Treatment Room Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Knowsley

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and outgoing individual to join our team of Nurse Practitioners working in Knowsley Place Community Treatment Rooms.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard patient care autonomously, including wound care assessment, injections, dopplers, compression bandaging, care planning, evaluation, and discharge.
• Attend regular clinical supervision and encourage a culture of learning and reflective practice.
• Deliver clinical care to a defined population, supported by senior practitioners within role boundaries.
• Work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet patient needs, support delivery of policy and procedures, and provide clinical leadership.
• Ensure delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area and establish systems and processes.
• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote and prevent adverse health effects.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
• Identify and manage treatment plans for patients at risk.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care.
• Assist senior practitioners as required.
• Utilise sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative communication methods to accommodate cultural backgrounds and levels of understanding.
• Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues’ viewpoints to others.
• Work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the relevant professional body.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload to maintain and promote quality.
• Deliver care according to national and local guidelines, working in partnership with other clinical teams/departments.
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
• Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation.
• Utilise the audit cycle to evaluate quality and implement improvements where required.
• Evaluate patients’ response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the wider organisation.
• Use a structured framework (e.g., root-cause analysis) to manage, review and learn from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events.
• Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.
• Act as a positive role model and take responsibility for own development, learning and performance, including participation in clinical supervision.
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment encouraging everyone to reach their potential and learn from each other.
• Understand own responsibilities and accountability in the delivery of care to patients, ensuring that the patient’s needs are the priority.
• Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.
• Work with other professionals to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill mix is available to meet patient needs.
• Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards, critically evaluating and reviewing innovations and developments relevant to own practice.
• Keep up to date with new developments locally and nationally that enhance the team’s work and undertake mandatory and statutory training.
• Act as a mentor to students, assessing competency against set standards if appropriately qualified.
• Accept and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues as necessary.