Triage Clinician: Dynamic Community Nursing Lead

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

NHS discount sites

Job summary

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a skilled Triage Clinician to join the Neighbourhood Team Triage Hub in Leeds. The role focuses on clinical triage and timely advice for patients in the community, coordinating workloads and supporting safe, effective referrals.

As part of the Community Nursing team, you will work alongside GPs, acute trusts, and other partners in a high-volume, time-critical environment, ensuring patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right

Qualifications

• Clinicians triage referrals to community nursing services based on clinical need and risk.
• Provide timely clinical advice, signposting, and safety-netting to patients and carers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support patient care.

Responsibilities

• Clinically triage referrals to community nursing services, prioritising according to clinical need and risk.
• Provide timely clinical advice, signposting, and safety-netting to patients, carers, and professionals.
• Allocate and coordinate workloads within the community nursing team.
• Escalate concerns appropriately and support urgent or complex cases.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to support seamless patient care.

Skills

Clinical triage

Prioritisation

Communication

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a skilled Triage Clinician to join the Neighbourhood Team Triage Hub in Leeds. The role focuses on clinical triage and timely advice for patients in the community, coordinating workloads and supporting safe, effective referrals.

As part of the Community Nursing team, you will work alongside GPs, acute trusts, and other partners in a high-volume, time-critical environment, ensuring patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right