Walk in Centre Nurse Practitioner - Bank
Band 7
Main area: Walk in Centres - Community Division
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - 0 hours per week (As and When Required)
Job ref: 350-CCBank6949090
Site: Merseycare WIC's
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered General Nurse to undertake a Band 7 Nurse Practitioner role in our Walk in Centres and Urgent Treatment Centres.
The Walk in Centres assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week. The service is nurse-led and offers both an appointment or a walk-in service.
The candidate must be RGN/AHP with relevant examination and diagnostic experience. NMP V300 is desirable.
*This is a Bank post*
Main duties of the job
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The post holder will have responsibility for taking charge of the shift and managing service provision in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager.
4. The post holder must 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.
5. The post holder has an obligation to work across all Walk-in Centre services and through all shift patterns.
6. 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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To act as a nurse practitioner/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.
2. To maintain effective multidisciplinary team working and communication, utilising effective referral pathways.
3. To co-ordinate the day-to-day running of the clinical area including shift leader responsibilities.
4. To provide leadership and exercise a professional advisory role in relation to clinical practice.
5. To continue to extend the scope of own professional practice by improving and enhancing knowledge and competencies.
6. To provide high-quality, evidence-based care and advice to all patients attending the Walk-in Centre.
7. To work autonomously and provide holistic assessment, interpretation of results, treatment, advice and health promotion resulting in discharge or referral of patients as appropriate.
8. To support the professional development of peers and junior staff in developing and achieving competencies and working towards autonomous practitioner status.
9. To demonstrate a positive commitment to the teaching, training, assessment and development of all nurse learners.
10. To supervise Band 6 Nurse Practitioners, Band 5 Associate Nurse Practitioners and Health Care Assistants.
11. To act as a mentor/teacher to peers, other team members and all students including nursing and other professional disciplines.
12. To work flexibly to support all Walk-in Centres to ensure capacity meets service demand.
13. To work within the scope of professional practice whilst providing an integrated primary care service.
14. To adhere to NMC Standards of Practice.
15. To maintain skills and competencies required for the post.
Person specification
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
Skills
* Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal/professional development of self and others
* Proven high-level clinical competency in injury and illness assessment
* Demonstrable leadership skills
* Demonstrates high-level communication skills with patients/carers/across professional and organisational boundaries
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of working autonomously in clinical decision making.
* Experience of clinical team leadership.
* Significant experience of working in a relevant role e.g. Walk In Centre, Primary Care.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
* Additional qualifications, PGC in advanced practice.
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 criteria for the role in the person specification.
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