Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Bolton; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay enhancements

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Supportive MDT

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead advanced practice within a Bolton Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will provide prescribing and expert clinical leadership to improve patient outcomes and ensure safe, evidence-based care.

The role requires accountability for practice, integration with MDT, and development of nurse-led clinics, with potential involvement in service development and education.

Qualifications

• Advanced Clinical Practitioner with non-medical prescribing responsibilities.
• Experience managing complex adult mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment, formulation and prescribing of care planning including discharge planning.
• Support MDT decisions and develop nurse-led clinics within Bolton CMHT.
• Deliver service improvements through audits, evaluation and education.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice

Clinical examination skills

Communication skills

Negotiation and conflict management

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-7668604-G

Site Bentley House Town Bolton Salary £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

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

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

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
• 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
• Research
• Experience of developing nurse led clinic
• Evidence of autonomous practice

Knowledge

• 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
• Experience of delivering education and training to clinical staff eg clinical risk training / physical health education
• Knowledge of issues affecting the client group

Skills and Abilities

• 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.

Trust Mandatory Requirements

• 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

Important Information about working for GMMH: All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

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.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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