Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced band 6 nurse practitioner to work at Huyton Walk in Centre. 

The service sees, assess and treats patients with minor illness and injuries and are open 7 days per week. The team was recently awarded 'Good' in our latest QRV inspection. 

The post holder will work within the Urgent Care /Walk-in Centre  team as an autonomous practitioner and be accountable and responsible for the health care management of the patients attending the service.  Prior experience of working in walk in centres/urgent treatment centres is required. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the ability to assess, diagnose and treat or determine the most appropriate pathway for the patient and should have prior experience of working in a walk in centre or urgent treatment centre environment. 

The applicant will be responsible for:-

Providing high quality, evidence based care to all patients attending the service.

Working autonomously and providing holistic assessment, interpretation of results, treatment, advice and health promotion resulting in discharge or referral of patients as appropriate.

Receiving patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions in an unpredictable environment and deliver care accordingly.

Demonstrating commitment to developing knowledge of a wide range of minor illness and minor ailments; by achieving competencies in all areas of the service.  Work to effectively assess, treat, discharge and refer appropriately to health and social care professionals.

Supporting junior staff and students in the team. 

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.