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.
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.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Bratley Job title: Clinical Nurse Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0151 285 4820
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