Description
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner is an autonomous senior clinical leadership role. The post holder will have undertaken post-graduate training in Advanced Clinical Practice, while having consolidated advanced-level knowledge and skills within their scope of practice.
The position is located at HMP Wandsworth, and the post holder will be expected to work on site in the prison.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver and lead on the delivery of high-quality, safe, and contemporary care.
- Promote population health, improve personal outcomes, and contribute towards service evaluation.
- Lead and develop research and quality improvement initiatives.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, managing a single referral pathway.
Management & Leadership Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate deep and systematic knowledge of local care systems.
- Collaborate with and refer to other agencies independently.
- Act as a clinical lead on the delivery of specialist-specific interventions.
- Manage less experienced staff, including junior clinicians, trainees, and support workers.
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Undertake comprehensive person-centred history taking, assessment, and formulation.
- Critically assess and determine a person's capacity to make choices and decisions.
- Use expertise and decision-making skills to appraise complex information and make evidence-based judgements.
- Prioritise interventions in situations with multiple issues and safety concerns.
Research Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate critical awareness and experiential knowledge of methodological approaches in leading, delivering, and evaluating change through research and quality improvement.
- Undertake clinical care audits and participate in formal research programmes.
- Develop and implement robust clinical governance systems.
Communication Responsibilities:
- Articulate comprehensive assessment, formulation, and care planning verbally and in written form.
- Use advanced communication skills to exemplify an attitude of hope, optimism, and partnership.
- Communicate specialist condition-related information to patients, carers, and other health professionals.
Custodial Responsibilities:
- Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
- Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions.
- Respond to situations or circumstances that might indicate a threat to security or safety.
Requirements:
- All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting.
- Provide proof of right to work documentation, ID, and address documentation.
- Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation and a Home office Share code.
- 5 years address history will be needed.