We are offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join North Mersey Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team.

This role will require expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people requiring urgent support with their mental health.

This post will be based at Broadoak Unit, but practitioners will cover a footprint across Liverpool and Sefton. There may also be expectation for practitioners to support across areas of Mid Mersey depending on service need.

Overview

To provide strategic clinical leadership in relation to an area of specialism using the most up to date and evidence based theory. To undertake expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a specific group of service users. To offer expert clinical advice for service users, carers, staff and other professionals. To demonstrate advanced competence in highly complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs within the specialist area of practice. To support and complement the existing medical arrangements. To work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.

Responsibilities – Clinical/Managerial

• To work as advanced clinical lead for an area of specialist practice across a range of services within the Urgent Care.
• To utilise expert mental and physical health professional skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention and clinical guidance as appropriate, whilst responding to changes to the service user physical and mental and mental health.
• To formulate, implement and evaluate interventions with individuals and their carers where appropriate.
• To make and receive referrals as an advanced autonomous practitioner.
• To demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills within a defined area of expertise.
• To critically appraise, evaluate and apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research evidence within a specialist area of practice.
• To visit service users in the most appropriate setting to meet their needs as required.
• Refer service users to other members of the multi-disciplinary team or specialisms as their needs require.
• To use independent non-medical prescribing skills in the initiation and evaluation of treatment plans.
• Establish consistent and evidence based side-effect medication monitoring, acting and findings as necessary.
• Lead on the transition from medical led services to practitioner services within a specialist area of practice.
• To discharge from a specialist area of practice with an effective discharge plan of care in place.
• To liaise with other services as required.
• To undertake physical examinations of service users as required.
• To refer for medical intervention as the service users needs require.
• To make changes within the clinical practices of the specialist team based on evidence, policy and/or the identified needs of service users.
• To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified and dealt with appropriately. To report to the Local Division management team any risk that cannot be managed at an acceptable level without external support.
• To provide verbal or written reports as requested by other departments or the Local Division management team as required.
• To identify areas for service development in your area of responsibility.
• To adhere to Trust Policies reporting to the Local Division management team any failures in adherence to Trust Policy.
• To contribute to the development of Trust Policies and Local Division Guidelines.
• To maintain the high standards in clinical expertise that this role requires.
• To maintain, monitor and present data relating to the role.
• To be consistent and active in evaluating the effectiveness of the role.
• Participate in clinical research as necessary whilst ensuring adherence to ethical practice.
• To participate in service meetings.
• To offer and participate in regular systematic supervision.
• Establish priorities and organise workload to ensure effective use of time.
• Ensure accurate recordings of all referrals, caseload and outcome data.
• Ensure systematic records of treatment and progress are kept, and that written reports are provided for relevant returns.
• Provide statistical returns.
• Produce full evaluation of service and its impact on an annual basis.

Responsibilities – Organisational/Professional

• To adhere to the Trust’s rights based approach, taking into account service user choice.
• To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and any others that may be affected by your acts and omissions at work. To participate in appropriate assessments and action plans to address any issues affecting the safety of staff or service users.
• To ensure that you are familiar with the terms and conditions of your post.
• To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per Trust Policy and to take appropriate action to minimise/remove risk of repeat.

Professional/Quality

• To ensure acceptable standards of practice are maintained and evaluated.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust Policy.
• Ensure clear personal objective are identified.
• Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in nursing and treatments linked to the role.
• Participate in staff appraisals.
• To provide a high standard of professional conduct and care at all times in accordance with the relevant professional bodies.
• To comply with the requirement of the Mental Health Act (1983) and work within the Code of Practice Guidelines.
• To be aware and adhere to all guidelines, protocols and processes relating to clinical care.
• To attend relevant meetings, courses, seminars so as to keep up to date professionally.
• Analyse critically, sources of information that inform decision making in relation to non-medical prescribing.
• To prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively.
• To apply knowledge of drug actions in prescribing practice.
• To work within the legislative framework relating to non-medical prescribing.
• To keep up to date with developments in mental health so that their prescribing decisions remain evidence based.
• To be responsible for maintaining own professional qualifications and maintain a contemporary knowledge of professional practice issues.
• To participate as a supervisor and supervisee within the Trusts Performance Management/Supervision framework. To work towards and help others work towards goals and objectives, as agreed in PACE.
• To undertake mandatory training as stipulated by the Trust.
• The post holder will work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist for their specialist area of practice and other lead professionals within the Division.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Sep 2025