Senior Nurse Practitioner

Asa leading Learning Disability and Mental Health Charity, we provide healthcare and support for people with serious mental illness along a recovery pathway influenced by a psychosocial intervention framework.

Weensure the people we support can move along a pathway towards independence attheir own pace and build their coping and lifestyle skills gradually within atherapeutic environment.

Wevalue our people and truly believe in making a difference through the servicewe provide.

Weare committed to providing ongoing training and development opportunities forour staff and support newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. We also provide support with revalidation with the NMC, and ongoing professional development and career progression.

To take charge of the service in the absence of the Clinical Lead and Senior Nurse Practitioner to ensure its smooth running and that standards of care are maintained

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes with service users, and to ensure that support is provided in accordance with individual plans for the people we support

To establish and maintain good relationships between the people we support, relatives and staff

To ensure the delivery of an individualised treatment plan for the people we support

To deliver on medication management as per the company Policies and Procedures for Medicine Management, NMC and The Care Quality Commission

An interest in mental health rehabilitation and promoting independence would help, however, skills can be transferred across from other professional training.

You may be involved in clinical reviews with our Responsible Clinician and liaise with GPs, MDTS and families. A full Supervision/Appraisal approach will be available. Daily support and guidance is available from peers and supervisors.

We provide specialist mental health services at six independent hospitals across Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

Here our dedicated multidisciplinary teams provide person-centred support for adults with complex mental health needs, with a focus on rehabilitation and recovery, reablement, crisis intervention and relapse prevention.

The team use a blend of nursing, occupational therapy and psychotherapeutic techniques to support people through their rehabilitation journey and on to independent living.

Based in the heart of communities with excellent transport links, amenities and community support networks, were proud to be rated by CQC as either good or outstanding across all six services.

Job Purpose

Inline with Alternative Futures Group mission, vision and values the job holder will provide

effective operational/clinical leadership and management to achieve the delivery of operational

business objectives and plans. Demonstrating through evidence that the services weprovide create

aworld where the people we support control their own lives.

Dimensions:

Professional working relationships with:

• Advanced Practitioners
• Multi-disciplinary team
• Head of Quality & Compliance
• Quality Improvement Manager
• Investigations & Compliance Manager

Practice supervision of frontline staff working to deliver the clinical programme in line with the supervision framework and organisational standards.

There are no budgetary requirements of this role

Livingour Values:

Our values guide us in the way we live our lives and influence the decisions and choices we make. Here atAFG we live our values in everything we do, demonstrating them whilst supporting people and when working with colleagues, managers and other people thatwe may come into contact with during the course of our day. This is why we have amazing people, doing amazing things, every day.

Key Results Areas

• Support the Registered Manager onlocal projects, innovations and modernisation within the services
• To ensure all service delivery is provided using economical consideration.
• To demonstrate value for money and to make recommendations for expenditure.

• To ensure service delivery complies with relevant legislative requirements and to adhere to systems in place that ensure qualitative outcomes for service users.
• To ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory service delivery requirements and to operate services in accordance with relevant legislation.
• To adhere to systems in place to meet all information requirements and to comply within the AFG Performance Management Framework.
• Respond to analysed data from the Performance Management Framework identifying potential risks and take appropriate action to ensure compliance.
• To ensure services are delivered in line with Corporate Governance and meet the
• To manage the performance of individuals through supervision, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance procedures.

• To work effectively with the Registered Manager to deliver a culture that is based on the principles of PSI/PCP
• To provide effective leadership and clear direction to Support staff, including Ancillary staff.
• To act as the Named Nurse for a designated number of service users.
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