Clinical Lead: Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Older Adult MH

THE VISA JOBS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Older Adult Inpatient Team at the Julian Hospital. The role focuses on complex mental health needs in older adults, delivering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care evaluation.

You will lead clinical practice, work with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to service development while ensuring high-quality, person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in inpatient mental health settings.
• Proven ability to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate care for older adults.
• Strong leadership and collaborative working with MDTs.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for older adult service users within inpatient mental health services.
• Undertake comprehensive history taking, physical and mental health assessments, and develop person-centred care plans.
• Demonstrate expert clinical decision-making and utilise advanced diagnostic and assessment skills.
• Prescribe medication and monitor treatment plans in line with professional registration and policies.
• Provide clinical leadership and professional guidance to nursing staff and the wider team.
• Support delivery of evidence-based practice and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to ward reviews, risk management, safeguarding, and multidisciplinary meetings.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Clinical decision-making

Leadership

Nursing leadership

Education

Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Older Adult Inpatient Team at the Julian Hospital. The role focuses on complex mental health needs in older adults, delivering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and care evaluation.

You will lead clinical practice, work with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to service development while ensuring high-quality, person-centred care.