Advanced Nurse Practitioner

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Nhs Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team in Stoke-on-Trent. You will provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for individuals with complex mental health needs, exercising autonomy and professional discretion.

We value flexible, recovery-focused care and strong communication. This role offers opportunities for leadership, innovation and continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Essential: MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Degree in Nursing and Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Non-medical prescribing and continuing professional development are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and treatment plans for older adults with mental ill-health.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical skills and sound judgment in care delivery.
• Lead on care pathway development, clinical supervision and audits to improve practice.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Mental health nursing

Communication

Education

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Non-medical prescribing

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team and play a key role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care.

The successful candidate will provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for individuals with complex mental health needs, exercising a high degree of autonomy, clinical judgement, decision-making and professional discretion. You will be responsible for delivering safe, effective and person-centred care, promoting recovery and ensuring high standards of support for service users, their families and carers.

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner with excellent communication, assessment and risk management skills, who can work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the service and support the delivery of responsive, high-quality care.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive service committed to continuous improvement, professional development and delivering outstanding outcomes for people experiencing mental health difficulties. If you are passionate about advanced clinical practice and making a positive difference to patients, families and carers, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist assessment, advice on interventions and treatment plans for service users presenting with mental ill-health within the Older Adult areas.
• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of service users who have mental ill-health.
• Lead on innovations and improvements to standards of care through development of care pathways, provision of clinical supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the delivery of skilled clinical leadership.
• Act in accordance with NMC standards and be accountable for own clinical practice and professional actions and omissions at all times. Retain clinical competency ensuring your skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role.
• Lead on implementation of research into practice and participate in relevant audits and research studies to aid development of the evidence base and to contribute to clinical governance.
• Exercise advanced level immediate problem solving and decision-making skills and contribute to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area, Trust and local health economy.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

Qualifications

Essential: MSc Advanced Clinical Practice Degree in Nursing Registered Mental Health Nurse Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery of service to people with mental illness. Non-medical prescribing

Experience

Essential: Significant post qualification experience. Significant experience of risk assessment and management and its application in practice. Detailed understanding of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and its application to the Older Adult areas. Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality including translating and embedding research and evidence based practice. Significant evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups. Evidence of presentations at local, regional and national level

Knowledge

Essential: In-depth knowledge of a range of approaches to mental health assessment and of psychosocial interventions. Confident in the delivery of care to service user group. Skilled in delivering evidence based practice for patients who self-harm or attempt suicide. 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. Evidence of excellent clinical record keeping. Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment. Maintained development of clinical leadership skills. Undertaken a leadership programme. Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills. Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources. Able to articulate personal development needs. Implementation of audit/research recommendations. Excellent communication and leadership skills. Evidence of significant involvement in change management. Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Ability to critically analyse clinical practice and identify and implement improvements. Evidence of audits undertaken and critical evaluation of outcomes. Evidence of critical analysis of research based in practice and subsequent implementation into practice. 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address: Ward 6, Harplands Hospital, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6TH, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Contact

For questions about the job, contact Anna Dunn, Modern Matron, [e-mail]

Details

Date posted: 27 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 232-AUC-8371959