SPA Clinical Triage Nurse

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Billingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Billingham is seeking an SPA Clinical Triage Nurse to manage referrals and support the Virtual Frailty Ward. Candidates should be Registered Nurses with at least 2 years of experience and community exposure. The role offers a salary of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum pro rata and emphasizes advanced communication and IT skills in a supportive workplace environment.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Staff recognition programs

Responsibilities

• Receive and triage referrals, ensuring correct service routing.
• Support the Virtual Frailty Ward at daily MDT meetings.
• Monitor the Health Call system for heart-failure patients.

Skills

IT literacy

Advanced communication skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

2 years post-registration

Community experience

Job description

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

Job responsibilities

The SPA Clinical Triage Nurse receives referrals from a diverse range of people & services, triages them and ensures they reach the right service promptly. The team also provides significant support to the Virtual Frailty Ward at daily MDT meetings. SPA Triage monitors the Health Call system for heart‑failure patients, ensuring out‑of‑range observations are escalated & acted upon. Palcall is a further element of the role, a telephone support & sign‑posting service for people within their last 12 months of life. Post holders need to be IT literate, able to multi‑task and require advanced communication skills.

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".

Qualifications

• RN
• 2 years post‑registration
• 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 rate, per annum