SPA Clinical Triage Nurse

NHS; Billingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an SPA Clinical Triage Nurse to receive and triage referrals from various services. The role includes supporting the Virtual Frailty Ward and monitoring the Health Call system for heart failure patients. Candidates must be registered nurses with community experience and possess advanced communication skills. This position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum.

Qualifications

• 2 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in community healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Receive and triage referrals ensuring efficient service delivery.
• Support Virtual Frailty Ward during daily MDT meetings.
• Monitor Health Call system for heart failure patients.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Multi-tasking

IT literacy

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

Job description

*Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached*

The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life.

About us

At University Hospitals Tees our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are University Hospitals Tees"

Job responsibilities

The role of the SPA Clinical Triage Nurse is to receive referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triage the referrals & ensure that they reach the right service in the shortest time. The team also provide significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at their daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitor the Health Call system which is utilised by heart failure patients, ensuring that out of range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the SPA Triage role; this is a telephone support & signposting service for people deemed to be within their last 12 months of life. Post holders need to be IT literate, able to multi-task & require advanced communication skills.

Qualifications

• RN
• 2 years post reg
• Community experience

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum