Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Closing Date: 16 July 2026

Job Summary
Are you an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a passion for Adult Mental Health care? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Fylde Coast Home Based Treatment team (HBTT). Fylde Coast HBTT is an adults Community Mental Health urgent care service based at the gateway, Blackpool football stadium covering the Fylde Coast locality. We are a 7 day a week service covering 24hr time period. The role will be Monday-Friday 9-5pm. We are a multi-disciplinary team, with close working links with other health departments, social services and voluntary agencies. Our service users can present with mental health difficulties which are often combined with complex social care and physical health needs.

Main Duties of the Job

• Exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care. Provide advanced clinical skills in relation to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the service user group. Promote recovery based care programmes and set high standards for the delivery of care to patients and their families and be responsible for delivering high quality services.
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing mental health services to Urgent care community settings
• Contribute to the medical prescribing provision within the team through supportive dedicated Non-Medical prescribing.
• Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary teams developing shared goals, complementing the roles of others to support and maintain team growth and continuous improvement.

About Us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Details
Date posted: 02 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum (subject to confirmation)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 351-FYL625-SRP-D
Job locations: The Gateway, Blackpool, FY1 6JX, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential

• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
• First degree in Registered Health profession.
• Registered Practitioner.
• Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery of service to people with mental illness.
• Non-Medical prescribing.

Knowledge
Essential

• In-depth knowledge of a range of approaches to mental health assessment and of psychosocial interventions.
• Knowledge and understanding of current issues/legislation driving recovery focussed care.
• Demonstrates the ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians.
• Ability to critically analyse clinical practice and identify and implement improvements.

Experience
Essential

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification.
• Detailed understanding of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act and its application to an Acute Hospital setting.
• Significant evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups.
• Evidence of presentations at local, regional and national level.

Personal
Essential

• Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work across organisations and to influence people across stakeholder networks.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Contact
Service Manager: Lisa Nicholson, Lisa.Nicholson@lscft.nhs.uk