Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Mental Health

Primary Care North Cumbria; Workington; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

James Street Group Practice seeks an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Mental Health to provide expert mental health care within a primary care setting, assessing, diagnosing and managing complex cases autonomously and in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

You will contribute to access, continuity and quality of care, leading clinical decision-making and providing professional leadership to the practice team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (Mental Health) or equivalent.
• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health, ideally in both primary and secondary care.
• Demonstrated competence across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Experience in assessing and managing clinical risk according to local policies.
• Experience in service development or transformation.
• Knowledge of local mental health pathways and resources.
• Experience in teaching, supervision, or research.
• Formal training in specific psychological therapies ( e.g. CBT)
• Evidence of audit experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments, including risk assessments and formulation.
• Diagnose and manage a range of common mental health conditions, including Depression, Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), Panic disorder, Phobias, Obsessive compulsive disorder.
• Develop and implement evidence-based care plans in partnership with patients, families, and carers.
• Initiate, prescribe and monitor the impact and outcome of treatments and medication including efficacy, side effects, contraindications, and risk in line with local formulary and NICE Guidance.
• Screen patients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators.
• Identifying and signposting concerns with physical illness.
• Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
• Carry out where appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with due regard to mental capacity and advance decisions.
• Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, and provide direct support to patients and clients.
• Refer to and liaise with secondary care services, substance misuse services, and voluntary sector services as appropriate.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests & investigations.
• Manage and proactively identify patients at risk of relapse or deterioration, supporting their ongoing wellbeing and preventing crisis where possible.
• Review patient annually on the SMI register to ensure they receive appropriate care and treatment.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous, and complete patient records consistent with legal and professional guidelines.
• Ensure dignity, privacy and cultural and religious beliefs are always respected.
• Adheres to professional code of conduct, works within the boundaries of their scope of practice and always manage associated clinical risk effectively.

Skills

NMC registration

Advanced Clinical Practice (Mental H

Mental health experience

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice (Mental Health)

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Mental Health

To provideexpert mental health care within a primary care setting, working autonomouslyand collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team. The Mental Health ANP will assess, diagnose, and managepatients with common and complex mental health needswho wouldtraditionally be seen by the General Practitioner, contributing to improvedaccess, continuity, and quality of care. The role is underpinned by the fourpillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management,education, and research.

The MentalHealth ANP will be able to demonstrate advanced level critical thinking in theclinical decision-making process. They will work with the practice team to meetthe needs of the service users and provide clinical professional leadership tothe team.

Main duties of the job

TheMental Health ANP will demonstrate an expert knowledge base, complexdecision-making skills, and competences for expanded scope of advanced clinicalpractice ensuring they are able to meet the competencies as set out in NHSEngland Mental Health Curriculum and Capabilities Framework (2020). Thespecific characteristics of the advanced practitioner role are shaped by theclinical context that the individual practices. They are part of themulti-professional team.

About us

James Street Group Practice is one of the largest practices in the region, serving over 33,000 patients.

As a unique one-practice Primary Care Network, we are able to work closely together to design services around the needs of our local population and create genuine continuity of care for our patients.

Our multidisciplinary team includes:

• Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Practice Nurses
• Paramedic
• Health Care Assistants
• Frailty Assessment Team
• Personalised Care Team
• Skilled reception and administrative colleagues

This team-based approach means our GPs are supported by the right people at the right time, allowing them to focus on delivering excellent patient care.

Job responsibilities

ClinicalPractice

Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments,including risk assessments and formulation. Making diagnostic decisionsbased on consultation, history, presentation & pathology.

Diagnose and manage a range of common mentalhealth conditions, including Depression, Generalised anxiety disorder(GAD), Panic disorder, Phobias, Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Develop and implement evidence-based careplans in partnership with patients, families, and carers.

Initiate,prescribe and monitoring the impact and outcome of treatments and medicationincluding efficacy, side effects, contraindications, and risk in line withlocal formulary and NICE Guidance.

Screenpatients for early signs of disease and risk factors and relapse indicators.

Identifyingand signposting concerns with physical illness.

Draw on adiverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence basedtherapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication wherelegally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeuticinterventions.

Carry outwhere appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with due regard tomental capacity and advance decisions.

Plan andmanage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others,delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes andresource use, and provide direct support to patients and clients.

Refer toand liaise with secondary care services, substance misuse services, andvoluntary sector services as appropriate.

Order and interpret diagnostic tests& investigations.

Manage and proactively identify patientsat risk of relapse or deterioration, supporting their ongoing wellbeingand preventing crisis where possible.

Review patient annually on the SMIregister to ensure they receive appropriate care and treatment.

Maintain accurate, contemporaneous, andcomplete patient records consistent with legal and professionalguidelines.

Ensure dignity, privacy and cultural andreligious beliefs are always respected.

Adheres to professional code of conduct,works within the boundaries of their scope of practice and always manageassociated clinical risk effectively.

Person Specification

Person Specification

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (Mental Health) or equivalent.
• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health, ideally in both primary and secondary care.
• Demonstrated competence across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Experience in assessing and managing clinical risk according to local policies.
• Experience in service development or transformation.
• Knowledge of local mental health pathways and resources.
• Experience in teaching, supervision, or research.
• Formal training in specific psychological therapies ( e.g. CBT)
• Evidence of audit experience

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.

£54,449.62 to £61,582.35 a yeardependent on experience and qualifications