Main area: Remote Clinical Triage (Paramedic Role) Grade Band 6
* Contract: Permanent
* Hours: Full time, Part time, Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Shift work, Weekends, Bank Holidays)
Job ref: 020-AHP008-0125
Employer: Welsh Ambulance Service University NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Ty Elwy, St Asaph Town
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Integrated Care Clinician (Paramedic) - St Asaph
Band 6
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications have been received. If you are successful and shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Therefore, please ensure you check your email account regularly.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Job overview
The post holder will undertake telephone triage assessments of patients in an efficient and effective way.
They will implement/advise the most appropriate intervention to meet the needs of the patient using best clinical practice, adhering to Trust Policy, protocols and guidelines.
Will work primarily in an autonomous capacity, assessing, advising, and treating callers/clients within agreed guidelines.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake safe and effective telephone clinical assessment, providing advice, and if necessary onward referral to the appropriate agency/professional, for people with a wide range of conditions accessing the service.
2. Exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and clinical judgement by critically analysing complex information utilising:
* The Clinical decision support software (CDSS) or
* A generic symptomatic assessment tool/framework
* Emergency Communication Nurse System (ECNS)
1. Possess strong clinical skills and sound judgement underpinned by experience and theoretical knowledge.
2. Refer to other members of the multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
3. Manage calls in an appropriate manner, which is safe, clinically/situationally appropriate and evidence-based in line with caller’s needs.
4. Identify emergency situations and redirect care appropriately.
5. Provide self-care advice to empower callers to manage their symptoms at home where appropriate.
6. Support callers to CHOOSE WELL, by advising of the correct use of primary care, emergency services and other health or social care related organisations.
Working for our organisation
Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.
The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge & Experience
* NMC Registered Nurse (adult or Child), relevant clinical practice as a nurse in front line, acute or chronic care, or telephone based triage or HCPC Registered Paramedic with demonstrable post registration experience as a Paramedic in front line services.
* Evidence of undertaking regular update training and continuous personal/professional development as required by regulating body.
Values
* Able to demonstrate the Trust values and behaviours.
Aptitude and Abilities
* Able to demonstrate strong listening and communication skills.
* Able to empathise with and reassure patients and their family members/friends in crisis situations.
* Able to take and follow instructions.
* Able to demonstrate team working with a collaborative style.
* Able to work to own initiative and make decisions.
* Able to demonstrate sound clinical decision making capabilities.
* Able to assess, minimise and manage risks and to defuse stressful situations and challenging callers.
* Be able to demonstrate high levels of current clinical knowledge, computer literate, committed to personal and professional development.
* Highly organised and priority conscious.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Committed to ongoing training and development including mandatory updates.
* Ability to work under their own initiative without direct supervision.
* Ability to speak Welsh.
Other
* Flexibility – expect to work a rotating shift system including working nights and weekends (unsocial hours).
* Ability to travel to other sites as required.
The Trust actively seeks to recruit and appoint people currently under represented in the workforce. This includes women, people with disabilities, LGBT, and those from minority ethnic groups. All staff are encouraged and supported to learn Welsh.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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