Job Description

Working with the ADHD service, the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) manages the complete clinical care for their patients utilising expert knowledge base and clinical competence to support multi-professional teams within Sheffield Health and Social Care, ensuring a high standard of clinical care, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health and Safety Legislation.



As a clinical leader, the ACP has the authority to act autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, including prescribing, of patients with multi-dimensional problems and can work in or across all clinical settings.



The post-holder will be expected to work across role and geographical boundaries, providing complete clinical care for their patient as part of a multidisciplinary team.



Assess, diagnose and manage the clinical (medical and nursing) needs of a wide cohort of patients autonomously and with other members of the interdisciplinary team Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care. Provide clinical leadership and advice to nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team and across individual care teams

Be responsible for setting, implementation, and evaluation of standards of nursing practice



Independent Non-Medical Prescriber with clear demonstrable knowledge and skills and extensive previous experience relating to prescribing



Provide clinical leadership to clinically complex cases; either leading on them directly or jointly with MDT clinicians.



Provide expert clinical intervention, through their generic & specialty knowledge, skills, behaviours, and procedural skills



Navigate across multiple organisational boundaries to facilitate the best outcome for service users, their families and carers.



Work autonomously within professional, ethical codes and legal frameworks, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at their level of practice.



Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of, and skills in, systematic history taking, and clinical examination of patients



Utilise clinical reasoning and decision-making skills to make a differential diagnosis and provide rationales for person-centred management plans,



Display competence in diagnostic reasoning, managing uncertainty, dealing with comorbidities and recognise when another specialty opinion or care is required.



Demonstrate technical skills in their area(s) of practice and to the level described in their MSc ACP curriculum.



Evidence critical judgement and decision-making qualities of the highest standard, through higher-level practice and advanced level of knowledge



Work in partnership with other providers to support transition across different tiers of the service



Understand & ensure patient safety, risk mitigation, and competent practice.



At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.



Provide visible nursing leadership and management skills in practice areas across the care pathways to motivate colleagues, improve standards and develop professional practice



Contribute to consistent clinical leadership for all nurses working within Clinical Operations.

Make a significant contribution to practice and service development, evaluation and research.



Work across organisational and professional boundaries to develop effective partnerships and joint working.



Where identified provide clinical and or professional supervision / oversee clinical supervision to those within area of responsibility, in line with Nursing and Midwifery Council standards .



To provide cover for managerial duties in the absence of local senior management.



Work with local Clinical Operation's leadership team to develop and implement the clinical governance and quality agenda.



Contribute to the formulation of Trust-wide nursing standards and procedures, ensuring they are consistently applied in all aspects of practice.



Provide professional nursing leadership and advice/ contribution to quality improvement, demonstrating expert knowledge in practice.



Work flexibly across services as required and directed.



Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage complete programmes of care, assimilated from evidenced based approaches. Where these do not exist seek to develop these approaches.



Delegate, oversee & direct clinical care & practice in line with their clinical progression, competence, autonomy & capacity for complex decision making.



Identify, critically evaluate and reformulate understanding of professional boundaries to support new ways of working within the context of organisational and service need.



Exercise professional judgement and demonstrate effective teamworking, leadership, resilience and determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar complex or unpredictable.



Develop practice to ensure uniformity and continuity of care and treatment for service users, consistent with their specialist care packages.



Act as an expert resource in supporting the organisation to attain its clinical governance objectives.



Participate in the development of services across Clinical Operations at a local, regional and national level.



Manage and undertake supervision of the nursing staff within the team