Job summary
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The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life.
Main duties of the job
The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life.
About us
At University Hospitals Tees our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are University Hospitals Tees"
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life. Post holders need to be IT literate, able to multi-task & require advanced communication skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life. Post holders need to be IT literate, able to multi-task & require advanced communication skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
