Triage and Treat Practitioner

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is seeking a highly motivated specialist nurse/extended scope physiotherapist to join the Triage and Treat Practitioner team, facilitating care for patients with back and radicular pain.

This role provides a single access point to a high quality service and a supportive environment for skills development. A developmental Trainee TTP role at Band 7 may be offered where not all essential criteria are met.

Job description

We are looking for a highly self-motivated specialist nurses/extended scope physiotherapist to join the established team of Triage and Treat Practitioners, facilitating care for patients with back and /or radicular pain.

The Triage and Treat Practitioner Team provide a single access point leading to a high quality service to patients suffering with back pain and radicular pain. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment.

In the event we are unable to appoint a successful candidate to the Triage and Treat Practitioner role, a developmental Trainee TTP role will be considered at Band 7 level. This will be based on candidates meeting elements of the essential criteria and following careful consideration at interview. We would encourage those who do not meet all of the essential criteria to apply on this basis.

In a development role it would be expected that the post holder would already have significant experience in specialist area but might need time/ support/ training to consolidate and enhance skills and knowledge required to work at this expert level. It would also be expected that they would complete and attain MSc level qualification before progression to higher banding would be considered.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad. In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds., South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.