Urgent Care Advanced Practitioner – Lead Clinician

Transformation Unit; Upton; Remote; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Flexible working and job share

Salary sacrifice schemes

Staff discount schemes

In house training

Free on-site parking

Personal resilience training

Mindfulness support

Staff counselling service

Active staff council

Support for carers

Fast track physiotherapy service

Job summary

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent Care team. The role is Band 8a, employed full-time to cover a 7-day service, with a supportive multi-disciplinary environment and strong leadership opportunities within the NHS trust.

Newly appointed practitioners will assess, diagnose and manage urgent care patients, collaborate with nurses and GPs, and contribute to clinical governance and service development while delivering

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

Masters in advanced practice, or equivalent experience

Experience of Urgent Care/Community setting (in or out of hours)

Experience in end-of-life care

Job description

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent Care team. The role is Band 8a, employed full-time to cover a 7-day service, with a supportive multi-disciplinary environment and strong leadership opportunities within the NHS trust.

Newly appointed practitioners will assess, diagnose and manage urgent care patients, collaborate with nurses and GPs, and contribute to clinical governance and service development while delivering