Nurse Practitioner - Walk In Centre

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Wallasey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Nurse Practitioners to work across our Walk In Centre sites in Eastham and Victoria Central Hospital Wallasey, plus the Urgent Care Centre at APH. The role offers flexible hours and involves delivering timely, high-quality care in collaboration with Lead Nurses to support patient safety and service development.

Applicants should have autonomous decision-making skills, walk-in/urgent care experience preferred, and be registered

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and the right to practice as a nurse practitioner.
• Degree-level clinical exam qualification and ongoing development.
• Recent accredited education relevant to Walk In Centre work.
• ILS (Immediate Life Support) certification.
• Non-Medical prescribing qualification.
• Masters-level clinical examination knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous clinical decision making in Walk In Centre settings.
• Deliver timely, high-quality care across primary and urgent care locations.
• Collaborate with Lead Nurses to support the nursing team and service delivery.

Skills

IT Literate

Autonomous

Team player

NHS knowledge

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Current NMC registration

Clinical exam at degree level

Recent accredited education at degree level

Immediate Life Support (ILS)

Non-Medical prescribing Qualification

Clinical exam at masters level

Job description

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Nurse Practitioner - Walk In Centre

The closing date is 18 November 2026

Would you like to join our team of Nurse Practitioners (NP) working at Wirral Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust sites which include 2 Walk in Centre sites at Eastham and Victoria Central Hospital Wallasey and an Urgent Care Centre at APH?

We are seeking clinically astute, motivated, enthusiastic Nurse Practitioners to join our well established, experienced, and friendly team. You will work flexibly across the Primary and Urgent Care locations to deliver timely and quality care, working closely with the Lead Nurses to manage and provide exceptional leadership to the nursing team. This is a valuable opportunity for Nurse Practitioners 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.

The service operates between 8am-10pm Monday-Sunday including bank holidays

You will be working within a caring, compassionate team who truly put the patients at the forefront of everything they do. You will also be part of a ground breaking new way of working between primary and community care providers, working towards removing boundaries between these services.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic, patient-focused NP's who are comfortable working autonomously when making decisions relating to patient care.

You will ideally have experience within a Walk in Centre /GP surgery and/or urgent care setting and your high standards of patient care will naturally inspire those with whom you work.

Various hours are available.

About us

Our common purpose and values were developed by staff from across the organisation and reflect who we are and what we stand for.

Our common purpose is...

Together..

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values...

Compassion - Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open - Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust - Trusting to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information on this exciting role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

• Current NMC registration
• Clinical exam at degree level
• Evidence of recent accredited education at degree level relevant to role in the Walk in Centre
• Immediate Life Support (ILS)
• Non-Medical prescribing Qualification
• Clinical exam at masters level

Experience & Knowledge

• Minimum 3 years post registration experience and at least 1 year working in relevant setting
• Experience of autonomous clinical decision making
• Experience in triage, accident and emergency, minor injuries, a nurse led primary care or other specialist area
• Significant experience with children

Skills & Attributes

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
• Clinically credible and confident
• Evidence of being a team player
• IT Literate
• Ability to work effectively and autonomously

Personal Qualities

• Ability to work flexibly as part of an out of hours service
• A holistic approach to care and understanding of health promotion
• Access to a car for work

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

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata