An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Band 6 nurse to join our busy but rewarding Single Point of Access (SPA) team.
Do you thrive in environments where you can use your advanced triaging skills to prevent avoidable hospital admissions?
SPA is a triage service enabling members of the public, GPs, and other healthcare professionals to make referrals to community health services.
We are looking for an excellent communicator who can work autonomously and within a team. You must demonstrate a commitment to delivering positive outcomes for patients in the community.
Main duties of the job You will be expected to deliver and maintain a high quality of triage - using your enhanced assessment, problem solving, and decision-making skills to identify the patient's need and appropriate destination service, including the management of clinical risk. This includes referrals to and from the urgent community response, crisis and social care, community hospitals, and a range of community/specialist services such as district nursing, community therapy, falls service, and palliative care.
You need to be a highly motivated practitioner who has experience of community health services and can demonstrate the ability to initiate and manage work effectively. The team is supportive and committed to delivering high quality...