Senior SAP Clinical Practitioner – Urgent Care

Bhamcommunity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,258,000 - 74,390,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) is recruiting a Bank Band 7 Single Point of Access Clinical Practitioner to join the Temporary Staffing Department in Birmingham. The role provides advanced clinical triage, assessment and decision-making to support timely discharge and reduce hospital admissions.

Based at Priestley Wharf, you will work a flexible bank schedule seven days a week, typically between 08:00 and 22:00, with rotations to maintain knowledge of community

Qualifications

• 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.
• Prescribe medication and refer patients to appropriate services.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective telephone triage and advanced clinical assessment through a range of consultation methods.
• Take comprehensive patient histories and assess people with acute, complex or undiagnosed healthcare needs.
• Initiate investigations, interpret results and evaluate care, with support from the Advanced Clinical Practitioner where required.
• Make direct referrals for medical assessment, diagnostic procedures and other services within agreed clinical pathways.
• Prescribe independently and undertake medication reviews as part of patient assessment and monitoring.
• Recognise and respond to complex, urgent and emergency situations, including initiating effective emergency care.
• Support patients, carers and professionals to make informed decisions about care.
• Signpost and refer patients to appropriate health and care services to reduce avoidable attendances and hospital admissions.
• Manage acute caseloads and coordinate discharge or transfer to appropriate internal or external services.

Skills

Telephone triage

Advanced clinical assessment

Clinical leadership

Clinical decision-making

Job description

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) is recruiting a Bank Band 7 Single Point of Access Clinical Practitioner to join the Temporary Staffing Department in Birmingham. The role provides advanced clinical triage, assessment and decision-making to support timely discharge and reduce hospital admissions.

Based at Priestley Wharf, you will work a flexible bank schedule seven days a week, typically between 08:00 and 22:00, with rotations to maintain knowledge of community