An exciting opportunity has arisen within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to appoint a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for children and young peoples' day and inpatient mental health and eating disorder services.

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual who wishes to positively influence nursing practice, and improve the physical health provision available to the young people, at Blake Eating Disorder Day Service and Serenity Path General Adolescent Hospital in Winchester, and Bluebird House Medium Secure and Austen House Low Secure units at Tatchbury Mount in the New Forest.

Main duties of the job

Working peripatetically within the services, the ACP role will complement the existing roles within the well-established multi-disciplinary teams.

As a new position for the service, the post-holder will have an opportunity to identify where they can add the most value, and apply their unique skill set to ensure that young people receive genuinely holistic care. Such programmes may include, but are not limited to, supporting young people with chronic conditions, and ensuring that they have the same access to public health and primary care interventions as their peers.

The successful candidate will also contribute to quality assurance and improvement programmes, be integral to developing and reviewing relevant practice guidance, and ensuring the competency of nursing staff in maintaining young people's physical health in a mental health setting.

The post-holder must be self-motivated with great initiative, and skilled in organisation and time-management. They must be confident working autonomously in the context of being part of a wider team.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate professional qualification e.g. Registered Nurse
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC
• An Advanced Clinical Practice MSc accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice
• OR
• Successful recognition with the Centre of Advancing Practice via the ePortfolio (Supported) Route to demonstrate educational equivalence that all the capabilities of advanced level practice at master's level (level 7) have been met.
• Maintained a portfolio of ongoing evidence or work-based learning.
• Independent non-medical prescribing or pharmacology level 7 profession relevant qualification
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent/ mentorship qualification.
• Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
• Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and report

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of implementing change to promote high quality practice
• Evidence of establishing values based professional and evidence-based practice across pathways, services, and organisations.
• System working with individuals, families, carers, communities, and others for population health and reducing inequalities.
• Contribution to service development, applying quality improvement methodology.
• Demonstratable experience of working within related areas and working at an appropriate senior level
• A positive attitude and ability to self reflect and to act on feedback from others
• Ability to praise, support, and empower others in their development
• Experience of clinical leadership
• Work with a high level of autonomously within own competencies
• Awareness of local and national agendas across area of speciality
• Detailed knowledge of current clinical and professional issues relevant to the field.
• Evidence of ability to perform multidisciplinary tasks and work across multi disciplinary boundaries
• Evidence of participation in development of clinical practice, supported by advanced theoretical, practical knowledge and skills.
• Advanced decision-making to inform clinical reasoning approaches when managing complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
• Advanced planning, leadership and communication skills, including the ability to prioritise competing tasks in a highly complex and dynamic environment.
• Ability to develop positive relationship with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Engagement in research activity
• Confidence in using, manipulating and analysing data
• To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values
• Advanced specialist clinical skills appropriate to the relevant speciality with competencies as an ACP in the speciality signed off
• Organisational and self management skills including those relating to own workload and those of others in an unpredictable environment
• Advanced communication skills including to communicate complex, sensitive or confidential information in an appropriate manner to liaise effectively to understand and disseminate multifaceted information
• Understanding of effective clinical governance including implications, quality and audit
• Evidence of the ability to deliver formal and informal learning sessions to all groups of professionals
• Applies a good understanding of Equality & Diversity in all areas of work

Desirable

• The ability to approach issues from a unique or different angle
• Customer Service experience i.e. dealing with complaints, to manage any barriers to information
• Involvement in developing and implementing departmental business plans and/or involvement in organisational wide development
• Understanding of Health Environment policies and legislation including Clinical, Human Resources, Equality & Diversity, Governance
• Evidence of working with institutes of Higher Education including lecturing

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Self-motivated with the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy to deliver a range of complex priorities in a timely fashion for the benefit of the population we serve.
• To have the ability to apply emotional intelligence/self awareness to situations whilst maintaining professionalism to affect change.
• A role model for Advanced Clinical practice at Trust, regional and National level.
• Adept at networking and forging sustainable, productive relationships at all levels within the local, regional, and national health and care economy.
• Committed to partnership working with patient and carers at all levels to ensure their views are incorporated into service delivery.
• Flexibility to work across the trust geographical localities where required.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bluebird House

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

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