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Job overview
The post holder will provide advanced and expert level of practice (including non-medical prescribing) within the adult Community Mental Health Team leading to improved patient outcomes.
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will act as a professional resource for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) patients and carers within the scope of their practice and competence, The ACP will understand professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice and be professionally accountable and legally responsible for all aspects of own work. The ACP will demonstrate safe practice in line with Trust policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the clinical and operational team to deliver on service improvements in the quality of care and safety through service development, evaluation, and audit. They will be an integral part of the MDT supporting clinical decision making and supporting the service pathways, developing nurse led clinics and providing brief interventions. The post holder will also support with providing a seamless pathway into & out of the community mental health team (CMHT) once interventions / goals have been achieved, to promote recovery and self-management, as clinically appropriate. The ACP will hold a case load and will lead assessment, formulation and prescribing of care planning including discharge planning within agreed protocols and procedures. The post holder may additionally lead on practice and service developments. The post holder is required to demonstrate clinical and practice expertise via interventions, supervision and modelling good practice. To support improving workforce knowledge and practice through the contribution to a CMHT education and training programme across the community teams within Bolton To participate in the Bronze on site / Bronze on Call rota The core hours are Monday to Friday 9-5, although some flexibility, including weekend / BH working may be required
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced Clinical Practice skills
- Management of service users with complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles within the team
- Extensive knowledge of psychological, social and biological factors and formulating these into a comprehensive bio-psychosocial formulation and clinical risk management plans.
- Clinical supervision training and experience
- Experience of coordinating & leading on a series of audits, action plans & projects
- Extensive knowledge and application in practice of leading complex adult safeguarding procedures, professional meetings, MHA, CPA, DOLs
Desirable
- Experience of delivering education and training to clinical staff eg clinical risk training / physical health education
- Knowledge of issues affecting the client group
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with clients with complex needs
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidance
- Experience of working at a senior clinical nurse level
- Experiencing of completing audits
Desirable
- Research
- Experience of developing nurse led clinic
- Evidence of autonomous practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Experience of leading / supporting to complete investigations & Rapid Reviews of Care & complaints
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Communication of difficult messages to service users and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- to be aware and keep up to date with of the body of knowledge related to practice in a specialist community mental health team setting.
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse
- MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Nurse prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Clinical based masters degree
- Mentor Qualification
Trust Mandatory Requirements
Essential
- Understand and comply with Trust standards and policies
- Understand the Trusts strategic goals and how they can support them.
- Understand the need to safeguard children and adults.
- Carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with equality and diversity and dignity in care and work policies and principles.
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date.
- Take responsibility for own learning and development
- Engagement in and delivery of supervision
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This advert is for Advanced Clinical Practitioner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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