Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Tripple Tree Ltd; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner to join their multidisciplinary team in Greater Manchester. The role involves providing clinical services for individuals with learning disabilities and autism, focusing on community support and collaboration with various agencies.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a clinical caseload.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload and conduct risk assessments.
• Provide evidence-based specialist interventions.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Risk Management

Evidence-Based Interventions

Job description

Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Join to apply for the Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust role at Tripple Tree Ltd.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the established Greater Manchester specialist support team, working alongside key stakeholders and partner agencies to enhance community services for individuals who are autistic or have a learning disability.

You will provide high-quality consultation, specialist assessment, and intervention to deliver effective, person-centred clinical services for individuals in contact with or at risk of contact with criminal justice agencies.

The Greater Manchester Specialist Support team is multidisciplinary, including nursing, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, and psychiatry. You will work across Greater Manchester, liaising with health, social care, and criminal justice agencies to develop proactive, preventative risk mitigation support. The role primarily involves 9-5 hours, Monday to Friday, with participation in a 24-hour on-call rota.

Mersey Care is a leading provider of physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people and covering regions including North Wales and the Midlands. Our services include inpatient and community support for physical health, mental health, learning disabilities, addiction, and brain injury. We are one of the few trusts in the UK offering high secure mental health facilities.

Our core commitment is to deliver safe, effective, timely, equitable, and efficient care. We support our staff to excel and work collaboratively with service users, families, and carers to shape future services. We are undertaking significant organizational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Managing a clinical caseload.
2. Conducting comprehensive risk assessments and developing risk management strategies.
3. Providing evidence-based specialist interventions.
4. Making recommendations for gatekeeping assessments and completing them where appropriate.
5. Responding to emergency meetings and representing the service.
6. Developing complex service specifications to support hospital discharge plans.

See the Job Description and Person Specification for further details. This advert closes on Sunday, 18 May 2025.