Advanced Practitioner in Physical Health

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Knowsley seeks an Advanced Practitioner in Physical Health to manage complex health needs for care home residents. The role involves clinical assessments, implementing care plans, and working with interdisciplinary teams. Candidates should have relevant nursing qualifications and extensive clinical experience. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Continuing professional development opportunities

Flexible working requests considered

Qualifications

• Experience of clinical examination and diagnostics/ older adults/ care homes would be desirable.
• Extensive clinical experience in responsive services/teams of at least 5 years.
• Evidence of effective communication across all levels of the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Triage, clinical assessments, and diagnosis of complex health needs.
• Implement and evaluate complex care interventions.
• Provide care for residents, coordinating with other professionals.

Skills

Advanced physical assessment

Independent or supplementary prescribing

Risk management

Team leadership

Effective communication

Education

First level Registered Adult Nurse

Evidence of study at masters level

Non-medical/supplementary prescriber V300

Advanced Physical Assessment / Diagnostics Masters Module

Job description

Advanced Practitioner in Physical Health

We have an exciting opportunity within our Enhanced Health Care Home Team (Care Home Liaison) in Knowsley for an Advanced Clinician (Registered Nurse- physical health).

Enhanced Health Care Home Team (Care Home Liaison) in Knowsley is an integrated team which supports the mental and physical health and wellbeing of care home residents to deliver an improved level of quality of care and patient safety for residents. Our aim is to support residents, families and carers to plan for future health care needs and to reduce the number of avoidable, non-elective hospital attendances, admissions and re-admissions.

Opportunities for continuing professional development such as Master’s modules are encouraged.

Experience of clinical examination and diagnostics/ older adults/ care homes would be desirable.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced clinician will take high level responsibility for the triage, clinical assessments and diagnosis of highly complex health and wellbeing needs within a defined sphere of practice.

They will implement, evaluate and modify highly complex care/interventions which they have developed to meet those needs.

The Advanced clinician will provide high level care for a Knowsley Care Home residents, staff and their families/ friends and work across professional disciplines, coordinating activities as required.

The Advanced clinicians (Physical health) utilise a comprehensive assessment to identify, diagnose and treat health conditions within the care home setting and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions/ planning future care such as development of advanced care plans.

The advanced clinicians provide proactive advice to staff on any resident's physical health and wellbeing, undertake assessments, clinical examinations and diagnose conditions, review/ prescribe medication, assist in care planning and risk assessments, liaise with medical staff and social care staff, provide support for care home staff to manage complex health needs.

About us

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.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

See attached Job description and person specification for full role description and responsibilities.

Advanced Practitioner Role To promote the attainment and maintenance of optimum health of patients who have long term conditions and acute disease management through predictive and proactive case management.To formulate care plans that address the complex health, social and cultural needs of the patient through working in partnership with the patient, the GP, specialist nurses, integrated care teams and other stakeholder providers.To promote patient centred care by integrating and co-ordinating the activities of the patient, relatives and carers, the individual practitioners and teams in the provision of an effective management strategy for managing an individuals long-term condition.To ensure that appropriate information regarding the condition of the patient is known to the GP and other appropriate stakeholder providers, by the development and maintenance of effective systems of inter-agency, inter-disciplinary communications.In liaison with Integrated Community Nursing Teams, Social Services and GPs, provide clinical leadership to nursing teams to enable them to develop approaches that address the needs of patients with complex long-term conditions and acute disease.Support care pathways for smooth transition between primary, secondary and tertiary care for patients, particularly those who are newly diagnosed or whose symptoms are poorly controlled, by liaison with specialists within primary and secondary care. Making direct referral of patients for medical assessment and diagnostic procedures using the care pathways approach.Inform the development of policies and procedures relevant to the care of people with long term conditions and acute diseases by co-operating and assisting in research programmes relating to the client group. Valuing the contributions that users of the service can make in reshaping services by developing systems and processes that engage those users meaningfully to ensure services are designed to meet expressed need.Ensure services are delivered and sustained in line with NICE guidelines/local targets and understand principles of disease management by leading, motivating, educating and developing colleagues and others.Promote admission avoidance and early supported discharge by effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level Registered Adult Nurse
• Evidence of study at masters level or equivalent experience
• Non- medical/supplementary prescriber V300 or commitment to attain this qualification
• Advanced Physical Assessment /Diagnostics Masters Module
• Mentoring Course or equivalent/ evidence of support of others in practice
• Clinical examination/diagnostic qualification

Knowledge/Experience

• Extensive clinical experience in responsive services/teams of at least 5 years
• Complex admission avoidance and supported discharge management experience
• Evidence of collaborative working with multiprofessional colleagues
• Highly skilled in conflict awareness and team dynamics
• Evidence of effective Communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders
• Awareness of current initiatives within the local & National health economy and of applicable guidelines, protocols and pathways
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Able to demonstrate Clinical leadership Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
• Research & Development experience

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

• Advanced physical assessment
• Independent or supplementary prescribing and medication reviews
• Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
• Evidence of the ability to identify and manage risk
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/ leadership role
• Evidence of ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Community Care settings
• Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
• Evidence of effective team leadership and organisational skills
• Evidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
• Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions
• Evidence of the ability to work in a changing, demanding situation
• Ability to appropriately challenge 29/10/2025 a variety of professionals about an individual's care
• Evidence of advanced communication skills, able to understand blocks to communication and ways of developing strategies to overcome these
• Evidence of ability to identify training needs of self and team to provide relevant and appropriate experience to all learners
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation and shows openness to address them
• Evidence of one to one mentoring skills
• Evidence of teaching patients and carers
• Computer literate - ability to use software programmes designed to maximise the contribution to the post
• Must have access to a vehicle & be able to commute to meet the demands of the role and remain flexible - to meet the demands of the service

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.