About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our Integrated Front Door Service as a Bank Senior Clinician.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting safe, timely and effective patient care at the front door, helping to identify the right pathways for patients and supporting care closer to home wherever possible. Working closely with acute, community, local authority, mental health and voluntary sector partners, the post holder will provide senior clinical assessment, decision-making and leadership to support admission avoidance, early supported discharge and improved patient flow across the health and care system.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will include undertaking senior clinical assessment and triage of patients with acute, complex or changing needs; supporting timely clinical decision-making; and identifying appropriate community-based alternatives to hospital admission. The post holder will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to support urgent community response, virtual ward, rehabilitation, specialist community services and safe discharge pathways. They will contribute to board rounds, MDT discussions and care planning, provide clinical advice and support to colleagues, maintain accurate clinical records and promote person-centred, evidence-based care that helps reduce delays, unnecessary admissions and length of stay.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications Essential
Current registration with NMC or HCPC without restrictions on practice. Degree or equivalent relevant experience, supported by additional specialist training, short courses or a professional portfolio. Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to urgent, emergency or community care.
Experience Essential
Significant relevant post registration experience. Recent experience in acute, emergency, urgent community response, admission avoidance or community services. Experience of undertaking clinical assessment and contributing to safe clinical decision-making. Experience of supporting patient flow, discharge planning or admission avoidance pathways. Experience of supervising, supporting or providing leadership to junior staff or students.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Sound clinical judgement and decision-making skills when assessing patients with acute, complex or changing needs, including analysing information from a range of sources and comparing appropriate care pathway options. Health assessment and physical examination skills in clinical practice, or willingness to work towards. Knowledge of current community services, urgent care pathways and admission avoidance services. Ability to triage referrals, prioritise workload, coordinate activity across multiple pathways and respond effectively to competing clinical priorities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury and Telford
SY3 8XQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)