Nurse Practitioner

Wirral Community Health & Care Nhs Foundation Trustare; Wirral; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking experienced nurses to join their urgent community response team in Wirral. Candidates must have strong clinical skills and community experience, focusing on providing care to patients at home. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive team environment, actively contributing to service improvement and innovation in a rewarding field. Flexible working options are available, ensuring a balance between personal and professional commitments.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for professional development

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a valid nursing qualification.
• Experience in community nursing or similar roles is essential.
• Strong communication skills in English are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent nursing assessments and care in patients' homes.
• Work closely with a multi-skilled team of health professionals.
• Support patients in crisis and coordinate care effectively.

Skills

Strong clinical skills

Community experience

Patient-focused

Team-oriented

Willingness to support innovation

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our urgent community response (UCR) team, a part of the Community Integrated Response Team. This role will work across the UCR and Frailty Virtual Ward as required.

We are looking for experienced nurse candidates with strong clinical skills and community experience and who are patient and team focused. The successful candidates will demonstrate that they are willing to support innovation, and are committed to service improvement in an extremely interesting, and challenging environment.

You will be working as part of a highly supportive and motivated service. The services provide care for acutely unwell patients in their own home (inclusive of residential and nursing homes), aiming to avoid unplanned admissions to hospital supporting earlier discharges from hospital and in line with the National Guidance for 2 hr Urgent Community Response guidelines.

This is a really exciting time to join UCR as the Wirral CAS launched in October 2025 and accepts lower acuity referrals directly from NWAS to offer an enhanced triage and utilise community services, where appropriate to support patients to remain at home.

The multi‑skilled team of therapists, nurses, social care and health care assistants provide urgent assessments, care and treatment for people living in Wirral. People are assessed within two hours and personalised support is in place within two days (usually 24 hours).

The team provide urgent assessments within two hours for patients who experience any of the following:

• Fall (in or outside of their home or place of residence)
• Reduced mobility
• Confusion / delirium
• Worsening of dementia
• Urgent catheter care
• Diabetes deterioration
• Urgent social crisis
• Palliative patient in crisis
• Urgent equipment requests

You will use established pathways and processes to provide a wide range of nursing, therapy and social care assessments to patients who may potentially be at risk of a hospital admission.

The successful candidate will also work with other clinicians including Geriatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and social workers, whom are all co‑located within the team.

We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds including emergency nurses, primary care and acute medicine as well as nurses from community backgrounds who have experience in working within Integrated Services.

Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part‑time positions, salaries are pro‑rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.

English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess "the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English." If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex‑military personnel have gained through their service.

Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.