Main area: Walk in Centres - Community Division
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time / Part time / Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Part-time hours will be considered)
Job ref: 350-CC7004672
Site: Huyton WIC
Town: Knowsley
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59
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.
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Job 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 our Urgent Treatment Centres/Walk in Centres. You will be based at Huyton WIC.
The Walk in Centres 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 and walk-in service.
Main duties of the job
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.
A flexible approach is essential to this role, as the post holder may be required to work 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 establishment of systems and processes.
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 act as a nurse/paramedic practitioner and shift lead to manage and promote the development and clinical effectiveness of a high quality service in the unpredictable environment of the Walk in Centre's using a multi-skilled team approach.
To maintain effective multidisciplinary team working and communication, utilising effective referral pathways.
To co-ordinate the day to day running of the clinical area including shift leader responsibilities.
To provide leadership and exercise a professional advisory role in relation to clinical practice.
To report sickness and absence to the Clinical Nurse Manager and take immediate action to manage the safe running of the shift in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager.
To provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to all patients attending the Walk-in Centre.
To work autonomously and provide holistic assessment, interpretation of results, treatment, advice and health promotion resulting in discharge or referral of patients as appropriate.
To support the professional development of peers and junior staff in developing and achieving competencies and working towards autonomous practitioner status.
Person specification
Skills
* Advanced physical assessment
* Independent or supplementary prescribing and medication reviews
* Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate care working autonomously and collaboratively
* Ability to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
* Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/leadership role
Qualifications
* First level Registered Nurse
* Evidence of study at degree level
* Non-medical/supplementary prescriber V300
* Advanced Physical Assessment/Diagnostics Master’s Module
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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.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.
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