Walk in Centre Practitioner

Main area Walk in Centres – Community Division Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (fixed term) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Part-time hours will be considered) Job ref 350-CC7514589

Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Garston Urgent Treatment Centre Town Liverpool Salary £47,810 – £54,710 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2025 23:59

Walk in Centre Practitioner

Band 7

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 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.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered general nurse to undertake a band 7 nurse practitioner role or paramedic practitioner fixed term role in Garston Urgent Treatment Centres

The UTC assess and treat patients with minor illness and injuries. They are open 8am to 8/8.30pm 7days per week. The service is nurse led and offers both an appointment or walk-in service

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To act as a nurse/ paramedic practitioner and 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.

To maintain effective multidisciplinary team working and communication, utilising effective referral pathways.

To provide leadership and exercise a professional advisory role in relation to clinical practice.

Person specification

Skills

• Evidence of commitment to ongoing personal/professional development of self and others
• Evidence of CPD / clinical examination /short courses in suturing, x-ray referral, wound management and venepuncture
• In depth perception of the Nurse Practitioner role including clinical autonomy, accountability and responsibility in view of NMC guidelines

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• Responsive to service users

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience of working autonomously in clinical decision making.
• Experience of clinical team leadership and taking charge of a department.
• Recent demonstrable professional experience in paediatric nursing

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Additional qualifications, PGC in advanced practice

We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.