We are offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the North Mersey Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.
This role requires expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for individuals needing urgent mental health support.
The post is based at Broadoak Unit, with practitioners covering Liverpool, Sefton, and potentially Mid Mersey depending on service needs.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic clinical leadership in your area of specialization using up-to-date, evidence-based practices.
- Undertake expert assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for specific service users.
- Offer expert clinical advice to service users, carers, staff, and other professionals.
- Demonstrate advanced competence in complex decision-making, assessment, and management within your specialist area.
- Support and complement existing medical arrangements.
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers, and agencies to achieve effective outcomes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest providers 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. We offer inpatient and community services across various specialties, including mental health, learning disabilities, addiction, and brain injury. We are committed to 'perfect care'-safe, effective, timely, equitable, and efficient-and are undergoing significant organizational transformation.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Managerial
- Lead as an advanced clinical practitioner within Urgent Care services.
- Utilize expert skills to assess, diagnose, intervene, and provide guidance, adapting to changing service user needs.
- Formulate, implement, and evaluate interventions with individuals and their carers.
- Make autonomous referrals and decisions within your scope.
- Maintain high standards of clinical expertise and evaluate your practice regularly.
- Participate in research, service meetings, and supervision.
- Ensure accurate documentation, data management, and reporting.
- Contribute to service development and policy formulation.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and other professionals.
Organizational
- Adhere to the trust's rights-based approach, respecting service user choices.
- Ensure health and safety for yourself and others, participating in assessments and risk management.
- Be familiar with your post's terms and conditions and trust policies.
- Report incidents and near misses appropriately.
Professional/Quality
- Maintain and evaluate standards of practice.
- Ensure confidentiality and professional conduct.
- Stay updated with advances in mental health and treatments.
- Participate in appraisals, mandatory training, and professional development.
- Work within legal and ethical frameworks, including the Mental Health Act.
- Engage in supervision and support colleagues.
- Keep accurate records and contribute to statistical and service evaluations.
Person Specification Values
- Accountability
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsiveness to service users
- Transparency and honesty
- Change orientation
- Engaging leadership style
Knowledge/Experience
- Understanding of equality and human rights.
- Experience in clinical leadership, innovation, and quality improvement.
- Promotion of clinical effectiveness through audit and governance.
- Training and teaching expertise.
- Service user-focused with collaborative interdisciplinary experience.
- Autonomy, critical judgment, and in-depth clinical knowledge.
- Commitment to service user involvement.
- Autonomous working and excellent communication skills.
- Leadership, reflection, research, and dissemination skills.
- Computer literacy with data management skills.
- Presentation and publication experience.
- Interpersonal skills and professional role modeling.
Professional Qualification
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) or equivalent registration.
- Degree-level education or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years' clinical practice experience.
- Post-registration study/CPD at master's level or equivalent.
- Master's Degree.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.