Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Acute Inpatients

+ The direct provision of high-quality evidence based person-centred physical and mental health care to inpatients within the acute inpatient ward.
+ Providing leadership in the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
+ Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and assess their health care needs, based on highly developed nursing knowledge and skills, including physical examination skills.
+ Plan and coordinate the physical healthcare needs of inpatients on the ward; including the requirement for physical examinations and investigations.
+ Order necessary investigations, and provide treatment and care both individually, as part of a team, and through liaison with / referral to other agencies, e.g. ECGs, Clozaril Bloods.
+ Plan, develop and manage specialist packages of care, employing the Care Programme Approach (CPA), working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use.
+ To provide clinical leadership and supervision to trainee ACP's, trainee NMP's and registered nursing staff if required.
Facilitating learning through the development and delivery of specialist clinically focussed education and training programmes., + Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in making decisions to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions (which will usually include prescribing medication and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic psychological interventions).
+ Use professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events and capture the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and service delivery.
+ Undertake weekly assessments of all inpatients under their care, addressing issues and assessing and managing risks identified.
+ Prepare reports encompassing medical and advanced nurse practitioner interventions in readiness for CPA meetings.
+ Play an active role in multi-professional meetings.
+ Independent and supplementary prescribing- practicing within local and national policy and guidance.
+ Undertake health promotion and prevention activities including, for example, educating patients in the side effects of medication and lifestyle choices.
+ Develop individualised discharge summaries on behalf of the Responsible Clinician.
+ Identify, minimise and report risks of danger, harm or abuse.
+ Responsible for documenting plans of care and for ensuring that plans remain current and ensuring high standards of record keeping.
+ Admission process- including assessment of mental and physical health
+ Leading discharge process including discharge, crisis and relapse management plans

In addition, the successful applicant will hold excellent verbal communication skills and can support other agencies with referral options and clinical decision making.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
+ Supporting your career development and progression
+ Excellent NHS Pension scheme
+ Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
+ Options for flexible working
+ Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
+ Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
+ If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
+ Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
+ Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
+ Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
+ Free car parking at all trust sites
+ Free flu vaccinations every year
+ Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.