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Clinical Triage Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum (Incl. HCAS) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG41 2RE |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6200982/371-CHS293-C |
Summary
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinical Triage Nurse to join the Wokingham Community Nursing Team – this role is both office and practice-based.
The Clinical Triage Nurse will provide clinical support, assistance and professional expertise to all callers to the Clinical Nursing Triage, including both healthcare professionals and patients within Wokingham. The service is the main point of access for Wokingham Community Nursing taking, referrals from professionals and patients requiring healthcare services and the Trust Health Hub.
Within this position you will be required to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and have a positive enthusiastic approach to the role. This role is partially office based and also working with patients in their own homes as part of the urgent nurse support. Also, the role may be supporting one of our community clinics on site at Wokingham.
We are a friendly and supportive team, looking for highly motivated RNs who demonstrate a passion for delivering care to the community. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the local community receive the highest quality of care in their own homes.
As a Community Triage Nurse, no day is the same and you will be communicating with patients and service providers of varied needs.
Please note you must currently be in the UK with access to a car for work purposes to be eligible for this role.
Main duties of the job
• To work as a key member of the Triage Team
• To offer sound expert clinical advice that oversees entry into our service.
• To maintain up-to-date Statutory and Mandatory training and be prepared to rotate into clinical services as necessary to maintain clinical skills.
• To hold professional registration and adhere to professional codes of practice and conduct.
• To work in conjunction with administrative support staff and the community nursing service to provide high quality, clinical triage using knowledge, skills, critical thinking and professional judgement.
• To assist the administrative support staff where required by accepting the transfer of cases requiring additional clinical advice, reviewing recorded clinical information and offering advice.
• To provide urgent clinical support to patient in their own homes and in-house clinic support.
• To control and manage calls effectively by using skilled questioning, active listening and excellent verbal communication skills in a calm, professional manner.
• The Community Triage Nurse will possess the ability to prioritise tasks, cases and situations appropriately to ensure effective delivery of services during periods of high demand.
• To liaise and communicate clinical information verbally and/or via telephone to Clinical Nursing Staff as appropriate to ensure continuity of care for the caller.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The 3 ‘Must Have’s’ for this role
• NMC Current PIN
• Full Driving Licence and vehicle for business use.
• A Team player with good nursing care knowledge/skills and excellent communication skills
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Saiyad Allymamod on 07930914721 or email: saiyad.allymamod@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024
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