Bank level 6 Single Point of Access Clinician

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering safe, evidence-based clinical assessment and triage.
• Recognising deterioration, clinical risk and red-flag symptoms and taking appropriate action.
• Balancing patient safety, clinical guidance and individual patient preferences.
• Working collaboratively with patients and their families to promote independence and develop appropriate care plans.
• Coordinating referrals and access to community, medical and diagnostic services.
• Communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders and ensuring clinical information is shared promptly and securely.
• Managing anxious or distressed callers with compassion, active listening and clear, jargon-free communication.
• Safeguarding children and adults at risk and reporting concerns immediately.
• Maintaining confidentiality and complying with information governance and data protection requirements.
• Recording clinical assessments, decisions and care accurately and entering activity data within agreed timescales.
• Undertaking direct patient care within the postholder's scope of practice.
• Rotating into clinical teams periodically to maintain current knowledge of community services and face-to-face clinical practice.
• Participating in clinical supervision, reflective practice, audits, surveys, quality initiatives and the development of clinical guidelines.
• Supporting improvements to clinical practice, policies and service processes.
• Providing cover for colleagues and deputising for the Band 7 Practitioner when required.
• Supporting colleagues through professional advice, coaching, mentoring and appropriate training.
• Reporting incidents and concerns relating to patient care, health and safety or service delivery.
• Completing mandatory training and maintaining professional registration and competence.
• Using equipment and Trust resources safely, responsibly and sustainably.
• Working flexibly across Trust sites, weekends and bank holidays as required by the service rota.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• Qualifications / Training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience

Other job requirements/Skills

Essential criteria

• Other job requirements/Skills

Essential

Essential criteria

• Without justifiable acknowledgement, no gaps in employment and/or no period of time not in healthcare over 18 months
• Driving Licence and Access to Vehicle

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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