Advance Nurse Practitioner Manchester Neighbourhood Mental Health Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Manchester Neighbourhood Mental Health Team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. The team is developing to meet the needs of people with complex and serious mental health challenges in a neighbourhood setting. You will be supported by the MDT including staff from GMMH and VCSE organisations.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within a trauma informed model to engage and offer a specialist service to the service users referred to and under the care of the Manchester NMHT. This would include attendance at clinical multi-disciplinary team meetings, facilitating clinic appointments both out in the community and in a clinic setting, commencing and maintaining medication regimes, completing appropriate Paris documentation, and being a part of the Senior Leadership Team.

The ACP will be responsible for assessment, formulation and prescribing of care planning in line with the service Standard Operating Procedure and agreed protocols and pathways. The post holder will be recognised as an expert practitioner and will advise the Multi-Disciplinary team on expert, safe and effective models of care and treatment. They will provide clinical leadership and management leading to the provision of safe, quality and effective care. They will also lead on Physical Healthcare agenda for the service and will support the improvement of workforce knowledge through education and training programme. They will support with the ongoing development of the service and developing and maintaining good relationships across the Manchester mental health system. 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.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• 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.

Person specification:

• Education / Qualifications: Registered Mental Health Professional, Educated to degree level at least 2:2 at honours degree, GCSE or Level 2 Maths and English Language with original certificates required to enter apprenticeship programme, Completion of MSc in Advanced Practice and Non Medical Prescribing qualification, Qualifications in project management and/or quality improvement, Qualification in leadership / change management.
• Experience: Extensive experience in a senior clinical / practitioner / managerial role within adult acute mental health services, Extensive experience of working with clients with complex needs, Experience of prescribing medication, Compiling protocols and clinical guidance, Audit and Research, Experience of working with disadvantaged service user groups.
• Knowledge: Advanced Clinical Practice skills, Management of adult service users with complex needs including dual diagnosis, Clinical examination skills, Accountability of own role and other roles within the team, Ability to undertake physical health interventions such as wound care, Knowledge of issues affecting the client group, Knowledge of legislation affecting the client group, Ability to interpret physical health investigation results such as ECGs/bloods.
• Skills and Abilities: Communication skills, both written and verbal, Communication of difficult messages to service users and families, Negotiation and conflict management skills, Ability to undertake physical health interventions, Knowledge of issues affecting the client group, Knowledge of legislation affecting the client group, Ability to interpret physical health investigation results such as ECGs/bloods.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH. Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer. The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.