Main area: Walk in centre
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Site: Smithdown walk in centre
Town: Liverpool
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (All hours from 7.30am - 8.30pm)
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Job ref: 350-CC7098876
Closing: 06/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 22/04/2025
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to work in Smithdown Children’s Walk in Centre.
The Mersey Care Urgent Treatment Centres and Walk in Centres assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries, including enhanced diagnostics. They are open 8am to 8pm 7 days per week.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner and be accountable and responsible for the health care management of the patients attending.
Dependent on experience, successful candidates will be offered the full Band 6 Nurse Practitioner position; alternatively, a candidate who demonstrates potential for this role but requires additional training or experience may be offered a Band 5-6 development post.
Main duties of the job
1. Assess, diagnose and treat minor illness and/or ailment or determine the most appropriate pathway for the patient.
2. Responsibility for managing service provision in the absence of the Senior Nurse Practitioner.
3. Commitment to the Personal Performance Planning process and Clinical Supervision.
4. Working flexibly to support all Urgent Treatment Centres & Walk-in Centres to ensure capacity meets service demand.
5. The post holder has an obligation to work across all Walk-in Centre services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Practitioner with current NMC/AHP registration. RSCN for Smithdown Children’s WIC
* Additional qualifications: Clinical Exam
* Non-medical prescribing Supplementary/Independent
Knowledge / Experience
* Experience of prioritising and using own initiative in clinical decision making.
* Experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Walk In Centre, Primary Care, A/E.
* Experience of communicating across professional and organisational boundaries.
* Management of minor injuries.
* Management of minor illness.
Skills
* Demonstrate commitment to teaching others.
* Demonstrate ability to identify training and development needs of self and others.
* Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and use own initiative.
* Demonstrable leadership skills.
* Demonstrable basic IT literacy.
* Demonstrates flexibility to work across all Walk in Centres and all shift patterns supporting a positive approach to team working.
* Empathic and understanding nature.
* Committed to change management opportunities to ensure the service continually develops in line with local and national initiatives.
* Demonstrate commitment to Clinical Supervision.
* Evidence of ongoing personal/professional development.
* Evidence of CPD/short courses in suturing, x-ray referral, wound management and venepuncture.
* In-depth perception of the Nurse Practitioner role including clinical autonomy, accountability and responsibility in view of NMC guidelines.
* Understanding of current legislation in relation to Walk in Centres and the Clinical Governance agenda including risk management.
* Proven clinical competency in injury and illness assessment, clinical examination, history taking, diagnosis and treatment.
* Evidence of participating in Nurse development agenda’s.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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