Senior Nurse Practitioner Treatment Centre

This 12-month secondment sits within St Helens Urgent Treatment Centre at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a nurse-led service for minor injuries and urgent conditions. The post centres on triaging, assessing and treating patients with minor and urgent complaints. It is a senior, autonomous clinical role within a wider multidisciplinary team, in a centre open seven days a week, every day of the year.

Applicants must first obtain their current manager's agreement to be released before applying.

• Triage patients with minor and urgent complaints
• Assess and treat patients with minor and urgent complaints as an autonomous practitioner
• Work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team

• Registered general nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration

• Substantial post-registration experience
• Experience in a walk-in centre, urgent treatment centre or emergency department

• Clinical skills and extended scope of practice knowledge required for the role
• Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults procedures
• Basic life support and treatment of shock and acute medical conditions
• Venepuncture, cannulation and interpreting results
• Recognising the sick patient through vital signs, history taking and prioritising
• Excellent communication and IT skills, with organisation and record management

• Alignment with Trust values of kindness, openness and inclusivity
• Working flexibly in line with service needs
• Problem-solving, priority setting and handling difficult situations

• Educated to degree or diploma level
• Clinical examination and diagnostics skills at level 7 or equivalent
• Non-medical prescribing qualification (V300) or working towards it
• Research and audit experience, including how audit influences quality of care
• Knowledge of current professional and clinical issues
• Incorporating evidence-based practice in patient-centred care
• Leadership and mentoring skills