Walk in Centre Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Registered General Nurse to take on a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner role. The position involves managing patient care in an autonomous capacity within a team, performing assessments, diagnostics, and ensuring high-quality service delivery in their Urgent Treatment Centres. Ideal candidates should have the necessary nursing qualifications and a commitment to professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing health-care for a patient group.
• Ability to perform diagnostics and treatment.
• Commitment to supporting and developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient health-care autonomously.
• Interpret and diagnose health conditions.
• Oversee service provision during shifts.

Skills

Holistic assessment skills

Autonomous practitioner ability

Team management

Education

Registered general nurse qualifications

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered general nurse to undertake a Band 7 nurse practitioner role or paramedic practitioner role in one of our Urgent Treatment Centres/Walk‑in Centres. The UTC/WIC assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days per week. The service is nurse‑led and offers both an appointment and a walk‑in service.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team as an autonomous practitioner and be accountable and responsible for the health‑care management of the client/patient group.
• Perform holistic assessments, interpret, diagnose and treat, concluding to discharge with an appropriate outcome or determining the most relevant pathway for the patient.
• Take charge of the shift and manage service provision in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager / Team Leader.
• 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.
• Maintain a flexible approach, working across all Walk‑in Centre services and through all shift patterns as required across L32, L36, L19, L20, L26.
• Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area, incorporating the 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.