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Main area: Urgent Treatment Centre Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time / Part Time posts will be considered)
Job ref: 409-7005732
Site: St Helens UTC
Town: St Helens
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse Practitioner to join our dedicated and friendly team at St Helens Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). The post holder will work autonomously as a senior nurse within the UTC team seeing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health problems; triage, taking comprehensive histories, undertaking clinical examinations, diagnosing, planning & implementing care, administering medication, and making referrals where appropriate.
The Urgent Treatment Centre is located in the heart of St Helens and sees around 65,000 patients annually, and has onsite x-ray facilities. We work closely with both primary and secondary care to provide a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
Previous experience within a UTC/WIC/ ED is essential for this role. (Consideration will be given for those candidates practicing clinical skills in other autonomous roles).
Main duties of the job
* Maintain a high standard of patient care in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct and within Scope of Practice
* Maintain own clinical and professional expertise by participating in clinical supervision, professional development planning and within NMC Code of conduct and Scope of professional practice
* Act as a resource for other members of the Urgent Treatment Centre Team
* Promote the clinical effectiveness of the nurse-led service using a multidisciplinary team approach
* Promote a culture which utilizes the latest evidence and best practice
* Work autonomously under indirect supervision liaising with team leaders and coordinators as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RGN with current NMC Registration
* Non-medical prescribing qualification [V300] or working towards
* Educated to Degree/Diploma level
* Clinical Examination/Diagnostics Skills Level 7 or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
* Substantial years of post-registration experience
* Experience in WIC/UTC or ED
* Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
* Knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures
* Experience of participation in Research and audit skills
* Knowledge of current professional & clinical issues
* Knowledge of how audit may influence the quality of patient care
Skills
* Ability to negotiate and demonstrate a sound problem-solving approach to work issues
* Ability to set and establish priorities
* Effective organizational and record management skills
* Extended scope of practice skills
* Basic treatment of life-threatening disorders – treatment of shock and acute medical conditions Basic life support
* Ability to deal with difficult situations
* Venepuncture and interpreting the results, cannulation
* Ability to recognize the sick patient – ability to prioritize, monitoring vital signs and history taking
* Audit skills
* Incorporate high-quality evidence-based practice in patient-centered care
Other
* The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details, are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognize staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
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