Main area: Urgent Treatment Centre - Community Services
Grade Band: 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Part time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (available hours/shift patterns can be discussed at interview)
Job ref: 350-CC6944118
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Garston Urgent Treatment Centre
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us. Job overview
Garston Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) is recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to practice at an advanced level in a fast-paced environment. The UTC service delivers care across Liverpool sites. The service is open from 8.00 – 20.00, 7 days per week and offers flexibility with shifts patterns. You will be the Advanced Clinical Practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision-making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and supporting management of service provision in the absence of the Services Leads. The post holder must show commitment in supporting and in the development of others to ensure a consistent, quality-driven delivery of service, mentorship, and clinical supervision. Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work autonomously, be highly motivated and deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within the recognised remit, working within the local and nationally agreed frameworks for Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP). This post requires the post holder to have excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and able to manage challenging and difficult situations. Within the role, you will be applying your advanced skills in history taking, extended assessment, clinical examination, clinical diagnosis, treatment as appropriate and referring on to other services if required. It will be expected that you will support and mentor other clinical staff to develop competencies for development. Clinical leadership is integral to the role; you will be the clinical lead practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision-making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will be responsible for ensuring patient flow throughout the department is smooth and ensures good patient experience. Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (2008) or the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients accessing the walk-in centre. Prioritise workload and clinical interventions as appropriate. Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge. To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients. Ensure patients are informed and consent is gained prior to treatment, investigation, and management as appropriate. Take responsibility for the supervision/development of junior members of the team. Identify the need for appropriate diagnostic tests, interpret the results and act on any results requiring clinical intervention or management. Identify and intervene proactively where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients, staff or relatives and escalate these to the health and safety team/safeguarding team. Share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across primary and secondary care as appropriate. Contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitate patient flow, facilitating timely discharge and preventing hospital admission. Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients including issues pertaining to child protection & vulnerable adults. Must have completed the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing course and registration with the NMC or HCPC, undertake non-medical prescribing in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy and maintain evidence and competence of this qualification. Adhere to CPD requirements of the Trust in relation to maintaining evidence of ongoing competence. Maintain up to date patient records in accordance with Trust policy and professional bodies standards. Ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care. Promote and adhere to the principles and practice of the Trust's clinical governance framework. Contribute to the review and development of clinical patient pathways and the development of the service, ensuring our services are safe. Adhere to trust infection and prevention control policies and procedures. Maintain up to date qualifications in relation to Intermediate life support (PILS). Lead on the review and implementation of appropriate NICE guidance. Support junior staff with clinical/therapy competencies. Be the key link for other teams within the service line. Act as a key link person for educating staff around a specific area of expertise. Lead on clinical audits. Act as a link for secondary care to discuss potential patient admissions through collaborative working. Person specification
Qualifications
Registration with relevant clinical body Full master’s in advanced clinical practice (ACP) V300 Non-medical prescribing Knowledge Experience
Working autonomously in an advanced role Proven leadership skills Non-medical prescriber Research Audits Community experience working within a multidisciplinary led environment Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Change management Negotiation and conflict management skills IT literate Able to work across boundaries within primary and offering support to secondary care EMIS ICE S.A.F.E.R SIGMA Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Band 8a
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us. Job overview
Garston Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) is recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to practice at an advanced level in a fast-paced environment. The UTC service delivers care across Liverpool sites. The service is open from 8.00 – 20.00, 7 days per week and offers flexibility with shifts patterns. You will be the Advanced Clinical Practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision-making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and supporting management of service provision in the absence of the Services Leads. The post holder must show commitment in supporting and in the development of others to ensure a consistent, quality-driven delivery of service, mentorship, and clinical supervision. Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work autonomously, be highly motivated and deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within the recognised remit, working within the local and nationally agreed frameworks for Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP). This post requires the post holder to have excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills and able to manage challenging and difficult situations. Within the role, you will be applying your advanced skills in history taking, extended assessment, clinical examination, clinical diagnosis, treatment as appropriate and referring on to other services if required. It will be expected that you will support and mentor other clinical staff to develop competencies for development. Clinical leadership is integral to the role; you will be the clinical lead practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision-making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will be responsible for ensuring patient flow throughout the department is smooth and ensures good patient experience. Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (2008) or the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients accessing the walk-in centre. Prioritise workload and clinical interventions as appropriate. Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge. To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients. Ensure patients are informed and consent is gained prior to treatment, investigation, and management as appropriate. Take responsibility for the supervision/development of junior members of the team. Identify the need for appropriate diagnostic tests, interpret the results and act on any results requiring clinical intervention or management. Identify and intervene proactively where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients, staff or relatives and escalate these to the health and safety team/safeguarding team. Share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across primary and secondary care as appropriate. Contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitate patient flow, facilitating timely discharge and preventing hospital admission. Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients including issues pertaining to child protection & vulnerable adults. Must have completed the Independent Non-Medical Prescribing course and registration with the NMC or HCPC, undertake non-medical prescribing in accordance with the Trust non-medical prescribing policy and maintain evidence and competence of this qualification. Adhere to CPD requirements of the Trust in relation to maintaining evidence of ongoing competence. Maintain up to date patient records in accordance with Trust policy and professional bodies standards. Ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care. Promote and adhere to the principles and practice of the Trust's clinical governance framework. Contribute to the review and development of clinical patient pathways and the development of the service, ensuring our services are safe. Adhere to trust infection and prevention control policies and procedures. Maintain up to date qualifications in relation to Intermediate life support (PILS). Lead on the review and implementation of appropriate NICE guidance. Support junior staff with clinical/therapy competencies. Be the key link for other teams within the service line. Act as a key link person for educating staff around a specific area of expertise. Lead on clinical audits. Act as a link for secondary care to discuss potential patient admissions through collaborative working. Person specification
Qualifications
Registration with relevant clinical body Full master’s in advanced clinical practice (ACP) V300 Non-medical prescribing Knowledge Experience
Working autonomously in an advanced role Proven leadership skills Non-medical prescriber Research Audits Community experience working within a multidisciplinary led environment Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Change management Negotiation and conflict management skills IT literate Able to work across boundaries within primary and offering support to secondary care EMIS ICE S.A.F.E.R SIGMA Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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