Nurse Practitioner; MIU

Overview

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Main area:
Nurse Practitioner MIU, Grade Band 6,

Contract:

Permanent,

Hours:

34.5 per week (any days MON to SUN), Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. Job reference:

-B. Site: VCH MIU Town Wallasey. Closing: 29/07/2026 23:59.

Our 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 that are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by multi-disciplinary professionals and supported by dedicated staff behind the scenes. We strive to develop and improve services by listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff. WCHC offers an opportunity to be part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community-based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Previous applicants need not apply. We invite a Nurse Practitioner to join our team at Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Minor Injuries unit at the Victoria Central Health Centre site. We seek a clinically astute, motivated, enthusiastic Nurse Practitioner to join an established, experienced and friendly team and to further develop nursing, clinical and leadership skills while contributing to service development.

You will work within a caring, compassionate team that places patients at the forefront. You will also be part of a new way of working between primary and community care providers, aiming to remove boundaries between these services.

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence-based nursing and clinical care.
• Provide expert advice and clinical practice.
• Participate in the education and development of self and other staff.
• Work collaboratively with clinical colleagues to develop services and improve quality of care.
• Autonomously assess, diagnose and treat children and adults who attend the Walk-in Centre with undifferentiated, undiagnosed conditions.

Our vision and values were developed by staff from across the organisation and reflect who we are and what we stand for. Our vision is to be the outstanding provider of high-quality, integrated care to the communities we serve.

You will ideally have experience within a Minor Injuries Unit / A&E department or Walk-in Centre/GP surgery and/or urgent care settings. High standards of patient care should inspire those you work with.

• Current registration with NMC
• Clinical Exam Qualification
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development relevant to MIU/WIC competencies
• Evidence of Post Registration Development at Degree Level
• Non-Medical Prescribing

• Minimum of 5 years post-registration
• Recent experience of autonomous clinical decision making
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Experience in triage, accident and emergency, minor injuries, nurse-led primary care or another relevant MIU setting

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, quality and change in the clinical setting
• Clinically credible and competent
• Experience in clinical procedures relevant to WIC/MIU (e.g., wound management, early warning scores, plastering)
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team
• IT literate
• Ability to work autonomously
• Wound closure (e.g., suturing)
• X-ray interpretation

• Flexible…