Advance Nurse Practitioner Manchester Neighbourhood Mental Health Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Professional
• Educated to degree level at least 2:2 at honours degree
• GCSE or Level 2 Maths and English Language with original certificates required to enter apprenticeship programme
• Completion of MSc in Advanced Practice and Non Medical Prescribing qualification

Desirable

• Qualifications in project management and/or quality improvement
• Qualification in leadership / change management.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in a senior clinical / practitioner / managerial role within adult acute mental health services.
• Extensive experience of working with clients with complex needs
• Experience of prescribing medication
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidance, Audit and Research

Desirable

• Experience of working with disadvantaged service user groups

Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced Clinical Practice skills
• Management of adult service users with complex needs including dual diagnosis.
• Clinical examination skills.
• Accountability of own role and other roles within the team.

Desirable

• Ability to undertake physical health interventions such as wound care.
• Knowledge of issues affecting the client group
• Knowledge of legislation affecting the client group
• Ability to interpret physical health investigation results such as ECGs/bloods

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Communication of difficult messages to service users and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• oKeyboard/PC skills

Desirable

• Ability to undertake physical health interventions
• Knowledge of issues affecting the client group
• Knowledge of legislation affecting the client group
• Ability to interpret physical health investigation results such as ECGs/bloods

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Central Park or Benchill Community Centre Wythenshawe

Manchester

M40 5BP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/

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