An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered general nurse to undertake a band 7 nurse practitioner role or paramedic practitioner role in one of our our Urgent Treatment Centres/ Walk in Centres.
The UTCWIC assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8am to 8pm 7days per week.
The service is nurse led and offers both an appointment or walk-in service
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.
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.
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.
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: Jayne Cross Job title: Operational Manager Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07435411841
Zoe Wan - Halewood WIC team leader
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