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Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner


Location
Salary
£49,387 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
Profession
Nurse practitioner
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
20 Jul 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
06 Jul 2026
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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the team as a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

The successful applicant will be a Registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse with considerable clinical experience.

The post holder will be an active senior leader in North Manchester, offering leadership and guidance to the wider team and will be involved in service development work. You will provide clinical interventions and work closely with the team to give clinical direction and oversight, provide supervision and work in collaboration with the multi disciplinary team.

A thorough understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Act will be essential to the role as these will provide the framework for all consideration.

Interview date - 21st July

Main duties of the job

  • Ability to practice at an advanced clinical level and exercise high levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in clinical care.
  • Provide clinical leadership, expert practice, advanced knowledge, and strategic direction on all aspects of adult acute mental health at Meadowbrook.
  • Providing clinical leadership and management leading to the provision of safe, quality, effective care.
  • Improving workforce knowledge and practice through the provision of an inpatient education and training
  • Leading improvements in the quality of care and safety through service development, evaluation and audit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detail, please see attached job description for detailed role and 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 Discount

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of psychological, social and biological factors and formulating these into a comprehensive bio-psycho- social formulation and risk management plans.
  • Facilitate a culture of life long learning including involvement in the process of clinical supervision

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification
  • Clinical supervision/mentorship training

Work Related Experience

Essential

  • Able to lead on a series of audits, action plans and projects simultaneously.
  • Experience of leading complex RCA, complaints and HR investigations

Desirable

  • Audit and RCA training

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional qualification RMN/Part 2 NMC
  • Extensive experience in clinical roles within mental health
  • Extensive experience within inpatient mental health services

Desirable

  • Qualifications in Project Management / change management / Quality improvement
  • Non medical prescriber

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This advert is for Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse practitioner Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £64,750 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Jul 2026.

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