Site Community Nursing Wokingham Town Wokingham Salary £39,205 - £47,084 per annum (incl of HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/02/2025 23:59 Interview date 13/03/2025
Job overview
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Secondment as a Band 6 Clinical Triage Nurse to join the Wokingham Community Nursing Team – this role is both office and practice-based.
The Clinical Triage Nurse will provide clinical support, assistance and professional expertise to all callers to the Clinical Nursing Triage, including both healthcare professionals and patients within Wokingham. The service is the main point of access for Wokingham Community Nursing taking referrals from professionals and patients requiring healthcare services and the Trust Health Hub.
Within this position you will be required to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and have a positive enthusiastic approach to the role. This role is partially office based and also working with patients in their own homes as part of the urgent nurse support. Also, the role may be supporting one of our community clinics on site at Wokingham.
We are a friendly and supportive team, looking for highly motivated RNs who demonstrate a passion for delivering care to the community. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the local community receives the highest quality of care in their own homes.
As a Community Triage Nurse, no day is the same and you will be communicating with patients and service providers of varied needs.
Please note you must currently be in the UK with access to a car for work purposes to be eligible for this role.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as a key member of the Triage Team.
2. To offer sound expert clinical advice that oversees entry into our service.
3. To maintain up-to-date Statutory and Mandatory training and be prepared to rotate into clinical services as necessary to maintain clinical skills.
4. To hold professional registration and adhere to professional codes of practice and conduct.
5. To work in conjunction with administrative support staff and the community nursing service to provide high quality, clinical triage using knowledge, skills, critical thinking and professional judgement.
6. To assist the administrative support staff where required by accepting the transfer of cases requiring additional clinical advice, reviewing recorded clinical information and offering advice.
7. To provide urgent clinical support to patients in their own homes and in-house clinic support.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority.
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality.
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
* Free parking across Trust sites.
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ‘Must Have’s’ for this role:
* NMC Current PIN.
* At least 2 years physical nursing experience within a Community setting.
* Excellent critical thinking skills to be able to make clinical decisions based on information callers provide.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
* Registered Nurse.
* Current NMC Registration.
* IT knowledge and accurate keyboard skills.
* 2 years physical clinical experience within a Community setting.
Continuous Professional Development
* Willingness to undertake further training and development.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
* Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to communicate effectively with patients / carers / healthcare professionals and team members.
* Able to demonstrate use of own initiative in ever changing circumstances.
* Evidence of effective team working.
* Able to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of community services.
* Ability to prioritise workload and remain calm whilst working in a pressurised environment.
* Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills as per BHFT Band 5/6 competencies.
* Band 5/6 competencies Ability to identify risks.
* Ability to work autonomously.
* Ability to manage distressed patients or relatives with terminal/palliative care needs who telephone the Hub.
* Ability to deal with patient referrals who have intravenous therapy and complex dressing requirements.
* Ability to identify risks and act accordingly with regard to safety of patients and others.
* Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback.
* Cultural/diversity awareness and evidence of a non-discriminatory approach.
* Positive and enthusiastic approach to work and challenging situations.
Additional Requirements
* Ability to undertake flexible working. BH and weekend work will be required.
* Valid UK driving licence.
* Access to a car.
These are the values that we live by atBerkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority.
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
* working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. For information on how we store your information, please review our privacy statement.
No agencies, please.
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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