Community Triage Clinician (inc. £2k welcome incentive)

at  Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our triage team as a Community Triage Clinician in the North Locality Hub. You will be responsible for triaging incoming referrals assessing the patients’ needs, determining the priority of care and processing the referrals accordingly. This will involve contacting the patient and other professionals via telephone, to provide an initial assessment and advice. The position will be approximately 80% triage with the remaining time providing the opportunity to work face to face with patients, providing nursing care.
We offer an excellent training and support package to enable you to both maintain your current clinical competencies as well as developing new skills and in a community setting. There is no need for applicants to have previous triage experience as all training and support will be provided.
We are a small and dynamic team, who work well to support each other and our wider nursing colleagues in North Norfolk. As a trust, NCHC place a high value on staff wellbeing and you will receive regular supervision and appraisals. We welcome flexible working applications and are keen to support you to achieve a good work-life balance.
This post is being offered with a welcome incentive package that includes payment of up to £2,000 for the successful candidate, subject to terms and conditions. For more information on this incentive, please contact the recruiting manager whose details are listed on this page.
To process referrals by evaluating the information received and allocating to the appropriate service indicating the priority response necessary.
To document triage notes in order that the patients’ record is complete and for audit purposes.
To use information technology to process the referrals for the 80% triaging role.
To liaise and communicate with the general public, other health care professionals, and multi-agencies on a daily basis.
To assess, prescribe and deliver care packages for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
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