# Advanced Clinical Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/bb7d49dc-fc9c-4664-99c2-e7ddb7f1be71 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/bb7d49dc-fc9c-4664-99c2-e7ddb7f1be71.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Bolton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T13:00:32.050Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bolton/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_health/Mental_health-v8234436 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8234436?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Bolton Mental Health Directorate has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to apply for this role, to improve the service delivery within the Inpatient Mental Health Unit. The successful candidate will play a central role in supporting the clinical and operational team to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to our service users. The post holder will hold a caseload and will lead assessment, formulation and prescribing of care / treatment planning, including discharge planning within agreed protocols and procedures and be an integral part of the Multi Disciplinary Team supporting clinical decision making and supporting the service pathways. The post holder will also support with providing a seamless pathway within the inpatient services. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will hold a case load and will lead assessment, formulation and prescribing of care planning including discharge planning within agreed protocols and procedures. The job holder may additionally lead on practice and service developments. The job 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 an inpatient team Team education and training programme across the inpatient teams within Bolton To participate in the BOC/BOS on Call rota ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide advanced and expert level of practice (including non-medical prescribing) within the adult inpatient unit leading to improved patient outcomes. 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 Multi Disciplinary Team supporting clinical decision making and supporting the service pathways, facilitating nurse led clinics and providing brief interventions. To support improving workforce knowledge and practice through the contribution to an inpatient Mental Health Team education and training programme across the inpatient teams within Bolton ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full details of role and responsibility can be found in the attached job description and person specification. 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 ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## 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. - Knowledge of Local and national health policy - 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 - Extensive knowledge and application in practice of leading complex adult safeguarding procedures, professional meetings, MHA, CPA, DOLs - Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning including involvement in the process of clinical supervision, AP student final sign off and appraisal. - Experience of coordinating & leading on a series of audits, action pans & projects **Desirable** - - Knowledge of issues affecting the client group - Able to identify determinants on health in the area - Knowledge of legislation affecting the client group - Experience of delivering education and training to clinical staff eg clinical risk training / physical health education / formulation / medication management ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of working with clients with complex needs - Compiling protocols and clinical guidance - Audit - Experience of working at a senior clinical nurse level **Desirable** - - Research - Experience of developing nurse led clinic - Evidence of autonomous practice - Experience in service development ### Skills & 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 - Change management. ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - - Registered First level nurse - MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice - Nurse Prescribing qualification **Desirable** - - Clinical based Masters degree - Mentor Qualification ## Documents - [person spec (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544703) - [hints and tips (pdf, 136.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544704) - [job description (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10544707) - [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.