Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Crisis Care Service to join the Crisis care Team. Band 8a - permanent, full time hours Advert We are looking for a Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Home Based Treatment and Intensive Support Teams. The post-holder will: provide leadership in relation to clinical operational issues in respect of the Crisis Care, Home Based Treatment and Intensive Support Teams, and will demonstrate substantial clinical leadership, innovation and independence in a professional context and have the ability to problem solve. provide highly specialised mental health assessment and short term therapeutic interventions for children and young people experiencing mental health crisis. have clinical responsibility for complex therapeutic and risk management work with children and young people who are at risk of needing care away from their homes or local community. offer advice and consultation to other professionals across a range of agencies including: primary care, social care, and education. provide supervision to team members. be responsible for the care planning of interventions and have oversight of the delivery of the care plans by junior staff. Working for our organisation In April 2020, the Crisis Care team moved rapidly to a 24hr service to provide support for Children, Young People and families experiencing Mental Health Crisis in Sefton and Liverpool. The Crisis Care Team operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week and comprises of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Nursing, Social Workers, Keyworkers and Assistant Psychologists to provide 24hr urgent response and assessment to children and young people who are experiencing mental health crisis, as well support to parents/carers, and consultation to other professionals involved in their care. The Home Based Treatment and Intensive Support Team are new services, co-located with our Crisis Care Team. We offer home based support to children, young people and their families throughout Liverpool and Sefton. The main base for this post will be Alder Hey, but the post-holder will work throughout the Liverpool and Sefton footprint. These services operate 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. Please note: The successful candidates will be required to work Monday to Friday; weekend and nights are not required in this post. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, please take a look at the job description and person specification attachments. - The post holders must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of excellence, innovation, openness, respect and together. - If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599 Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.