Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to work in Merseycare's Knowsley Walk in Centres.
The centres assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries of all ages.
Our walk in centres are open 7 days per week.
You will work within the walk in centre as an autonomous practitioner and be accountable and responsible for the health care management of the patients attending.
Applicants will need to be flexible; Able to travel and work across the Merseycare WIC/UTC footprint to ensure that all of our sites are adequately staffed and supported.
Main duties of the job
You will have the ability to assess, diagnose and treat or determine the most appropriate pathway for the patient.
You will do this by:
Providing high quality, evidence based care to all patients attending the Walk-in Centre.
Working autonomously and providing holistic assessment, interpretation of results, treatment, advice and health promotion resulting in discharge or referral of patients as appropriate.
Receiving patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions in an unpredictable environment and deliver care accordingly.
Demonstrating commitment to developing knowledge of a wide range of minor illness and minor ailments; by achieving competencies in all areas of Walk-in Centre work to effectively assess, treat, discharge and refer appropriately to health and social care professionals.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose and treat minor illness and/or ailment or determine the most appropriate pathway for the patient.
- Responsibility for managing service provision in the absence of the Senior Nurse Practitioner
- Commitment to the Personal Performance Planning process and Clinical Supervision.
- Working flexibly to support all Urgent Treatment Centres & Walk-in Centres to ensure capacity meets service demand.
- The post holder has an obligation to work across all Walk-in Centre services and so will need to be able to travel.
- The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the working week. This is a seven day service and staff are required to work hours between, from and to 7.30am to 9pm daily.
Please refer to full job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose and treat minor illness and/or ailment or determine the most appropriate pathway for the patient.
- Responsibility for managing service provision in the absence of the Senior Nurse Practitioner
- Commitment to the Personal Performance Planning process and Clinical Supervision.
- Working flexibly to support all Urgent Treatment Centres & Walk-in Centres to ensure capacity meets service demand.
- The post holder has an obligation to work across all Walk-in Centre services and so will need to be able to travel.
- The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the working week. This is a seven day service and staff are required to work hours between, from and to 7.30am to 9pm daily.
Please refer to full job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Practitioner with current NMC/AHP registration
- Mentorship qualification/Supervisor Qualification or experience of delivering clinical supervision
- Additional qualifications/evidence of CPD: Clinical Exam, Clinical Diagnostics etc
Desirable
- A degree or degree level post registration qualification
- Non medical prescribing Supplementary/Independent
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Experience of prioritising and using own initiative in clinical decision making
- Experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Children's Walk In Centre, Primary Care, A/E
- Experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Walk In Centre, Primary Care, A/E
- Experience of communicating across professional and organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Professional experience in paediatric nursing
- Experience of taking charge of a shift/department
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to teaching others
- Demonstrate ability to identify training and development needs of self and others
- Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Demonstrable basic IT literacy
- Demonstrates flexibility to work across all Walk in Centres and all shift patterns supporting a positive approach to team working
- Empathic and understanding nature
- Committed to change management opportunities to ensure the service continually develops in line with local and national initiatives
- Demonstrate commitment to Clinical Supervision
- Evidence of ongoing personal/professional development
- Evidence of CPD/ short courses in suturing, x-ray referral, wound management and venepuncture
- In depth perception of the Nurse Practitioner role including clinical autonomy, accountability and responsibility in view of NMC guidelines
- Understanding of current legislation in relation to Walk in Centres and the Clinical Governance agenda including risk management
- Proven clinical competency in injury and illness assessment clinical
- Examination, history taking, diagnosis and treatment
- Evidence of participating in Nurse development agenda's
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet2
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Practitioner with current NMC/AHP registration
- Mentorship qualification/Supervisor Qualification or experience of delivering clinical supervision
- Additional qualifications/evidence of CPD: Clinical Exam, Clinical Diagnostics etc
Desirable
- A degree or degree level post registration qualification
- Non medical prescribing Supplementary/Independent
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- Experience of prioritising and using own initiative in clinical decision making
- Experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Children's Walk In Centre, Primary Care, A/E
- Experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Walk In Centre, Primary Care, A/E
- Experience of communicating across professional and organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Professional experience in paediatric nursing
- Experience of taking charge of a shift/department
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to teaching others
- Demonstrate ability to identify training and development needs of self and others
- Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and use own initiative
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Demonstrable basic IT literacy
- Demonstrates flexibility to work across all Walk in Centres and all shift patterns supporting a positive approach to team working
- Empathic and understanding nature
- Committed to change management opportunities to ensure the service continually develops in line with local and national initiatives
- Demonstrate commitment to Clinical Supervision
- Evidence of ongoing personal/professional development
- Evidence of CPD/ short courses in suturing, x-ray referral, wound management and venepuncture
- In depth perception of the Nurse Practitioner role including clinical autonomy, accountability and responsibility in view of NMC guidelines
- Understanding of current legislation in relation to Walk in Centres and the Clinical Governance agenda including risk management
- Proven clinical competency in injury and illness assessment clinical
- Examination, history taking, diagnosis and treatment
- Evidence of participating in Nurse development agenda's
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet2
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
