Main area: Urgent Treatment Centre - Community Services Grade Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (available hours/shift patterns can be discussed at interview)
Job ref: 350-CC6940368
Site: Litherland Urgent Care Centre
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £53,775 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/02/2025
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
The Urgent Treatment Centres across Sefton and Knowsley are recruiting for Advanced Clinical Practitioners. This is an exciting opportunity for practitioners to practice at an advanced level in a fast-paced environment and rewarding role.
You will be the Advanced Clinical Practitioner on duty to advise and support clinical decision making and function as the point of escalation as shift coordinator. You will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and supporting management of service provision in the absence of the Services Leads.
The post holder must show commitment in supporting and in the development of others to ensure a consistent, quality-driven delivery of service, mentorship, and clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work autonomously, be highly motivated and deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within the recognised remit, working within the local and nationally agreed frameworks for Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP).
Within the role, you will be applying your advanced skills in history taking, extended assessment, clinical examination, clinical diagnosis, treatment as appropriate and referring on to other services if required.
Working for our organisation
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.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trust policies.
Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients accessing the walk-in centre.
Prioritise workload and clinical interventions as appropriate.
To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registration with relevant clinical body
* Full master’s in advanced clinical practice (ACP)
* V300 Non-medical prescribing
Knowledge Experience
* Working autonomously in an advanced role
* Proven leadership skills
* Community experience working within a multidisciplinary led environment
Skills
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
* Negotiation and conflict management skills
* IT literate
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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