Job requirements
Essential
22 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work autonomously, unsupervised
- Personal Attributes
Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a professional manner
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work as part of a team, showing initiative and exercising tact and diplomacy
- Personal Attributes
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds.
- Personal Attributes
Flexibility to work at other sites as required
- Personal Attributes
Access to a car for business purposes
- Knowledge and Skills
To have an up to date working knowledge of acute, chronic and terminal illness, wound management, care of the elderly and palliative care.
- Knowledge and Skills
An understanding of the Primary and Secondary Care Interface
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of equality and diversity issues
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
- Knowledge and Skills
I.T literate
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work efficiently and autonomously
- Knowledge and Skills
Evidence of working both within a team and unsupervised
- Knowledge and Skills
Clinically competent and confident within an adult setting
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
First Level Nurse with current registration with NMC
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Degree in relevant subject
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Post graduate qualification in rapid response/community nursing/emergency department/acute medical or equivalent experience
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of recent Professional Development
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Demonstrable post registration experience
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Experience of autonomous clinical decision making
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Non-medical Prescribing (V300)
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to join the newly commissioned Unscheduled Care Coordination Hub (UCCH) at Wirral University Teaching Hospital.
This exciting role offers the chance to lead and influence the delivery of a new, innovative model of urgent care coordination that is transforming the way patients access community-based services.
The UCCH has been developed to centralise and standardise the management of Urgent Community Response referrals, including Category 3, 4 and 5 referrals received from Northwest Ambulance Service (NWAS). Through effective triage, coordination and clinical decision-making, the Hub supports patients to receive timely care within their own communities, avoiding unnecessary hospital conveyance wherever possible.
As a key clinical leader within the Hub, you will work closely with Urgent Community Response teams across Wirral, West Cheshire, East Cheshire and Warrington, as well as colleagues within NWAS and wider system partners. You will provide expert clinical oversight, manage complex referrals, utilise Directory of Services, and ensure patients are connected to the most appropriate care pathway quickly and effectively.
If you are passionate about integrated care, service innovation and improving patient outcomes, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a service that is shaping the future of urgent and community services.
Main duties of the job
Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions by developing an effective and collaborative interface between relevant agencies and services, ensuring the most appropriate and efficient care pathways for patients. Manage patients with unplanned care needs, including hospital admission where clinically appropriate. This includes prioritising telephone assessments for all patients contacting the Clinical Assessment Service via NWAS. Provide appropriate advice and support to patients and carers in managing urgent care needs, and where necessary, arrange timely referrals to a wide range of suitable services. Ensure that all patients are referred to the most appropriate service or agency to meet their individual care needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information please see attached job description and job specification on vacancy details.
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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This advert is for Nurse Practitioner Unscheduled Care Co-ordination Hub with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Upton, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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