Hospital at Night Co-Ordinator

Job summary

As a band 6/7 Hospital at Night Co-Ordinator, you will be required to provide experienced acute care and advice, acting within your professional boundaries. Demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care through triaging the calls/ bleep system, to provide timely intervention for patients by prioritising the clinical workload for the appropriate clinical teams across the Trust. The Hospital at Night Co-Ordinator will be the first point of call to allow the clinical staff to thoroughly assess patients without being distracted by the bleep. You will work collaboratively with the (night time) out of hours multi-disciplinary team on duty to meet the clinical needs of the patient and support the team in the delivery of high-quality care with the aim to prevent unnecessary patient deterioration.

Main duties of the job

To work within your responsibility and accountability within this role in line with your professional code, safeguarding and the well-being of patients.

To co-ordinate the Hospital at Night handover process as per Trust guidance and operational protocol (H@NT Handbook)

To demonstrate clinical leadership skills and evidence of current relevant clinical practice.

To liaise with clinical services and senior clinicians to expedite the care delivery to patients highlighted out of hours at night.

The post holder will work autonomously, managing the allocation of tasks and clinical needs out of hours.

To contribute towards the continuing education for staff and self, acting as an advocate for the patient and their families.

Must achieve and maintain specific role related competencies for this role.

The H@NT co-ordinator should be caseload free and is not expected to directly review patients, but to ensure timely escalation and clinical review.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk