Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Attributes
Able to communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and/or contentious information, including where there are barriers to understanding
- Personal Attributes
Advanced clinical reasoning
- Personal Attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills
- Personal Attributes
IT Literate
- 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
Demonstrate the application of evidence-based practice
- Knowledge and Skills
Autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other health care professionals
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to demonstrate a depth and breadth of current issues and policies within the NHS and can translate into practice
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
RGN Qualification
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Masters in advanced practice, or working towards / equivalent experience
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Evidence of recent Professional Development
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Experience in leadership role
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Experience of Clinical Governance and risk assessment
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Demonstrable post registration experience
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Independent prescriber
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Post graduate qualification in rapid response/community nursing/emergency department/acute medical or equivalent experience
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Experience of working in Urgent Care
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Nurse Practitioner to join the newly commissioned Unscheduled Care Coordination Hub (UCCH) at Wirral University Teaching Hospital. This innovative role offers the opportunity to lead and influence a new model of urgent care coordination, improving access to community-based services and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.
The UCCH centralises the management of Urgent Community Response referrals, including Category 3, 4 and 5 referrals from Northwest Ambulance Service. Working closely with community teams across Cheshire and Warrington, NWAS and system partners, you will provide clinical leadership, triage and coordination to ensure timely patient care.
Main duties of the job
To lead within the Unscheduled Care Co-ordination Hub, aligning with the National Framework for Urgent Care Response (UCR) 2 hr response.
To provide clinical assessment of acutely unwell patients and to support the frailty initiative by providing senior clinical support to both UCR and community staff.
To use established pathways and processes to provide a wide range of acute advise on treatment options in line with community nursing and social care assessments to patients who may potentially be at risk of a hospital admission.
To be an autonomous practitioner who has the experience and clinical confidence to assess the needs of the patient and determine if the patient needs further face to face assessment or whether they can be discharged at first point of contact.
To support the telephone triage of patients, working with both healthcare professionals and patients in determining the correct clinical pathway depending on their clinical presentation.
To provide support to junior members of the team in developing confidence around the decisions to use alternative to admission pathways.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for more information about the Senior Nurse Practitioner Unscheduled Care Co-ordination Hub opportunity available with WUTH.
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 Senior Nurse Practitioner Unscheduled Care Co-ordination Hub with Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Upton, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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