Consultant Nurse and NMP Lead for Physical/Mental Health Services

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Consultant Nurse to provide clinical leadership and enhance the Trust's Medicines Optimisation strategy. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with a Master’s level qualification in advanced clinical practice and possess significant clinical experience. This role involves a focus on safe and effective medicines practices and collaboration across various healthcare disciplines.

Qualifications

• Significant and in-depth post qualifying clinical experience.
• Experience working effectively at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary health and social care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for the Trust Medicines Optimisation strategy.
• Lead on developing and delivering multi-disciplinary advanced clinical practice.
• Ensure patient safety in medicines management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical practice

Knowledge of health assessment

Education

Masters level qualification in advanced clinical practice

Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Job description

Overview

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is unique in combining physical and mental health, learning disability, community and adult social care services in a single Trust across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Shropshire supporting an integrated care framework across health and social care services.

As Consultant Nurse, you will provide clinical and professional leadership to enable the delivery of the Trust Medicines Optimisation strategy and work effectively across all four pillars of consultant practice (expert clinical practice, leadership, education and research). The post holder will be an autonomous clinical practitioner leading on the provision of expert practice in medicines optimisation ensuring better value and improved patient outcomes. The post holder will lead on developing and delivering multi-disciplinary advanced clinical practice and research, prescribing competence, quality, and safety supporting multiple professional disciplines across the organisation. In conjunction with the Trust Medicines Safety officer, you will lead on embedding the principles of medicines safety and medicines optimisation into clinical practice and contribute to policy developments to support safe practice.

MPFT Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Directorate are looking for a dynamic, forward thinking Clinical Leader.

Role and responsibilities

• As a senior member of the clinical team, you will represent the Trust and participate in relevant local, regional and national sector wide forums related to non-medical prescribing and medicines optimisation.
• Provide expert advice, clinical supervision and training to the non-medical prescribing workforce and partner organisations.
• Contribute to research and development projects within the service.
• Deliver clinical care and lead on medicines optimisation initiatives at a Trust wide level; develop and embed a programme of advanced clinical practice and training for the non-medical prescribing workforce and wider nursing workforce.
• Lead on developing and monitoring evidence-based practice in medicines optimisation and quality and safety initiatives.
• Establish and maintain audit and quality improvement programmes to assess nursing clinical and administration practices across the Trust.
• Develop proactive relationships with professional leads and staff across care groups, communicating information about safe, evidence-based, cost-effective medicines practices.
• Support patient safety events related to medicines management in line with relevant frameworks and competency assessments.
• Provide analysis of prescribing data with recommendations to optimise cost-effective use of medicines.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of digital medicines systems (e-Prescribing/EPMA) and other medicines digital programmes.
• Establish standards, guidelines and protocols to advance nursing and multiprofessional practice in medicines management.
• Work with the Trust Pharmacy team to develop and deliver a training programme to ensure high standards of medicines management.
• Collaborate with Higher Education Institutions and Trust Partners on Non-Medical Prescribing curriculum development and delivery.
• Raise the profile of medicines within nursing leadership and operational groups and address associated risks.
• Develop and maintain a robust assurance framework evidencing compliance with the Medicines Code and translating into practice across clinical delivery systems.
• Ensure risk assessments and risk management plans are carried out in line with policy and procedure.
• Support serious incident reviews and medication incidents, informing changes in practice and working with nursing and operational leadership.
• Review medicines incident trends with the Trust Medication Safety Officer and support improvement plans as needed.
• Support services to assist service users in safe selfadministration of prescribed medicines where appropriate.
• Provide quarterly assurance reports to the Medicines Optimisation Committee and Nursing Director on issues relevant to the CQC Core Standard in relation to Medicines Optimisation.

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Qualifications and experience

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration according to the field of practice
• Masters level qualification (Level 7) in advanced clinical practice or equivalent

Experience

• Significant and in-depth post qualifying clinical experience
• Evidence of working effectively at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary health and social care setting

Skills

• Provide leadership by setting a clear direction in service planning and leading discussions on the requirements to meet a safe, innovative, modern and high-quality service
• Knowledge of various approaches to physical/mental health assessment

Other information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure 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 must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address: To be confirmed Haywood Hospital or Trust HQ, Stafford, High Lane, Burslem, ST6 7AG

Employer's website: https://www.mpft.nhs.uk