Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Lancashire is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join its Fylde Coast Home Based Treatment team. This role involves delivering high-quality mental health care, working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, and contributing to service improvements. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and at least 5 years of post-qualification experience in mental health. Flexible working arrangements may be discussed.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience in mental health settings.
• Evidence of professional development in service delivery.
• Ability to critically analyze practice and implement improvements.

Responsibilities

• Exercise advanced clinical skills in care delivery.
• Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to medical prescribing provisions.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Clinical expertise

Team collaboration

Professional updating

Education

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

First degree in Registered Health profession

Registered Practitioner

Non-Medical prescribing

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 20 October 2025

Are you an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a passion for Adult Mental Health care? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Fylde Coast Home Based Treatment team (HBTT)

Fylde Coast HBTT is an adults Community Mental Health urgent care service based at the gateway, Blackpool football stadium covering the Fylde Coast locality

We are a 7 day a week service covering 24hr time period

The role will be Monday-Friday 9-5pm

We are a multi- disciplinary team, with close working links with other health departments, social services and voluntary agencies.

Our service users can present with mental health difficulties which are often combined with complex social care and physical health needs.

Main duties of the job

o Exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care. Provide advanced clinical skills in relation to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the service user group. Promote recovery based care programmes and set high standards for the delivery of care to patients and their families and be responsible for delivering high quality services.o Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing mental health services to Urgent care community settingso Contribute to the medical prescribing provision within the team through supportive dedicated Non-Medical prescribing.o Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary teams developing shared goals, complementing the roles of others to support and maintain team growth and continuous improvement.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
• First degree in Registered Health profession.
• Registered Practitioner.
• Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery of service to people with mental illness.
• Non-Medical prescribing.

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of a range of approaches to mental health assessment and of psychosocial interventions.
• Knowledge and understanding of current issues/legislation driving recovery focussed care.
• Demonstrates the ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians.
• Ability to critically analyse clinical practice and identify and implement improvements.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification.
• Detailed understanding of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and its application to an Acute Hospital setting.
• Significant evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups.
• Evidence of presentations at local, regional and national level.

Personal

• Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work across organisations and to influence people across stakeholder networks.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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