Advanced Clinical PractitionerNHS

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioner [ACP] with experience of working in mental health and particularly Older Adult Services to join our Memory Service multi disciplinary team. This is a primarily clinical role focused on the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with a cognitive impairment.

Main duties of the job

As the ACP will work autonomously to deliver expert clinical intervention and care planning, through your specialty knowledge and skills, providing an independent review of treatment plans and advising and supporting the B6 Assessors in the team. You will work closely with the team manager to provide clinical leadership, advice and training to the team and be responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence based practice within the service, bringing the four pillars of advanced practice into working practice to help maintain and improve the quality of the service provision. at the MDT meetings.

Job description

Working across traditional roles within integrated care systems, the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) manages the complete clinical care for their patients utilising expert knowledge base and clinical competence to support multi-professional teams within Sheffield Health and Social Care, ensuring a high standard of clinical care, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health and Safety Legislation.

As a clinical leader, the ACP has the freedom and authority to act autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, including prescribing within an agreed scope, of patients with multi-dimensional problems and can work in or across all clinical settings, dependant on their area of expertise.

Range and Scope:

ACPs are educated at masters level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in this level of practice. As a clinical leader they have the freedom and authority to act and accept the responsibility and accountability for their actions. This level of practice is characterised by high level autonomous decision making, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment including prescribing, of patients with complex multi-dimensional problems. Decisions are made using high level expert, knowledge, and skills.

ACPs have developed a highly specialist knowledge across a range of work practices and procedures underpinned by theoretical and practical knowledge and experience. The post-holder will be expected to work across traditional roles, providing complete clinical care for their patient as part of a multidisciplinary team.

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.