Job summary
- Main area
- Walk in Centres / Urgent and Intermediate Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 7 days a week
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.30am - 8.30pm)
- Job ref
- 350-CC7399325
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Smithdown Children's Walk in Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Walk in Centre Nurse Practitioner
Band 7
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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 believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered paediatric nurse to undertake a band 7 nurse practitioner role in our Smithdown Walk in Centre
The Smithdown Walk in Centres assess and treat patients under the age of 16yrs, with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8am to 8pm 7days per week. The service is nurse led and offers walk-in service
The candidate must be RSCN with relevant examination and diagnostic experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to have experience in undertaking autonomous clinical examinations, forming a diagnosis and have the ability to treat patients with undifferentiated minor injuries and illnesses. They will also need to provide advice on health related issues, and welcome the challenge of working as an autonomous practitioner, whilst developing their leadership skills within the Walk-In Centre team.
The candidate must be flexible and have the ability to work across shift patterns, which are open 365 days per year. 8am -8pm.
Our aim is to provide appropriate, high quality and personal interventions which will improve health and well-being for patients.
If you are highly motivated, have a passion for making a real difference and can rise to the challenge of becoming an effective member of an established team, then we would like to hear from you.
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 and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Clinical examination of patients
- Ability to teach and lead junior colleagues
- Engaging in meetings across the service line as appropriate
Qualifications in Clinical Examination /Diagnostic's/ Mentorship and Non-Medical Prescribing are essential for the role
Please refer to full job description
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced physical assessment
- Independent or supplementary prescribing and medication reviews
- Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate care working autonomously and collaboratively
- Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
- Evidence of the ability to identify and manage risk
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/ leadership role
- Evidence of ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Community Care settings
- Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
- Evidence of effective team leadership and organisational skills
- Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions
- Evidence of the ability to work in a changing, demanding situation
- Ability to appropriately challenge a variety of professionals about an individuals care
- Evidence of advanced communication skills
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- A passion for Same Day Urgent Care agenda
- Extensive clinical experience in urgent care services/ teams of at least 3 years (adults and paediatrics)
- Evidence of collaborative working with multiprofessional colleagues
- Highly skilled in conflict awareness and team dynamics
- Evidence of effective Communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders
- Awareness of current initiatives within the local & National health economy and of applicable guidelines, protocols and pathways
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Able to demonstrate Clinical leadership experience at a senior level
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
Desirable criteria
- Research & Development experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. (RSCN for Smithdown Childrens WIC)
- Evidence of study at degree level
- Non- medical/supplementary prescriber V300
- Advanced Physical Assessment/Diagnostics Master’s Module
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification and experience of change management in a clinical role
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Bratley
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 285 4820
- Additional information
as above
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