Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ACP)

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a qualified ACP Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the North Shropshire CMHS.

We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated ACP who ideally has experience of working within a community setting. North Shropshire CMHS is a fully staffed, multi-disciplinary service providing assessment, brief intervention and specialist support to people experiencing severe & enduring care.

As a registered professional, you will be committed to providing a high quality service and will support the development of our CMHS whilst maintaining a high standard of patient care.,

• The direct provision of high quality evidenced based person centred mental health care to service users within North Shropshire locality.


• Providing leadership in the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care to the wider multi-disciplinary service.


• Facilitating learning through the development and delivery of specialist clinically focused education and training programmes.


• Receive patients with both diagnosed and undiagnosed difficulties and make an assessment of their health care needs, based upon your highly developed nursing knowledge and skills which includes physical examinations skills.


• Plan and coordinate the physical healthcare needs of service users in the community service: including the requirements for annual physical health examinations and investigations.


• Order necessary investigations and provide treatment and care both individually, as part of a team and through consultation with / referral to other agencies e.g ECGs, Clozaril bloods etc.
  
  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, mileage paid at business rates


• 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.