Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health, Learning Disability & Autism
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-MHCA-7389479-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Springfield University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - MH, Learning Disability & Autism
NHS AfC: Band 8a
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Are you a passionate and experienced healthcare professional ready to take the next step in your career? Join our dynamic team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) and contribute to transforming the quality of care for individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and autism in acute inpatient settings.
This exciting role is part of the Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Inpatient Quality Transformation Programme (MHLDA IQTP), a national initiative dedicated to improving outcomes and experiences for service users and their families.
You will need to a Registered Advanced Clinical Practitioner with experience of working in Menta Health Services who has also developed or started to develop, their clinical expertise, to expand to learning disability, autism and/or neurodiversity.
Main duties of the job
As an ACP, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centered care. This includes:
• Leading the implementation of advanced clinical practices across inpatient services.
• Supporting service users with complex needs, particularly those with learning disabilities and neurodiversity.
• Driving research, quality improvement initiatives, and innovative care approaches.
• Acting as a role model, supervisor, and mentor for less experienced staff within the MDT.
You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team and fostering collaborative relationships within the Trust and beyond, ensuring inclusivity, resilience, and hope in care delivery.
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are now opening. Springfield is close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Demonstrates the advanced skills and knowledge to undertake comprehensive person-centred history taking, assessment and formulation; considering biological, psychological, social, spiritual, learning disability and neurodiversity perspectives.
• Critically assesses and determine a person’s capacity to make choices and decisions.
• Uses expertise and decision-making skills to appraise complex, incomplete, ambiguous and conflicting information, synthesizing information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
• Critically applies care and treatment in line with national and local guidance; utilising evidence-based interventions within scope of practice, referring people to other professionals or services as the need requires.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritise interventions in situations where there are multiple issues, changing priorities and/or safety concerns, especially in the presence of multi-morbidity, complexity and/or unpredictability, learning disability and neurodiversity.
• Demonstrates the critical use of evidence-based evaluation tools and/or outcome measures to assess the efficacy of interventions; collaboratively making appropriate care planning modifications with the person, carers and other relevant parties.
• Demonstrates an in-depth critical understanding of the principles of therapeutics, polypharmacy, de-prescribing, optimal prescribing, adverse and toxic medication effects and medication burden.
• Identifies and leads response, in a timely manner, to the condition and presentation of the person; in the presence of physical health acuity and/or mental health deterioration.
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous documentation and care plans, in line with clinical governance and organisational policy
• Demonstrate a deep and systematic knowledge and understanding of local care systems (including agencies outside of statutory care); collaborating with and referring to them independently and when required.
• Act as clinical lead on the delivery of specialist-specific interventions, working in collaboration with the person, their family and carers, as well as a range of professionals and agencies.
• Demonstrate support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues, working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with the person, carers and staff.
• Challenges, where appropriate, professional and organisational boundaries, identify areas for skill/knowledge development and apply these to practice ensuring continuity and high standards of care.
• Exemplifies leadership, resilience and determination, manage situations that are unfamiliar, uncertain, complex or unpredictable and seeks to build confidence in others.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To be a qualified Healthcare Professional
- To be a qualified independent prescriber
- To hold current professional registration with respective professional body
- To hold a PGDip in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent credentialed programme
- Evidence of continuing professional development in MHLDA/neurodiversity
Desirable criteria
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Evidence of education/training in specialist area (i.e. therapies, interventions, service-specialism)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of leading the delivery of care for a diverse population
- Experience working within healthcare services at an advanced level of practice
- Advanced level understanding of specialist-specific disorders and their corresponding evidence-based interventions including LD and neurodiversity
- Contemporary knowledge of relevant legislation and healthcare policies
- Applied knowledge of safeguarding, inclusion and equality
- Experience of working in working age adult community/inpatient mental health services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing for publication and/or presenting to professionals and the public
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced skills in undertaking clinical & risk assessments, specific to the area of practice
- Advanced level written and verbal communication skills
- Effective self/time management skills to practice as an independent practitioner
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gina Morgan
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3513 6669
- Additional information
Tracey Ugbele, Head of Nursing for Specialist Service on[email protected]
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