Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Verified Company
Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter
Description

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 will be based within the City Community Mental Health Service, based at Lavender House.


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 decisionmaking 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.


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.

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.


We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.


We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences.

We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.


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 multidisciplinary care
  • Screen patients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators
  • Carry out where appropriate, invasive and noninvasive 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 outpatient clinics seeing new and review individuals as required
For trainee ACP the requirements include

To undertake appropriate training in order that the following clinical skills can be achieved:

  • The ACP is accountable for independent clinical assessment, formulation, diagnosis and treatment of these individuals with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions. They will provide expert professional and independent clinical care which enables the coordin
More jobs from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
See all jobs of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust