IUC Clinical Lead

at  Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

12 Month Secondment
Intended start date 01 December 2024
This is an exciting time to join 111, Integrated Urgent Care. We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to provide clinical leadership and supervision.
As the Clinical Lead, you will share our vision to ensure patients get the best possible care, in the right place, at the right time by continually improving access to integrated urgent care services. We are looking for a committed clinical professional with a passion to work with our experienced team.
There will be a requirement for cross site working between our call centres in Wakefield and Rotherham.
The IUC Clinical Lead provides senior clinical leadership and supervision to the Clinical Duty Managers, and senior clinical support to the wider IUC workforce.
There is also a requirement for matrix style working with the Contact Centre Managers and the Scheduling Team to ensure effective operational service delivery.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner using high levels of clinical practice and decision-making skills. Your primary focus will be the provision of excellent patient centred care, encompassing the skills of remote triage and assessment (via telephone and/or video), clinical diagnosis and the development and delivery of effective urgent treatment for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed primary/urgent health care problems, with a variety of needs across the age spectrum and complex care needs including mental health.
This role works within the parameters of current prescribing legislation, exemptions, or approved Patient Group Directive.
The post holder will be clinically and operationally responsible for the team of Clinical Duty Managers ensuring effective and safe clinical performance through clinical leadership, clinical supervision, and mentorship in practice. The post holder will also contribute to effective governance processes of clinical practice.
The post holder will also develop skills in education, research and audit activities, and service improvement.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

BENEFITS:

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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