Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - CMHT & inpatient services

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TRAINEE ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTIONER

We are looking to recruit Mental Health Professionals who are looking to advance their clinical practice and who are willing to embrace a three-year training program to become anAdvanced Clinical Practitioner.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Professionals to join our services as a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This is a 3-year B7 training post, beginning September 2023, upon successful completion of the training you will become a B8a clinician.

For Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners, it is essential that you reach the criteria in the general Apprenticeship eligibility

As the successful applicant you will be a Registered Mental Health Professional with considerable clinical experience working in either Community Mental Health Services or Inpatients & Crisis services. As the trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner you will act as a professional resource for the multi-disciplinary team, patients, and carers within the scope of your practice and competence. In the trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner role you will understand professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice and be professionally accountable and legally responsible for all aspects of your own work, whilst working within Organisational policy.

In this role you will be an active senior leader for the designated clinical area, offering leadership and guidance to the wider team and will be involved in service development work. You will provide clinical interventions and work closely with the team to give clinical direction and oversight, provide supervision and practice development opportunities for the community team.

We are pleased to have a selection of roles available:
Community Mental Healthhave on offer for trainee roles in the following services:

3 posts working within the Community Mental Health Teams 1 x West Locality/ 1 x Mid Locality/ 1 x East Locality

In addition to this the Community Mental Health Division are offering 2 posts with special interest

1 – Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder

1 – Adult Mental Health with co-existing substance misuse problems (dual diagnosis)

Inpatient & Crisishave on offer for trainee roles in the following wards.

• 1 post on Fletcher ward
• 1 post Harvest ward
• 1 post Cove ward

Please specify on application your preferred trainee role.

Interviews to be held on the 1st and 2nd of March 2023

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’ for further information.