Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the GMMH Home Based Treatment Team as a Trainee Advanced Practitioner, providing intensive community support to prevent hospital admissions. This role offers the chance to develop advanced clinical skills in assessment and treatment while leading service improvements and education within a vibrant community.

Qualifications

• Developing into autonomous, independent practitioners.
• Leading care delivery with advanced clinical skills.
• Engaging in research and training across the service.

Responsibilities

• Practicing at an advanced clinical level with high judgment.
• Providing clinical leadership and strategic direction.
• Leading service development and improving care quality.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment

Diagnosis

Treatment formulation

Research

Education and training

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join GMMH Home Based Treatment Team and Urgent Care services in Central Manchester as a Trainee Advanced Practitioner.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be a senior clinical member of the multi-disciplinary Home Based Treatment Team at Central Manchester, providing short-term intensive community support to help stabilise individuals and prevent hospital admissions. The team engages assertively with service users to manage crises while minimising disruption to their lives. The role will also support the Urgent Care senior leadership team with developments and education across the division.

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners will develop into autonomous, independent practitioners who will lead in care delivery with advanced skills in assessment, diagnosis, formulation, and treatment. In addition to these clinical leadership skills, the successful candidate will lead on research, education, and training across the service.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Practicing at an advanced clinical level, exercising high levels of judgment, discretion, and decision-making in clinical care.
2. Providing clinical leadership, expert practice, and strategic direction on all aspects of rehab mental health.
3. Providing clinical leadership and management to ensure safe, quality, and effective care.
4. Improving workforce knowledge and practice through inpatient education and training.
5. Leading service development, evaluation, and audit to enhance care quality and safety.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff across more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for residents in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and Wigan, along with a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England, and beyond.

Greater Manchester is renowned for being an innovative and vibrant place to live and work, offering scenic countryside and a lively city with excellent shopping, entertainment, and dining options. The region is famed for its warm, humorous, and generous people, and our staff enjoy their work, opportunities for learning, and the chance to contribute ideas that improve care.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Declan Meehan
• Job Title: Interim Service Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]