Band 6 Locality hub clinician RN

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization in Birmingham seeks a Clinical Hub Coordinator (Registered Nurse) to manage patient care coordination within a team. The role includes triaging referrals and collaborating with healthcare settings to provide seamless care. Ideal candidates will have significant community experience and demonstrate strong clinical and interpersonal skills. The role requires a Registered Nurse Level 1 and offers a Monday to Friday schedule from 8 am to 6 pm. Competitive salary and professional development opportunities available.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Significant post registration experience in a community setting.
• Experience of supervision of individuals/team.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care across various settings.
• Triage referrals to ensure patients follow the correct clinical pathway.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams for ongoing referrals.

Skills

Evidence-based clinical practice

Problem solving

Time management

IT software knowledge

Understanding diverse populations

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)

Mentor or assessor qualification

Health Assessment module

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Clinical Hub Coordinator (Registered Nurse) role is based within the Locality Hub working as part of an integrated health and social care team to support the co‑ordination of patient care across the Locality. The Locality Hub co‑ordinates care across acute, community, and primary care settings, reducing length of stay and avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions, focusing on intervention and prevention to meet the local needs of the population within the locality.

The Clinical Hub Coordinator, under the supervision of the Clinical Team Leader, manages the coordination of patient care within the locality, by triaging referrals and messages to ensure patients are on the correct clinical pathway, and in the undertaking of clinical hub functions including in‑reach into the aligned acute hospital.

The post‑holder will be accountable for the delivery of Safe, High‑Quality care to patients within the locality across various settings.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a holistic approach to patients/clients that includes clinical assessment and skills in triaging referrals and messages, to evaluate the information given, using appropriate questioning, in order to establish the correct clinical pathway based on the clinical service and its priority.

The post‑holder will undertake the locality clinical in‑reach function, in collaboration with colleagues at the aligned acute hospital. This will involve the identification of patients with community amenable presentations who could be discharged from hospital with the appropriate community support. By liaising with acute, community, primary care and social care teams to initiate ongoing referrals and integrated care pathways, the post‑holder will support flow between services, ensuring a seamless provision of care.

About us

The service operates between the hours of 8 am to 6pm over 7 days per week and the working pattern for the successful candidate would only be Monday to Friday.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to JD

This post is a Monday to Friday post covering hours between 8am and 6pm. This can be over 4 long days or 5 7.5 hour shifts.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europes leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to Be Part of Our Team and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Experience

• Significant post registration experience in a community setting
• Experience of supervision of individuals/team
• Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team setting
• Experience of solving problems when presented with complex/conflicting information

Skills and knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical practice.
• Ability to analyse information Ability to problem solving
• Ability to use IT based software e.g., Microsoft Office, clinical database
• Awareness of complex needs of a multicultural, socially diverse population
• Ability to manage time effectively in a pressurised environment

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role
• Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult) or Registered AHP
• Mentor or assessor qualification or equivalent
• Health Assessment module

Communication and personal skills

• Ability to communicate in a clear manner with all members of the MDT/Patients/Carers.
• Ability to write reports/present data
• Ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrates Leadership and interpersonal qualities

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.