Job summary
To work in a clinic based setting, assessing patients who attend for wound care, leg ulcer management, including Lower limb Assessments, Injections, Catheter Care and Ear Irrigation
The Treatment Room service covers 6 clinic sites across Liverpool. The successful candidate will need to be able to work autonomously whilst demonstrating a team approach and be willing to travel across sites all 6 sites.
Shortlisting is planned for: 23rd September 2023
Interviews are planned for: 28th September 2023
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen within the Treatment Room Service in Liverpool for a Band 5 Care Practitioner. This is a permanent post and will be 37.5 hours per week.
The successful candidates will be working across various clinic sites within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
An existing knowledge of Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Management would be advantageous. The primary function of the role is to provide proactive, responsive services that address the care needs of patients within a defined neighbourhood. The service operates appointment led clinics with fast turn over of patients.
For the Treatment Room Service there is a requirement to move and travel between clinic sites. The service operates 7 days a week, with some late clinics until 8.00pm and bank holidays. There is a requirement within this post to be able to travel across localities to various clinic sites for work purposes.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities are to run planned nurse led clinics for wound care, leg ulcer management, injections, urinary catheters & ear irrigation.
This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. Clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.
Please also see Job Description and Person Spec
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities are to run planned nurse led clinics for wound care, leg ulcer management, injections, urinary catheters & ear irrigation.
This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. Clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.
Please also see Job Description and Person Spec
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work based experience.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field
Desirable
- Clinical supervision experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
- Understanding of audit process.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- IT literate.
- Work as member of a team.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable
- Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work based experience.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field
Desirable
- Clinical supervision experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
- Understanding of audit process.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- IT literate.
- Work as member of a team.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable
- Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
