Walk in Centre Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Registered General Nurse for a Band 7 nurse practitioner role. You will manage patient care within an urgent treatment centre, leading shifts and ensuring high-quality service delivery. The ideal candidate will have a valid nursing qualification and a commitment to holistic patient assessments. Join us in transforming healthcare with a focus on excellence in service.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a Registered Nurse or Paramedic Practitioner.
• Ability to perform diagnoses and treatment planning.
• Commitment to support and develop other team members.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and manage patient care.
• Lead shifts in absence of Clinical Nurse Manager.
• Ensure delivery of quality service and strategy.

Skills

Holistic assessments

Patient care management

Team leadership

Education

Registered General Nursing qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered general nurse to undertake a band 7 nurse practitioner role or paramedic practitioner fixed term role in Garston Urgent Treatment Centres.

The UTC assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8am to 8/8.30pm 7 days per week. The service is nurse led and offers both an appointment or walk-in service. The post holder will work within a team as an autonomous practitioner and be accountable and responsible for the health care management of the client/patient group.

The post holder will have the ability to perform holistic assessments to interpret, diagnose and treat, concluding to discharge with an appropriate outcome or determining the most relevant pathway for the patient.

The post holder will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and managing service provision in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager/ Team Leader. The post holder must show commitment to the support and development of others to ensure a consistent, high quality delivery of service underpinned by the Personal Performance Planning process and Clinical Supervision.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

About Mersey Care

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.