician (MPAC). This role will be pivotal in working collaboratively to develop and embed MPACs into the service. This is a full-time post.

The role will be based in Discovery House, Lincoln, a rehabilitation facility which is made up of The Fens and The Wolds, which are male specialised wards and The Vales, which is a 15 bed female rehabilitation ward. The wards aims to provide a holistic approach to treatment and care by getting to know patients as individuals and by meeting their acute mental health and physical health care needs.

The post holder as an Approved Clinician, will be the clinical lead for all allocated patients admitted to Discovery House, taking the lead role in all aspects of their care for the duration of their admission, providing senior clinical oversight of service users with the most complex mental health needs.

To act as Approved Clinician for patients taking overall clinical and legal responsibility for patients detained under the MHA and demonstrate associated expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of personality disordered patients. This will include clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team and joint work with colleagues from other disciplines in the provision of high-quality clinical care.

To work alongside an in-patient Consultant Psychiatrist, acting as a resource and taking responsibility for the provision of expert advice and guidance in relation to Approved Clinician under the Mental Health Act.

The postholder will join a multi-professional team of medical staff, nursing staff of all grades, social therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, and social workers, who work closely with the unit leadership to deliver a safe and highly effective service. Approved Clinician supervision will be provided by the Lead Consultant Psychiatrist. Professional supervision will be provided according to professional registration requirements. Line Management will be provided by the Consultant responsible for the service.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

The postholder will demonstrate the core competencies of an Approved Clinician (AC).

Provide assessment of needs, formulation, and intervention plans, including direct intervention or support work and outcome evaluation.

Compile and complete statutory documentation, as an Approved Clinician / Responsible Clinician. This includes writing Hospital Managers / Mental Health Tribunal /Ministry of Justice reports.

Present evidence to Courts, Tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings.

Assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

Review and monitor clinical decisions made concerning restrictive practices, for example, seclusion or long-term segregation of detained in-patients, reconciling inter
- and intra-professional differences of opinion, judgements on complex clinical issues.

Ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the clients of this service.

Use expert knowledge to inform and develop treatment protocols which are rigorous, comprehensive and sensitive to mental disorder, personality disorder, neurodiversity, gender, culture, and service provision.