Integrated Care Clinician (Nurse) - Cardiff

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cardiff; A distancia; GBP 34.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Range of work-life balance policies

Comprehensive CPD programme

Health and wellbeing support services

Opportunity to learn remote clinical‑d

Descripción de la vacante

This Band 6 post sits within Integrated Care, the urgent out-of-hours and telephone health service run by Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust for people across Wales. The nurse carries out remote telephone triage, assessing callers and advising the right clinical response within agreed protocols, with a high degree of autonomy.

The role is non-hands-on and works alongside GPs, pharmacists and paramedics across a rotating shift pattern that includes nights and weekends.

Formación

• Evidence of regular CPD as required by the regulator.
• NMC nurse (adult or child) or HCPC paramedic registration.
• Front-line, acute or chronic care nursing or telephone triage experience.
• Post-registration experience as a paramedic in front-line services.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out telephone triage assessments of patients efficiently.
• Advise the most appropriate intervention using best clinical practice.
• Work within Trust policy, protocols and guidelines.
• Assess and advise callers autonomously within agreed guidelines.
• Assess patients from minor ailments to complex urgent conditions remotely.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team with GPs, pharmacists and mental health practitioners.

Conocimientos

Strong listening and communication

Collaborative teamwork

Clinical decision making

Clinical knowledge

Time management

Educación

NMC/HCPC registration

Descripción del empleo

This Band 6 post sits within Integrated Care, the urgent out-of-hours and telephone health service run by Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust for people across Wales. The nurse carries out remote telephone triage, assessing callers and advising the right clinical response within agreed protocols, with a high degree of autonomy. The role is non-hands-on and works alongside GPs, pharmacists and paramedics across a rotating shift pattern that includes nights and weekends. The proposed start date is February 2027, and applicants need current NMC or HCPC registration.

What the job involves

• Carry out telephone triage assessments of patients efficiently
• Advise the most appropriate intervention using best clinical practice
• Work within Trust policy, protocols and guidelines
• Assess and advise callers autonomously within agreed guidelines
• Assess patients from minor ailments and injuries to complex, urgent conditions in a remote setting
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team with GPs, pharmacists and mental health practitioners

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of regular update training and CPD, including mandatory updates, as required by the regulator

Registration & licences

• NMC registered nurse (adult or child) or HCPC registered paramedic

Experience

• Relevant front-line, acute or chronic care nursing, or telephone triage experience
• Or demonstrable post-registration experience as a paramedic in front-line services

Skills & knowledge

• Strong listening and communication skills
• Collaborative team working
• Sound clinical decision-making, working on own initiative without direct supervision
• High levels of current clinical knowledge and computer literacy
• Good self-management, self-starter with good timekeeping

Other

• Flexible approach to work, including rotating shifts with nights and weekends
• Demonstrate the Trust values and behaviours

Nice to have

• Ability to speak Welsh
• Welsh language level 1 skills

What’s offered

• Range of work-life balance policies
• Comprehensive CPD programme
• Health and wellbeing support services
• Opportunity to learn remote clinical decision-making skills
• Support through revalidation
• Flexible approach and family-friendly working pattern