Merseycare currently have 8 sites working across Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton. An exciting opportunity has arisen working within Kirkby Urgent Treatment Centre and Huyton Walk in Centre

We offer offer access to treatment and advice for minor illnesses and injuries.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to have the chance to develop excellent clinical skills with autonomous and highly skilled professionals

We are currently open 365 days a year from 8am-8.30pm.

Main duties of the job

We would be expecting the successful candidate to be increasing their clinical skills to include the assessment care and treatment of conditions such as minor infections and rashes, fractures and lacerations, emergency contraception, stomach upsets, superficial cuts and bruises, minor burns and strains.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to have the chance to develop excellent clinical skills with autonomous and highly skilled professionals

About us

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. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assessment treatment and discharge of patients requiring same day urgent care treatment

Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies
• Understanding of audit process
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Conflict resolution skills
• IT literate
• Work as member of a team
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries.

Desirable

• Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field.

Desirable

• Clinical supervision experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Practitioner

Desirable

• Mentor/ teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work-based experience.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kirkby Urgent treatment Centre and Huyton walk in Centre

Westmoreland Road

liverpool

L36 6GA

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