Senior Clinical Practitioner – Urgent Community Response

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Epping (NH); On-site; USD 76,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the urgent community response team in west Essex. The role provides senior clinical assessment and decision-making to identify safe alternatives to hospital conveyance, working with ambulance crews and system partners to direct patients to the right care in the right place.

The post requires autonomous clinical judgment within a multidisciplinary CB4C hub, with involvement in risk assessment,

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, autonomous decision-making and senior clinical advice within the CB4C multidisciplinary hub.
• Support ambulance crews and system partners to identify safe alternatives to acute hospital conveyance.
• Undertake senior clinical triage and risk assessment of referrals, including calls via EEAST Access to the Stack/Cleric pathway.
• Navigate patients to appropriate community services including Urgent Community Response, Hospital at Home and CATU.
• Work collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support timely, person-centred clinical decisions.
• Support admission avoidance and help maximise the use of community alternatives to Emergency Department attendance.

Job description

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the urgent community response team in west Essex. The role provides senior clinical assessment and decision-making to identify safe alternatives to hospital conveyance, working with ambulance crews and system partners to direct patients to the right care in the right place.

The post requires autonomous clinical judgment within a multidisciplinary CB4C hub, with involvement in risk assessment,