DIUCS Senior Clinician - Nurse / Paramedic | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset Healthcare; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Clinical Assessment and Treatment Centre Senior Clinician. In this role, you will provide holistic patient assessments and lead a team to ensure top-quality care. If you have a background in nursing or paramedicine and are passionate about patient-centered healthcare, we invite you to apply for this rewarding position with varied opportunities in clinical support.

Benefits

Enhanced shift allowance

In-house training

Accredited University modules

Qualifications

• Experience as a nurse or paramedic.
• Ability to provide high-quality patient-centered assessments.
• Skills in managing clinical support queues.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic clinical assessments of patients via telephone.
• Ensure safety, privacy, and dignity of patients.
• Provide mentorship and support to students and colleagues.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient management

Mentorship and training

Communication skills

Tools

Pathways Clinical Consultation System

Job description

Are you an experienced nurse or paramedic, looking to develop your skills and knowledge? Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Service (DIUCS) would like to hear from you.

As a Clinical Assessment and Treatment Centre Senior Clinician, based at our site in St. Leonards, you will be part of a team of clinicians providing visible clinical support to our Health Advisors and wider clinical teams during hours of operation; leading by example as an effective Clinician is essential within this role.

DIUCS are committed to the development of our clinical teams and offer a range of accredited University modules and in house training to enhance skills and knowledge. Successful completion would put you in a great position to apply for exciting clinical roles within the service.

Calls will be directed to you when patients require clinical advice, by using a combination of your clinical experience and our Pathways Clinical Consultation System (PaCCS software, you'll ensure the patient receives the most suitable treatment tailored to their needs. Treatment can range from self-care and advice to referring patients to other services.)

The role of Clinical Assessment and Treatment Centre Senior Clinician benefits from 24/7 rotas and enhanced shift allowance for evenings, weekends and public holidays. Full and part time opportunities are available.

DIUCS brings together NHS 111, a clinical assessment and treatment service including mobile clinical visiting services, urgent treatment centres, minor injuries units, and a single point of access for professionals, integrating these elements, presents the opportunity for more people to receive seamless urgent advice and/or care, and reduce the strain on primary care, our EDs and the 999 service.

You will undertake high quality, holistic, patient centred clinical assessments of patients via the telephone, which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Provide an excellent standard of clinical practice including safely managing the call back queues through the systems, providing clinical support and advice to our non‑clinical Health Advisor team and specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients. Plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings. Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students, trained practitioners and non‑clinical colleagues.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined‑up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.

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