Are you a paramedic or a nurse looking for an opportunity to take your career in an exciting new direction?
Do you have the ability to prioritise your workload effectively and efficiently?
Do you have experience in clinical triage and delivering care in community settings?
If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!
We are looking for proactive clinicians to join our urgent response service, providing urgent care to unwell patients in their own home or care homes within 2 hours of a healthcare professional referral.
The multi-disciplinary team consists of multiple professionals from different clinical settings.
The team works across Medway supporting our primary care, community services and the ambulance trust in keeping patients safe and well at home.
The successful applicant will have experience of clinical triage and delivering care in community settings.
Responsibilities:
* Work as part of the multi-disciplinary urgent response service to support unwell patients in domiciliary and care homes.
* The service operates from 0700-1900hrs 7 days a week and the post holders are required to work 12 hour shifts.
* Rotate between clinical triage function and face-to-face patient consultations.
* Undertake clinical triage for health care professional referrals into the urgent response service.
* Conduct face-to-face assessment, diagnosis and treatment for community patients presenting as unwell to prevent hospital admission where appropriate.
* Provide clinical care for patients within research and evidence-based guidelines.
* Support the clinical leads in managing cost-effective and efficient practice and actively seek to prevent hospital admissions where appropriate.
Additional Information:
This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused. We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development. We’ll provide well-established, in-service training, one-to-one supervision, and appraisals with regular support. You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we understand the importance of work-life balance. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you.
Minimum Requirements:
* Hold current registration as a Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council or as a nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
* Evidence of experience with clinical triage.
* Qualification in Minor Illness Management, Enhanced Clinical Assessment or willingness to undertake.
* Understanding of community setting for care and functioning of integrated working.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Awareness of child and adult protection issues.
* A sound knowledge of Clinical Governance and risk management.
We encourage all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family, and their patients.
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