Community Staff Nurse - Liscard Team - Wallasey

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:30-20:00 and weekends, shifts to be discussed) Job  

Employer Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Community Nursing team - Liscard - Wallasey Town Wallasey Salary £31,049 - £37,796 pa (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 04/03/2026 23:59

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's 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 which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We are looking to recruit a Community Staff Nurse for Liscard Community Nurses based in Wallasey.

This is for a permanent full time position.

Whilst community experience would be an advantage we are keen to recruit those who have relevant transferable skills and experience with long term condition management, who are enthusiastic to develop their career in the community setting.

You will be required to work shifts across the 7 days. Access to a car for work purposes is essential.

The post requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will have a sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and current professional issues. You will have an understanding of frailty and long term condition management. You will be working in a lone capacity under the direction of the Clinical team leader/ Caseload manager and in conjunction with other team members, ensuring clinical standards are maintained using evidence based practice.

You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Best Practice, Risk Management, Clinical Audit and relevant Professional Codes. You will be flexible, adaptable and reliable and be able to evidence excellent clinical skills.

Act as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with and upholding the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practise for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors, providing a holistic approach to health by:

• Completing a full assessment of the physical, social, emotional and environment needs of people with long term conditions and frailty.
• Being pro‑active in identifying health needs in this client group. To advise and inform the patients and their carers about health issues to support with a greater sense of self‑reliance and independence.

• Registered General Nurse educated to degree level (or equivalent)
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of further recent professional development
• Mentorship module or working towards

• Understanding of National Government initiatives in health and social care and how they impact on local services
• Knowledge of a broad range of conditions, experienced by patients in community and general practice settings. This will include LTCs, for example diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension and stroke, COPD, arthritis, dementia and other common mental illnesses, frailty and palliative and end of life care.
• An understanding of the presentations of multiple pathology, depression and anxiety states and frailty, predominantly in older people.
• Knowledge of the management of uncomplicated symptoms in those patients…