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Would you like to be part of the Remote Patient Care team delivering an invaluable service to the patients of Yorkshire?
Would you like to work for an ambitious and challenging organisation which will share your passion for high quality patient care?
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is now recruiting for Senior Clinical Advisors in our Emergency (999) Operations Centres based in Wakefield and York with course start dates from March 2025 onwards.
Here at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) we have hugely exciting developments and opportunities lined up over the next few years and are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed to assist with these changes.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Clinical Advisor is responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs, utilising professional clinical judgement, supported by decision support software.
This requires generalist and specialist skills as a telehealth professional to assess and deliver care to patients.
Applicants should have experience in emergency care, assessment of high acuity symptoms, a broad knowledge of conditions and an understanding of red flag symptoms and consequence.
As a Senior Clinical Advisor, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following key skills:
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Work with a variety of clinical specialists to ensure safe clinical processes for patients
* The ability to make quick safe clinical decisions under pressure and the ability to assess and identify red flag symptoms and conditions
* Undertake referrals to internal and external clinicians
You will provide a medical assessment, medication advice, health information and implement care packages to a range of individuals, liaising with other agencies and healthcare providers as necessary.
Working for our organisation
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
* Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
* 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
* Contributory Pension.
* Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
* Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
* Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
* Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be successful in this role you should be a registered professional (for example, a registered Nurse or Paramedic) and have experience of undertaking clinical assessment within an acute or primary care setting.
For full details please see the attached Job Description.
Please note: The training and mentorship period is full time.
If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to a recruitment event on the 31st January 2025. Depending on the number of applications there may be an additional date added of 01 February 2025.
If you are invited to one of our recruitment events, candidates are expected to pass both a telephone triage and multiple choice assessment in order to progress to an interview which will be conducted on the same day.
Person specification
Knowledge & education
* Registered Professional (RN1 or HPC or equivalent professional qualification) with current valid registration
Skills and abilities
* Knowledge and competence in keyboard and IT skills to access databases and varying computer software programmes.
* Able to assess and manage clinical risk appropriately
* Understanding of audit, evaluation and clinical governance
Experience & work achievements
* Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in acute or primary care settings with experience of clinical assessment.
* Experience of telephone triage
* Experience of undertaking a mentoring role
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the communities and patients we serve across the Yorkshire region. Our ambition is to work together to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts candidates from all sections of the community and signals our commitment to embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity.
As an inclusive organisation we welcome applicants irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people with lived experience from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, people from the LGBT+ community, people with caring responsibilities and people with disabilities. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including an invitation to the first stage of the selection process, for applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy, and consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability under the “Disability Confident Scheme”.
Please note the salary range stated in advertisements is calculated on a pro rata basis if the vacancy is part time.
Disclosure and Barring Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children & vulnerable adults. Many of our posts are subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS). Should this position be subject to a DBS check the cost will be recovered from your salary as a one-off payment. Currently the charges made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (incl. application fee) are £54.40 for an enhanced check and £26.40 for a standard check.
Any correspondence regarding an application will be sent electronically via the Trac Jobs Website to the email address that was provided at the time of the application. It is important, therefore, that you read your emails on a regular basis and respond as necessary.
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust reserves the right to close adverts before the published closing date due to high volumes of applications received.
Please note, the selection processes at Yorkshire Ambulance Service are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
Our values underpin everything we do and how we do it; Kindness, Respect, Teamwork, Improvement.
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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