Care Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 physical health nurse to join our district nursing teams in Knowsley. The role supports our 8am-8pm, seven-days-a-week service model and benefits from mentoring and structured development within a large trust.

You will deliver evidence-based clinical care in patients' homes, work collaboratively with senior practitioners, and contribute to our aim of delivering integrated community care while maintaining patient-centred care and safety.

Qualifications

• Excellent empathy and communication skills.
• Person-centred approach to care.
• Ability to work autonomously and escalate appropriately.
• Keen to learn and develop competencies to give evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of clinical care to a defined population in patients' homes.
• Work with senior practitioners to meet patient needs and support policy implementation.
• Provide clinical leadership within the team and contribute to quality and safety initiatives.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Patient-centered care

Teamwork

Autonomy

Job description

We are looking for a Band 5 physical health nurse to work within our district nursing teams to cover our 8am-8pm 7 days a week model. The service is undergoing significant developments as part of our plan to deliver integrated community care for patients on a neighbourhood footprint across Knowsley.

Working to the Mersey Care values, you will have excellent empathy, communication skills and a person centred approach. You will be keen to continue learning and develop the competencies needed to give evidence based care to your patients in their own home. Clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach is an essential component of this role. You will be a good team player who can also work autonomously on your own, escalating and reporting back appropriately.

The service operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to cover our 8am-8pm 7 days a week model.

You will also have the opportunity to be mentored and full support will be given to develop and enhance your skills.

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership. Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kim Catton Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07795540704