Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Kent PLC; Brompton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Kent is seeking two Advanced Clinical Practitioners to enhance patient care in North Kent. The role involves conducting comprehensive assessments, formulating person-centred care plans, and leading clinical practices within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates are passionate about mental health and experienced in supportive roles, helping to improve patient outcomes in various care settings. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical assessment and holistic treatments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong leadership skills to support the development of junior clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive holistic assessments for service users.
• Formulate person-centred care plans with service users and carers.
• Deliver safe, effective care to support recovery.
• Act as a clinical leader ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Facilitate Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.

Job description

We are recruiting two Advanced Clinical Practitioners to provide expert clinical management for patients requiring care within the assigned care setting. This will cover North Kent. You will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, which comprises Nurses, Doctors, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and a range of non‑registered health care roles. You will work within a defined scope of practice and to agreed clinical standards applied within the local setting. The role will be multifactorial, including clinical assessment, formulation, non‑medical prescribing and holistic treatments and will improve the quality of and access to health care provision and strengthen professional leadership, supporting the development and practice of junior clinicians. The role will involve inter‑agency working. The role will be structured around four core functions,

Responsibilities

• Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic holistic assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service users and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
• Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service users and their carers to formulate and agree a holistic person‑centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
• Deliver and evaluate safe, person‑centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
• Act as a clinical leader supporting the development of best practice in line with trust policy and NICE guidance.
• Facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting.

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us – if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.