Consultant Practitioner – Community Mental Health

Overview

In this role, you will lead the development of an enhanced community mental health service for people with complex needs, focusing on substance misuse and psychosis. You will shape a co-produced model of care and drive service evolution within the NHS Cornwall system. You will work with health and social care partners to deliver high-quality, safe care and provide clinical leadership within the community mental health division. This newly created position invites you to influence strategy, practice, and workforce development at scale.

Responsibilities

• Establish values-based practice across the care pathway, engaging individuals, families, carers and communities
• Provide strategic leadership across the care pathway and system during changing, complex situations
• Foster a learning culture to develop staff potential and transform the workforce
• Develop a knowledge-rich, inquiry-driven culture contributing to research outputs and system improvement
• Provide consultancy across pillars to share expertise and impact practice, services, and populations
• Engage staff and system partners to maximise opportunities for practice improvement and workforce capacity building

Key requirements

• NMC or HCPC Registration
• Advanced Clinical Practice qualification or evidence of ePortfolio with the Academy of Advancing Practice
• Master’s degree level education in a relevant subject
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
• Significant experience working with adults with mental health problems in inpatient and crisis services at a senior level
• Research experience

• Commitment to patient advocacy
• Staff development and service improvement
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Advanced Clinical Practice
• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Research experience

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