Nurse Clinical Advisor

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses to join our 999 Clinical Assessment Service supporting clinical safety and telephone assessment of patients within one of two 999 Emergency Operations Centres (Newham/Waterloo).

You will work autonomously within your scope of practice and experience as part of a friendly, supportive and collaborative multi-skilled team that also includes other RGNs, Mental Health nurses, Paramedics, Doctors.

You will provide assessment, advice and referrals by phone to ensure safe, patient centred outcomes. It's a great chance to develop your skills and experience in a uniquely well-structured, supportive clinical environment. You will assess the health and clinical needs of patients, utilising your professional clinical judgement, supported by clinical assessment software. This requires excellent clinical and communication skills and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

You'll also be able to keep your skills up to date with our (CPD) programme - and can expect education and training tailored to your needs and future plans.

A full package of training will be provided, including enhanced clinical telephone assessment skills and 1-1 mentoring and ongoing supervision during your time with us.

The position is flexible, and you will have the option to join us on a permanent, full / part time basis. We are also the fantastic option of overtime.

Main duties of the job

As a clinical advisor you will be undertake assessments of different types of calls, where you will be responsible for patient safety and providing effective outcomes.

This role requires generalist and specialist skills to deliver care to patients across all age groups in a call centre environment. You will need excellent clinical and communication skills and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. You will be required to act as a mentor for new colleagues.

You need a professional clinical qualification with an active NMC or HCPC registration with significant post qualification experience. You need to evidence demonstrable experience in emergency, urgent or primary care, in addition to showing current competent patient assessment skills.

About us

London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world's most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.

We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital.We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London's hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.

In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London's Air Ambulance and London's Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe.As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo,Newham, Croydon and Barking

London

SE1 8SD

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo,Newham, Croydon and Barking

London

SE1 8SD

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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