Advanced Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join Mid-Mersey Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.

This role will require expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people requiring urgent support with their mental health.

This post will be based at Harry Blackman House, but practitioners will cover a footprint across Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington, Halton. There may also be expectation for practitioners to support across areas of Liverpool depending on service need.

To provide strategic clinical leadership in relation to an area of specialism using the most up to date and evidence based theory

To undertake expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a specific group of service users

To offer expert clinical advice for service users, carers, staff and other professionals

To demonstrate advanced competence in highly complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs within the specialist area of practice

To support and complement the existing medical arrangements

To work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

CLINICAL/MANAGERIAL

To work as advanced clinical lead for an area of specialist practice across a range of services within the Urgent Care.

To utilise expert mental and physical health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes to the service user physical and mental and mental health

To formulate, implement and evaluate interventions with individuals and their carers where appropriate.

To make and receive referrals as an advanced autonomous practitioner

To demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills within a defined area of expertise

To critically appraise, evaluate and apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research evidence within a specialist area of practice

To visit service users in the most appropriate setting to meet their needs as required

Refer service users to other members of the multi-disciplinary team or specialism's as their needs require

To use independent non-medical prescribing skills in the initiation and evaluation of treatment plans

Establish consistent and evidence based side-effect medication monitoring, acting and findings as necessary

Lead on the transition from medical led services to practitioner services within a specialist area of practice

To discharge from a specialist area of practice with an effective discharge plan of care in place

To liaise with other services as required

To undertake physical examinations of service users as required

To refer for medical intervention as the service users needs require

To make changes within the clinical practices of the specialist team based on evidence, policy and/or the identified needs of service users

To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified and dealt with appropriately. To report to the Local Division management team any risk that cannot be managed at an acceptable level without external support

To provide verbal or written reports as requested by other departments or the Local Division management team as required

To identify areas for service development in your area of responsibility

To adhere to Trust Policies reporting to the Local Division management team any failures in adherence to Trust Policy

To contribute to the development of Trust Policies and Local Division Guidelines

To maintain the high standards in clinical expertise that this role requires

To maintain, monitor and present data relating to the role

To be consistent and active in evaluating the effectiveness of the role

Participate in clinical research as necessary whilst ensuring adherence to ethical practice

To participate in service meetings

To offer and participate in regular systematic supervision

Establish priorities and organise workload to ensure effective use of time

Ensure accurate recordings of all referrals, caseload and outcome data

Ensure systematic records of treatment and progress are kept, and that written reports are provided for relevant returns

Provide statistical returns

Produce full evaluation of service and its impact on an annual basis

ORGANISATIONAL

To adhere to the Trust's rights based approach, taking into account service user choice

To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and any others that may be affected by your acts and omissions at work. To participate in appropriate assessments and action plans to address any issues affecting the safety of staff or service users

To ensure that you are familiar with the terms and conditions of your post

To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per Trust Policy and to take appropriate action to minimise/remove risk of repeat

PROFESSIONAL/QUALITY

To ensure acceptable standards of practice are maintained and evaluated

Ensure confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust Policy

Ensure clear personal objective are identified

Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in nursing and treatments linked to the role

Participate in staff appraisals

To provide a high standard of professional conduct and care at all times in accordance with the relevant professional bodies

To comply with the requirement of the Mental Health Act (1983) and work within the Code of Practice Guidelines

To be aware and adhere to all guidelines, protocols and processes relating to clinical care

To attend relevant meetings, courses, seminars so as to keep up to date professionally

Analyse critically, sources of information that inform decision making in relation to non-medical prescribing

To prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively

To apply knowledge of drug actions in prescribing practice

To work within the legislative framework relating to non-medical prescribing

To keep up to date with developments in mental health so that their prescribing decisions remain evidence based

To be responsible for maintaining own professional qualifications and maintain a contemporary knowledge of professional practice issues

To participate as a supervisor and supervisee within the Trusts Performance Management/Supervision framework. To work towards and help others work towards goals and objectives, as agreed in PACE.

To undertake mandatory training as stipulated by the Trust

The post holder will work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist for their specialist area of practice and other lead professionals within the Division.