Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Flexible working

In-house training

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent Care team. The role involves autonomous assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with urgent care needs, along with prescribing and coordinating investigations.

You will work closely with lead nurses, medical and nursing staff to provide leadership, mentorship and high-quality care, contributing to service development and clinical governance within an established,

Qualifications

• Masters in advanced practice or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Urgent Care/Community setting (in/out of hours).
• Experience in end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients with urgent care needs.
• Prescribe medications and initiate investigations.
• Collaborate with Nurses, GPs and other healthcare professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Team player

IT skills

Innovation in practice

Chronic disease management

Education

Masters in advanced practice

Job description

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 18 November 2026

At Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we pride ourselves in providing the best possible care for our patients and we can only achieve this through our dedicated and committed staff. We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Urgent Care team.

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking Urgent Care service committed to delivering high quality, patient centred care. Our multi-disciplinary team thrives in a fast-paced environment, responding to a wide range of acute presentations with compassion, expertise and efficiency.

You will play a pivotal role in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with minor injuries and illnesses, working autonomously and collaboratively to ensure timely and effective care.

We are seeking a clinically astute, motivated, and enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our well established, experienced and friendly team. You will work to deliver timely and quality care, working closely with the Lead Nurses, medical and nursing team to manage and provide exceptional leadership and clinical guidance. This is a valuable opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work in an established but ever evolving service in which they will further develop and practice their nursing, clinical and leadership skills and contribute to its development.

You will be working within a caring, compassionate team who truly put the patients at the forefront of everything they do.

Main duties of the job

• To work autonomously to assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting with urgent care needs.
• Prescribe medications and initiate appropriate investigations.
• Work closely with Nurses, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
• Support the service to provide care in line with defined performance indicators including quality standards, quality goals and patient experience.
• Contribute to service development and clinical governance.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to junior staff.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based nursing & clinical care.
• To provide expert advice and clinical practice.
• To participate in the education and development of self and other staff.
• To work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.

About us

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.

The Trust offers access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on NHS service)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working and job share opportunities
• Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
• Staff discount schemes e.g. discounted leisure centre membership
• In house training
• Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
• Personal resilience training
• Mindfulness supportStaff counselling service
• Active staff councilo
• Support for carerso
• Fast track physiotherapy service

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand the detailed requirements for the role

Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

• Masters in advanced practice, or equivalent experience
• Experience of working in an Urgent Care/Community setting in either the in or out of hours period
• Experience in end-of-life care

Experience and knowledge

• Aware of the importance of, and application of evidence-based practice
• Experience in managing primary care cases independently
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
• Experience in clinical audit and evaluation of cases and risk assessment
• Experience in independently assessing and managing clinical riskMinimum of 3 years Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner Studies within clinical field.
• Interpretation of Blood results relevant to Primary Care

Skills and attributes

• Demonstrate leadership behaviour in a clinical setting
• Effective team member
• IT skills and ability to use clinical systems
• Evidence of innovation in practice e.g. service development
• Experience in the management of long term conditions

Personal Qualities

• Able to plan and organise own time and workload and cope with last minute changes.
• Excellent communications skills (verbal / nonverbal / written)
• Driven and motivated

Training and Education

• Willingness to undergo education/training for service need.
• Driven to work towards professional and performance objectives (appraisal)
• Experience in providing education and training to other staff and students.

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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust