Advanced Clinical Practitioner- ADHD / ASC Pathway

An opportunity has arisen to recruit 2 x Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioners within our new and developing Adult ADHD and Autism service.
We are seeking dynamic, highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioners ideally with experience of working in a community setting. As a registered professional, you will be committed to providing a high-quality service and will support in the development of our ADHD and Autism clinic.
We are also open to discussions with trainee ACP ideally in the last year of the course.
The service will cover the East and West of South Staffordshire offering remote and face to face appointments.
Ideally you will have experience with working with patients diagnosed with ADHD and Autism although appropriate training will be provided. You will be completing ADHD and Autism assessments for diagnosis and initiating treatment., + The direct provision of high quality evidence based person-centred physical and mental health care to service users within the adult ADHD service.
+ Providing leadership in the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care to the wider multi-disciplinary team.
+ Facilitating learning through the development and delivery of specialist clinically focussed education and training programmes.
+ Receive patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their health care needs, based on highly-developed nursing knowledge and skills, including physical examination skills.
+ Plan and coordinate the physical healthcare needs of service users in the community service; including the requirement for annual 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., You will be a key senior member of the service supporting the development and functioning of this new service. You will support the Service manager and provide supervision. In this role you will manage your own caseload offering assessments and titrating medication. You will use appropriate diagnostic assessment tools which will support your decision. You will prescribe accordingly, discussing all treatment options, assess effectiveness, potential side-effects and make changes to medication when required. You will assess if the patient has co morbidities which need treatment and signpost to appropriate services. As part of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner role is to supervise and support junior staff. You may also need to offer appointments to complex cases to formalise treatment plans.

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, 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 annual 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, mileage paid at business rates
+ Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
+ Free car parking at all trust sites
+ Free flu vaccination 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.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, We are based in South Staffordshire and most of our work is done remotely but will provide face to face appointments as per patient need.