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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
22.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref
844-7855046
Employer
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CICC
Town
Wirral.
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/04/2026 08:00

Employer heading

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 8a

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

 

Job overview

Overview

At Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we pride ourselves in providing the best possible care for our patients and we can only achieve this through our dedicated and committed staff. We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Urgent Care team.   

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking Urgent Care service committed to delivering high quality, patient centred care.  Our multi-disciplinary team thrives in a fast-paced environment, responding to a wide range of acute presentations with compassion, expertise and efficiency.

You will play a pivotal role in assessing, diagnosing and managing patients with minor injuries and illnesses, working autonomously and collaboratively to ensure timely and effective care.

We are seeking a clinically astute, motivated, and enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our well established, experienced and friendly team. You will work to deliver timely and quality care, working closely with the Lead Nurses, medical and nursing team to manage and provide exceptional leadership and clinical guidance. This is a valuable opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work in an established but ever evolving service in which they will further develop and practice their nursing, clinical and leadership skills and contribute to its development.

You will be working within a caring, compassionate team who truly put the patients at the forefront of everything they do.

Main duties of the job

Main duties:

  • To work autonomously to assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting with urgent care needs.
  • Prescribe medications and initiate appropriate investigations.
  • Work closely with Nurses, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
  • Support the service to provide care in line with defined performance indicators including quality standards, quality goals and patient experience.
  • Contribute to service development and clinical governance.
  • Provide leadership and mentorship to junior staff.
  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based nursing & clinical care.
  • To provide expert advice and clinical practice.
  • To participate in the education and development of self and other staff.
  • To work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.

 

Working for our organisation

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.

The Trust offers access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on NHS service)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working and job share opportunities
• Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
• Staff discount schemes e.g. discounted leisure centre membership
• In house training
• Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
• Personal resilience training
• Mindfulness support
• Staff counselling service
• Active staff council
• Support for carers
• Fast track physiotherapy service

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand the detailed requirements for the role

Person specification

Qualifications and professional training

Essential criteria
  • Relevant HCP qualification (e.g RGN/HCPC)
  • Masters in advanced practice, or equivalent experience
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Experience of working in an Urgent Care/Community setting in either the in or out of hours period
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in end-of-life care

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Aware of the importance of, and application of evidence-based practice
  • Experience in managing primary care cases independently
  • Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
  • Experience in clinical audit and evaluation of cases and risk assessment
  • Experience in independently assessing and managing clinical risk
Desirable criteria
  • Minimum of 3 years Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner Studies within clinical field.
  • Interpretation of Blood results relevant to Primary Care

Skills and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information, including where there are barriers to understanding
  • Advanced clinical reasoning, analysis and problem solving skills
  • Self-aware (strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills or skills gaps)
  • Demonstrate leadership behaviour in a clinical setting
  • Effective team member
  • IT skills and ability to use clinical systems
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of innovation in practice e.g. service development
  • Experience in the management of long-term conditions

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Able to plan and organise own time and workload and cope with last minute changes.
  • Excellent communications skills (verbal / nonverbal / written)
  • Resilient and assertive
  • Driven and motivated

Training and Education

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to undergo education/training for service need.
  • Driven to work towards professional and performance objectives (appraisal)
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in providing education and training to other staff and students.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldHSJ Best places to workArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amanda Pattullo
Job title
Service Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07590 424577
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