Out of Hours Dispatcher | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £5,688 - £6,067 p.a. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Ferndown, BH24 2RR |
| Company: | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6192489/152-C50723A |
Summary
An exciting opportunity to work within the Dorset Out of Hours Service as a Dispatcher, which forms part of Dorset Integrated urgent Care Services.
The role involves supporting our clinicians during the evenings, weekends, and overnights. You will be responsible for allocating resources based on patient needs while taking into consideration service demand. You will be joining a brilliant team who are hard working, proactive and patient focused.
This role is varied, and no shift is the same, you will need to have brilliant decision-making skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate with both patients and healthcare professionals.
We have two shifts available on a bi-weekly rota:
Week One : No Shifts
Week Two : Thursdays 23:59-0759
Saturday 18:30-0700
These shifts will attract an unsocial enhancement in addition to the basic salary.Please see Section 2, Agenda for Change Framework for enhanced shift details.
Once training and consolidation has been completed, there will be an opportunity to workfrom home.
There is an opportunity for career development should this be something you are interested in. If you are looking for a new challenge and passionate about patients and making a difference, then we would love to hear from you.
To autonomously manage and deploy resources in emergency, urgent and routine cases in accordance with national and local policy, procedure and
protocol. This may include Doctors, Emergency Care Practitioners (ECP),
Nurses and Dental Clinicians.
Manage and communicate with operational staff by assigning them to
emergency, urgent and routine cases in accordance with the National Quality Standards. This may involve negotiations with clinicians with regards to complex patient cases where cooperation is needed between the dispatcher and clinician.
Plan and organise a constantly changing workload. This often involves
allocating and re-allocating cases to resource subject to changing priorities.
Allocation of resources must be conducted in a timely manner and the
dispatcher should ensure that the patient receives care by an appropriate
clinician.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please contact recruiting manager; IUCS OOH Duty Manager:Emma.Cook26@nhs.netif you require further information or wish to discuss the job role in more detail.
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Dorset HealthCare is in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. Please contactdhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.netto access the support.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024