Job summary
Local Care Direct is a non-profit Social Enterprise operating across 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to provide various primary and urgent health care services across West Yorkshire.
We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Telephone Triage.
Salary: £29.02 per hour - £37.73 out of hours*
*(In Hours = Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 &Out of Hours = Monday to Friday 18.00 to 08.00 and all day Saturday Sunday)
Location: Local Care Direct, Unit 2, Longbow Close, Pennine Business Park, Huddersfield, HD2 1GQ
Shifts Available: Shifts Available working across a 4 week rolling rota:
- Tuesday 08:00 - 19:59weeks 1,2,3 & 4
- Wednesday 10:00- 17:59weeks 1,2,3 & 4
- Thursday 10:00- 15:59 weeks 1,2,3,& 4
- Thursday 10:00- 17:59 weeks 1,2,3 &4
- Thursday 14:00- 19:59 weeks 1,2,3&4
- Friday 08:00- 13:59 weeks 1,2,3 & 4
- Friday 09:00- 14:59weeks 1,2,3 & 4
- Friday 10:00-15:59 weeks 1,2,3&4
- Friday 10:00-17:59 weeks 1 & 3
- Friday 14:00- 19:59 weeks 1,2,3 & 4
Main duties of the job
- The
advanced clinical practitioner will support the Urgent Community
Response (UCR) services
mission to deliver interventions within a 2-hour timeframe, either through
face-to-face visits by partner clinicians or remote management.
- The advanced clinical practitioner will be an
integral member of the clinical team to deliver high-quality patient care, that
involves utilising technology to conduct remote consultations for patients
referred into the service.
- The advance clinician practitioner will have a
strong interest in complex triage and is skilled in remote consultations and
confident in managing acutely unwell patients. The advanced clinician
practitioner will strive to make a real difference by helping patients stay
independent and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
About us
Nothing matters to us more than people - The way we treat
our patients and the people who work for us; the way we do things and our
commitment to keeping our promises are what we value most.
We do what we say we will do and we do it well - Local Care
Direct is a Social Enterprise organisation providing a wide range of healthcare
services in Yorkshire. We are a community-owned organisation, independent from
the NHS, and committed to putting patients first.
A few Benefits of working for Local Care Direct are:
- NHS Pensions
- NHS Discounts (Blue light card)
- 25 days (pro rata) annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day for each completed year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days
- Comprehensive Staff Training programme
- Modern working environment with a positive atmosphere
- Health & Wellbeing group to support staff
- Supportive and Friendly team
- Annual Awards focused on raising money to support local
charity
-
Opportunity to build a clinical portfolio in
face to face, ED Streaming, Walk in Centre, Urgent Treatment centre, home
visiting and telephone/video consultation
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
find out more about this exciting opportunity, please refer to the attached job
description. This can be downloaded at any time
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
find out more about this exciting opportunity, please refer to the attached job
description. This can be downloaded at any time
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a range of clinical experience, working independently in a healthcare role.
- Evidence of experience of triage, by telephone or face-to-face
- Continued professional and personal development.
Desirable
- Experience of mentorship, leadership & research in clinical practice.
- Experience of working in more than one clinical setting.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in practice post qualification.
- Experience of working in primary/urgent care.
- Experience of managing paediatrics
- Experience of managing minor illness.
- Experience of managing chronic disease.
- Experience of managing geriatrics.
- Experience of telephone/video remote consultation.
Qualifications
Essential
- One of the following: 1st level Registered Nurse or equivalent professional qualification/registration with a professional body, MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice, Paramedic HPC registration MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice or Pharmacy GPhC Registration MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice
- Independent & Supplementary prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Spotting the sick child qualification
- Chronic disease management qualification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills: verbal, written and non-verbal.
- Professionally accountable for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Up-to-date knowledge of health agenda and health inequalities (local and national).
- Innovative approach to practice.
- Keyboard/PC skills.
- Awareness of the impact of evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Able to develop self and others.
- Able to work effectively within and contribute to team working.
- Aware of impact of change on self and service.
- Experience of change management.
- Evidence of previous contribution to service change or improvement.
- Evidence of development of others in previous roles.
- SystmOne Experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of a range of clinical experience, working independently in a healthcare role.
- Evidence of experience of triage, by telephone or face-to-face
- Continued professional and personal development.
Desirable
- Experience of mentorship, leadership & research in clinical practice.
- Experience of working in more than one clinical setting.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in practice post qualification.
- Experience of working in primary/urgent care.
- Experience of managing paediatrics
- Experience of managing minor illness.
- Experience of managing chronic disease.
- Experience of managing geriatrics.
- Experience of telephone/video remote consultation.
Qualifications
Essential
- One of the following: 1st level Registered Nurse or equivalent professional qualification/registration with a professional body, MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice, Paramedic HPC registration MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice or Pharmacy GPhC Registration MSc/Post Graduate diploma in Advanced practice
- Independent & Supplementary prescribing qualification
Desirable
- Spotting the sick child qualification
- Chronic disease management qualification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills: verbal, written and non-verbal.
- Professionally accountable for clinical practice.
- Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Up-to-date knowledge of health agenda and health inequalities (local and national).
- Innovative approach to practice.
- Keyboard/PC skills.
- Awareness of the impact of evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- Able to develop self and others.
- Able to work effectively within and contribute to team working.
- Aware of impact of change on self and service.
- Experience of change management.
- Evidence of previous contribution to service change or improvement.
- Evidence of development of others in previous roles.
- SystmOne Experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
