Bank Level 7 Single Point Of Access Clinical Practitioner (Night)

Birmingham Community Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced registered healthcare professional to join the Temporary Staffing Department as a Bank Band 7 Single Point of Access Clinical Practitioner.

Based at Priestley Wharf, you will provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership within the SPA service, undertaking triage, assessment and care planning to prevent hospital admissions and support timely discharge.

Qualifications

• Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.
• No gaps in healthcare employment for more than 18 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical triage, assessment and decision‑making for patients with acute, complex or undiagnosed needs.
• Prioritise referrals, manage clinical risk and respond appropriately to urgent or emergency situations.
• Initiate investigations, interpret results, prescribe medication and refer patients to appropriate services.
• Work with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams to develop, monitor and review care plans.
• Support admission avoidance and coordinate safe discharge or transfer of care.
• Provide senior clinical leadership, supervision, training and support to colleagues.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and comply with safeguarding, clinical governance and infection‑control requirements.
• Contribute to service planning, audit and quality improvement and implement clinical policies and pathways.

Skills

Education

Driving Licence and Access to Vehicle

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated registered healthcare professional to join our Temporary Staffing Department as a Bank Band 7 Single Point of Access Clinical Practitioner.

Based at Priestley Wharf, you will provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership within the Single Point of Access service. You will undertake clinical triage, assessment and care planning for patients with acute, undiagnosed and long‑term conditions, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support timely discharge from hospital.

This is a flexible bank position covering a seven‑day service. You will be expected to work shifts according to service requirements, normally between 20:00-08:00.

Main duties of the job

You will use advanced assessment, professional judgement and clinical decision‑making skills to prioritise referrals, identify risks and determine the most appropriate pathway of care.

Your principal duties will include:

• Providing safe and effective telephone triage and advanced clinical assessment through a range of consultation methods.
• Taking comprehensive patient histories and assessing people with acute, complex or undiagnosed healthcare needs.
• Initiating appropriate investigations, interpreting diagnostic results and evaluating care, with support from the Advanced Clinical Practitioner where required.
• Making direct referrals for medical assessment, diagnostic procedures and other services within agreed clinical pathways.
• Prescribing independently and undertaking medication reviews as part of patient assessment and monitoring.
• Recognising and responding to complex, urgent and emergency situations, including initiating effective emergency care.
• Supporting patients, carers and professionals to make informed decisions about care.
• Signposting and referring patients to appropriate health and care services to reduce avoidable attendances and hospital admissions.
• Managing acute caseloads and coordinating discharge or transfer to appropriate internal or external services.
• Safeguarding children and adults at risk by identifying, reporting and acting immediately upon concerns.
• Maintaining accurate, complete and contemporaneous clinical records.

About us

BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people's homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be 'a great place to work' enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

Job responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical triage, assessment and decision‑making for patients with acute, complex or undiagnosed needs.
• Prioritise referrals, manage clinical risk and respond appropriately to urgent or emergency situations.
• Initiate investigations, interpret results, prescribe medication and refer patients to appropriate services.
• Work collaboratively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams to develop, monitor and review individual care plans.
• Support admission avoidance and coordinate safe discharge or transfer of care.
• Provide senior clinical leadership, supervision, training and support to colleagues.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and comply with safeguarding, clinical governance, confidentiality and infection‑control requirements.
• Contribute to service planning, audit, quality improvement and the implementation of clinical policies and pathways.

Qualifications / Training

• Without justifiable acknowledgement, no gaps in employment and/or no period of time not in healthcare over 18 months
• Driving Licence and Access to Vehicle

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).

Employer contact details

Recruitment Lead for Temporary Staffing, Oliver Dhillon, [e-mail]

Closing date

06 November 2026

Reference number

820-1009828SPOA-BANK-NOV

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.