Multi Professional Approved Clinician/Trainee

NHS; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Mansfield is seeking experienced mental health practitioners to undertake training as Approved Clinicians. Positions are full-time with a pay band of 8c, increasing to 8d upon achieving clinician status. Applicants should have relevant professional qualifications and experience, and be ready to engage in comprehensive training while providing valuable input to multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

Employee-led staff networks

Opportunities for continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified mental health professional (e.g., clinical psychologist, nurse, occupational therapist, social worker).
• Experience in complex case assessments with a focus on dual diagnoses or chronic psychological issues.
• Ability to apply relevant mental health legislation and policy.

Responsibilities

• Work under supervision initially, developing skills for the Approved Clinician role.
• Provide out-of-hours support in the Mental Health Care Group.
• Engage with training programs to achieve Approved Clinician status within a year.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Autonomous decision-making

Leadership in MDT

Education

Masters level education for nurses, social workers, occupational therapists

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Job description

Job summary: We have an amazing new opportunity for experienced mental health practitioners with professional backgrounds as a clinical psychologist, mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist to train and work as Approved and Responsible Clinicians in Mental Health Acute Inpatient Services.

These are newly created training posts that are attached to permanent acute inpatient posts and have been developed as part of an ongoing agenda to promote new roles within the Trust. The training posts have been banded at an 8c Agenda for change (AFC) pay grade with this banding increasing to 8d AfC when trainees achieve their Approved Clinician status and start to work autonomously in this role.

It is expected that applicants will be motivated to achieve Approved Clinician status within 1 year of being appointed, and the training posts are offered on a full-time basis to support this. Permanent posts are also offered on a full-time basis to enable the role to be established and embedded in the MDT, and within this there will be scope for successful applicants to continue to develop or use specialist areas of profession-related interest.

Main duties of the job

Applicants are expected to have been working at a consultant/senior level for their profession and be able to demonstrate significant post-qualification experience that enables them to work autonomously, make independent decisions with complex cases, and evidence successful MDT working and effective leadership and service development.

They will be motivated to engage with a programme of competence and skills training that will support the development of a portfolio to be submitted to the local Regional Approvals Panel; progression to 8d is reliant on successful approval.

The post-holder will be required to participate in the second on-call rota providing out-of-hours support to services in the Mental Health Care Group.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network.

Details

Date posted: 03 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8c

Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 186-1219-25-MH

Job locations: Sherwood Oaks, Sherwood Avenue, Mansfield, NG18 4GW

Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will initially work under the supervision of existing MPACs and medical ACs as they build the skills and confidence required to develop into a role that enables them to autonomously deliver the AC/RC role alongside making best use of existing professional skills and expertise that they bring with them.

The post-holder will be required to participate in the second on-call rota providing out of hours support to services in the Mental Health Care Group.

The successful applicant will be required to remain within the Trust following the training for the same period of time as the length of the course e.g. for a 1 year course you will remain in the trust for 1 year after completion.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Professionally qualified mental health professionals in one of the following groups: A clinical psychologist registered in Part 14 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council, A first level nurse registered with the NMC, whose field of practice is mental health or learning disabilities, A registered occupational therapist, A registered social worker
• AHP / Nurses: Educated to a minimum of Masters level for nurses, social workers, occupational therapists
• Clinical Psychologists: Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS

Clinical Knowledge Skills and Experience

• A comprehensive understanding of the roles, legal responsibilities and key functions of the AC and RC; and an ability to apply knowledge and the relevant mental health legislation, policy and guidance and eligible for Approved Clinician Status
• Experience and competencies in the assessment and treatment of difficult to treat or difficult to engage groups (eg dual diagnoses, additional co-morbidities or disability, complex and chronic psychological ill-health) functioning at a consultant / senior specialist or generalist level.

Human Resources and Financial Management

• Significant experience of supervising the work of less senior professionals from own and/ or other professional backgrounds
• Awareness of and commitment to addressing service and individual performance issues.
• Understanding of relevant HR policies and procedures

Clinical Leadership and Clinical Governance

• Experience and skills in providing an 'expert resource' to the wider professional team including providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision of both trainee and qualified clinical psychologists and/or other professionally qualified staff

Leadership and Personal Qualities

• Able to demonstrate personal leadership skills.
• Experience of actively contributing to and leading effective team-working including multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.