111 Clinician
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 March 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £18.90 per hour |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £18.90 an hour |
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Blackpool, FY4 4EW |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | U0051-24-0024 |
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Job Purpose The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs, utilising professional clinical judgement, supported by decision support software. This requires generalist and specialist skills to assess and deliver care to patients across all age groups in a contact centre environment. The post holder will provide assessment, medication advice, and health information supporting individuals to access the appropriate level of care including advice to manage their symptoms at home. Key Duties and Responsibilities To use professional judgement at all times, and with the support of clinical assessment software, provide skilled and effective assessment of patients presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation To bring together, analyze and critically evaluate a range of information during the care process to provide accurate advice and health information to patients in order to empower and enable them to act upon advice given To maintain an up to date awareness of current policies and utilise acquired skills in mental health, child protection, medication enquiries and all other aspects of general healthcare To liaise effectively between caller and third party in critical situations/areas of concern e.g. child abuse, where information is not consistent or may be disputed To identify and use information sources to support and underpin clinical decision-making To recognise opportunities for providing health education during the consultation process and to supply such information either in person or by referring to appropriate health care professionals as required To use knowledge and competence in computer skills, in order to access drives, databases, email and approved internet resources and to appraise sources of information and their evidence base To refer to other clinical colleagues as necessary for advice, but to maintain accountability and responsibility for decisions made in relation to clinical calls To demonstrate the ability to remain focused on service delivery whilst dealing with an unpredictable, diverse and challenging workload To adhere to and implement national and local policies and procedures and work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) To act independently within the constraints of professional and organisational policies and structures To work independently, taking responsibility and accountability for managing own workload, risk assessment and risk management To actively participate in clinical supervision to facilitate personal and professional development To share and utilise areas of practice with peers and non-clinical colleagues to inform and enhance patient care To maintain a healthy and safe work environment for self and colleagues To maintain a working knowledge of emergency procedures and escalate issues affecting service delivery as necessary To inform senior colleagues of any factors affecting delivery of the service as soon as they arise To participate in the continuous quality improvement audit process to develop individual performance and achieve against set delivery targets To participate in internal audits and support quality improvements to inform practice and improve service delivery Communication To actively communicate with other staff to assist service delivery To actively communicate with other service providers about patient care programs or plans Reflect the diversity of needs in the local healthcare community by utilising all available resources to facilitate access to the service where there are barriers to communication and understanding To use advanced listening, probing and facilitative skills across a diverse range of calls, some of which can be highly challenging due to emotive circumstances or caller aggression and to use complex communication skills to negotiate (utilising language support services as necessary), and provide support to callers who may be non-compliant with recommended outcomes, emotive, hostile and or antagonistic Education, Training & Development To take responsibility and plan for own personal development requirements to meet individual education and developmental needs in line with service requirements To support a learning environment in which quality, performance and development can flourish and to contribute on nursing development issues To participate in an annual development review (PDP) and with the line manager, identify areas of need for professional development in order to meet service and personal objectives General duties and Responsibilities Enhance own performance through continuously developing own knowledge, skills and behaviours to meet the current and future requirements of the job Act within acceptable parameters as an employee, having regard to the applicable Code of Conduct for your role and ensuring own practice is in accordance with company policies Maintain own CPD and contribute to own personal development by participating in annual appraisal with line manager, developing a PDP, and actively participating in agreed learning activities and evaluating effectiveness of learning in relation to role Regularly review own practices and makes changes in accordance with current and/or best practice, makes suggestions for improved practice and identifies where other activities affect own practice To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales To contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the teams in which he/she works To contribute to a healthy, safe and secure working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations, policies, procedures and guidance. Take necessary action in relation to risks in the workplace including supporting others to manage risks and reporting incidents as necessary To act in ways that support equality and diversity and the rights of individuals, ensuring own practice is in accordance with policies. Identify and take action when own or others action undermines equality and diversity To raise concerns around risk, malpractice or wrongdoing at work, which may affect patients, staff or the organisation, at the earliest reasonable opportunity The post holder will be required to adapt to and undertake different or new duties in line with professional and service developments This Job Description is intended as a general guidance to the duties and responsibilities of the post and is not, therefore, exhaustive. It will be subject to review, in light of changing circumstances and in consultation with the post-holder The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).