Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for a twelve-month fixed-term position to cover maternity leave. The role includes advising on clinical decision-making, supporting clinical staff, and ensuring high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. Candidates are expected to have strong communication skills and knowledge of the Advanced Clinical Practice framework.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work within local and national guidelines.
• Ability to manage challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Advise and support clinical decision making as shift coordinator.
• Support and mentor other clinical staff for competency development.
• Ensure patient flow throughout the department and deliver a good patient experience.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice framework knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

City Walk-in Centre is recruiting an ACP for twelve months fixed term to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will play a vital role in the transition of the service into an Urgent Treatment Centre. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to practice at an advanced level in a fast-paced environment. You will be expected to work autonomously, be highly motivated and deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within the recognised remit, working within the local and nationally agreed frameworks for Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP). This post requires the post holder to have excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and able to manage challenging and difficult situations.

Overview

The UTC service delivers care across Liverpool sites. The service is open from 8.00 - 20.00, 7 days per week and offers flexibility with shifts patterns.

Responsibilities

• You will be the Advanced Clinical Practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and supporting management of service provision in the absence of the Services Leads.
• You will be committed to supporting and developing others to ensure a consistent, quality driven delivery of service, mentorship, and clinical supervision.
• Within the role, you will apply advanced skills in history taking, extended assessment, clinical examination, clinical diagnosis, treatment as appropriate and referring on to other services if required.
• You will support and mentor other clinical staff to develop competencies for development.
• Clinical leadership is integral to the role; you will be the clinical lead practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will be responsible for ensuring patient flow throughout the department is smooth and delivers a good patient experience.

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced Clinical Practice framework knowledge and demonstrated ability to work within local and national guidelines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to manage challenging situations.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.