Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Older Adult Mental Health

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Kidderminster seeks a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their Community Mental Health Team. You will perform biopsychosocial assessments, manage treatment plans, and work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support older adults with mental health needs. This full-time role requires strong clinical and communication skills, offering comprehensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working options

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Demonstrable post-graduate experience in clinical settings.
• Experience with assessments and treatment plans for complex needs.
• Clinical experience with cognitive impairment patients.

Responsibilities

• Conduct full biopsychosocial assessments of patients.
• Integrate drug and non-drug treatment methods into care plans.
• Monitor clinical outcomes with a patient-centered approach.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical management skills

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1

Undertaking MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Advanced Assessment Skills Module

Job description

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Older Adult Mental Health

The closing date is 23 November 2025

Would you be interested in an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, motivated team that has an open and supportive culture?

We are looking for a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Community Mental Health Team in the Wyre Forest.

The team consists of Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support Workers, Junior Doctors and Consultant Psychiatrists. Your role will be to support the diagnostic process in our Dementia pathway and support with the challenges experienced by those living with Dementia and their families/carers. You will also work across our Mental Health Needs pathway, assessing, supporting and diagnosing patients with functional mental health conditions.

You will need to have knowledge and experience in Older Adult Mental Health. This role includes liaison work, education, and clinical expertise in recognising and managing Mental Health needs from both a pharmacological and non‑pharmacological perspective. Advice on management of behavioural and emotional expression of unmet need experienced in Dementia will form a large part of your role. Developing a good working relationship with the wider MDT and our partners will be essential.

You will be part of a supportive and friendly team and supervised by a Consultant Psychiatrist. We would expect a successful applicant to be able to start the university course in January 2026.

The core working hours for our team are Mon‑Friday (9 am – 5 pm) and this is a full‑time role.

Main duties of the job

Undertake a full biopsychosocial assessment of patients including full history, taking, determining a differential diagnosis and initiating initial management including appropriate referrals. This care and assessment will be undertaken under the direct or indirect supervision of the medical team/qualified ACP.

Demonstrate in depth knowledge and capabilities in all aspects of health and social care encompassing advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and clinical management skills that are evidence based and deliver high quality patient‑centred care.

Prescribe medication within the scope of their discipline and experience in the case of this role, older adult mental health.

Work with other Healthcare professionals to prioritise healthcare needs and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex or urgent care situations and escape as needed.

Participate in MDT discussion and establish effective lines of communication across services, teams and agencies to ensure contemporaneous feedback on treatment and interventions and facilitate high quality, safe, effective care.

About us

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust works together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

Develop, implement and evaluate individual plans of care with patients and their carers/relatives according to their current healthcare needs and differential diagnosis to enable step up or step down to appropriate services when their condition requires.

Integrate both drug (where within scope of professional practice) and non‑drug based treatment methods into a care management plan, with the support of appropriate practitioners, and provide a range of treatments using patient group directives or non‑medical prescribing, following clinical assessment and diagnosis.

Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes using a patient‑centred approach, involving the patient and their carers where appropriate.

Take every opportunity to promote the health, wellbeing and independence of the patients and initiate health education and self‑care strategies as appropriate.

Work within appropriate legislation, policies and best practice evidence relevant to clinical area.

Initiate and review ReSPECT documents as required with patients and where appropriate their carers/relatives.

For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Ability to constructively challenge and articulate clinical opinion
• Advanced clinical assessment and clinical skills
• Advanced interpersonal skills and communication skills at multidisciplinary level
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Evidence of leading and managing a team
• Computer and keyboard skills at intermediate level or above
• Solution focused
• Teaching skills
• Clinical leadership skills

Experience

• Demonstrable post graduate experience in a variety of areas including clinical area applying to
• Experience of undertaking assessments of complex needs, initiating and reviewing treatment plans and discharging patients
• Experience of working with people with long term illness and or frailty/ older people
• Clinical experience of caring for people with cognitive impairment
• Experience of working across professional boundaries
• Experience of change/leading service development
• Experience of clinical leadership

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1/Allied Health Professional/Paramedic/Pharmacist
• Undertaking MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Non‑Medical Prescribing (where within scope of professional practice). Where not within scope of practice they must have completed an equivalent number of credits in another relevant masters level module from the ACP masters
• Advanced Assessment Skills Module
• Evidence of a portfolio of knowledge, skills and professional development
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
• Mentorship or teaching qualification/workplace assessor
• Qualifications in long term conditions

Additional Criteria

• Able to work flexibly
• Ability to influence and negotiate
• Able to foster good working relationships
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Knowledge

• Extended and developing advanced clinical skills and knowledge base
• Understanding of relevant legislation and guidance relating to clinical area
• Understanding of professional and current issues in relevant clinical area
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust