EOC Senior Clinical Advisor

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wakefield seeks a Senior Clinical Advisor to deliver care in emergency operations. Candidates must be registered professionals with clinical assessment experience. This role offers a salary of £38,682 to £46,580 annually and is part of a permanent contract. Flexible working and career development opportunities are available.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave, increasing to 33

Contributory Pension

Employee assistance service

Qualifications

• Registered Professional with current valid registration.
• minimum 2 years post qualification experience in acute or primary care settings.
• Experience of telephone triage required.

Responsibilities

• Assess health and clinical needs using professional judgement.
• Provide medical assessments and implement care packages.
• Make quick safe clinical decisions under pressure.

Skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to assess and identify red flag symptoms

Clinical decision-making under pressure

Experience in emergency care

Education

NMC RN1 or HCPC Paramedic registration

Tools

Decision support software

Clinical databases

Job description

Would you like to be part of the Remote Patient Care team delivering an invaluable service to the patients of Yorkshire?

Would you like to work for an ambitious and challenging organisation which will share your passion for high quality patient care?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is now recruiting for Senior Clinical Advisors in our Emergency (999) Operations Centres based in Wakefield and York.

We are currently only recruiting clinicians who are NMC RN1 or HCPC Paramedic registered. We do not accept NMC PRN Pin as it does not fulfil the essential criteria for the role.

Here at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) we have hugely exciting developments and opportunities lined up over the next few years and are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed to assist with these changes.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Advisor is responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs, utilising professional clinical judgement, supported by decision support software.

This requires generalist and specialist skills as a telehealth professional to assess and deliver care to patients.

Applicants should have experience in emergency care, assessment of high acuity symptoms, a broad knowledge of conditions and an understanding of red flag symptoms and consequence.

As a Senior Clinical Advisor, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following key skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Work with a variety of clinical specialists to ensure safe clinical processes for patients
• The ability to make quick safe clinical decisions under pressure and the ability to assess and identify red flag symptoms and conditions
• Undertake referrals to internal and external clinicians

You will provide a medical assessment, medication advice, health information and implement care packages to a range of individuals, liaising with other agencies and healthcare providers, as necessary.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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Job responsibilities

To be successful in this role you should be a registered professional (for example, a registered Nurse or Paramedic) and have experience of undertaking clinical assessment within an acute or primary care setting.

We are currently only recruiting clinicians who are NMC RN1 or HCPC Paramedic registered. We do not accept NMC PRN Pin as it does not fulfil the essential criteria for the role.

For full details please see the attached Job Description.

Please note: The training and mentorship period is full time.

Assessment and Interview Information

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an in-person assessment on 2nd December 2025 at Wakefield HQ. Candidates will be required to pass both a telephone triage assessment and a short clinical-based assessment.

If successful at the assessment stage, you will then be invited back to an in-person interview on either 9th or 11th December, also at Wakefield HQ.

Please note: If you are unable to attend on these dates, we kindly ask that you wait and apply in the next recruitment round, as alternative interview dates or remote interviews cannot be accommodated.

Person Specification

Knowledge & education

• Registered Professional (RN1 or HPC or equivalent professional qualification) with current valid registration

Skills and abilities

• Knowledge and competence in keyboard and IT skills to access databases and varying computer software programmes.
• Able to assess and manage clinical risk appropriately
• Understanding of audit, evaluation and clinical governance

Experience & work achievements

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in acute or primary care settings with experience of clinical assessment.
• Experience of telephone triage
• Experience of undertaking a mentoring role

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.

Brindley Way, Wakefield & Shipton Rd, York

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

174-EOCSCA-051125

Job locations

Wakefield and York

Brindley Way, Wakefield & Shipton Rd, York