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Triage Nurse (TAS)

Employer
Care UK
Location
Nuneaton
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
11 Oct 2019

Job Details

Job Summery

Care UK are looking for Triage nurses for our Warwickshire OOH's service. This can be worked on a full time, part time or Bank basis. The service runs from 18:30 pm to 08:00am Monday to Thursday, and 24 hours Friday 18:30 to Monday 08:00am.

Responsibilities

• To provide safe and effective telephone advice, health assessment and information to patients calling in to the NHS 111 service. • Ensure all Telephone Assessment Clinicians are of a standard to assess patients autonomously within another service to ensure the most appropriate Clinical outcome for the patient is reached. • Provide safe and effective Telephone health assessments of patients contacting the service for advice. • Provide a safe and effective Telephone health assessment for all patients requiring a Primary Care assessment. • To provide a safe and effective Telephone health assessments of patients requiring a home visit. • To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team in providing quality, evidence-based health care to meet the immediate needs of the patient. • Take an active role within the cross-disciplinary, Multi-Skilled team to ensure service quality in line with corporate goals and strategy, and to assist in the development of new models for service delivery which have a positive impact on the health economy. For a full list of duties, please contact our recruiter on the details shown below.

Requirements

• Registered Clinician (Paramedic, Nurse or AHP) • Recognised Autonomous Clinical assessment within a Primary Care environment • Recent experience in acute / primary care setting. • Understanding of clinical triage • Understanding of patient management in PCC setting • Sound understanding of legal / professional implications of independent practice • Familiarity with computers and IT skills.

We can offer you

• £20.80 - £26 per hour depending on shift worked • 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays • Revalidation Support • Company Pension Scheme • Regional/national opportunities • Free online and face-to-face training • Cycle to work scheme • Online discounts

Application process

Once you have applied to this job, you will be contacted by Daniel who sits within our recruitment team by phone or email if you have been shortlisted for interview. If you would like a full comprehensive Job Description please email daniel.hayde@careuk.com Additional Information: Please note that offers of employment are subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check. Care UK is committed to creating a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Care UK reserve the right to close this advert early, if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Care UK was founded in 1982. Today our healthcare services include treatment centres, GP practices, NHS walk-in centres, GP out-of-hours, prison health services and clinical assessment and diagnostics facilities. This means that we provide a greater range of specialist care services than any other organisation in the UK. Care UK is the largest independent provider of urgent care services in England incorporating out of hours, single point of access and referral management. We deliver excellent, high value patient care on behalf of the NHS for over eight million patients across England. We work with the NHS to deliver high quality healthcare services, reducing waiting times and giving the patient a greater level of choice. We also take healthcare services closer to where people live and work – increasing the efficiency and quality of the services we deliver and helping to reduce waiting times. If you would like more information, please visit our website: http://careukhealthcare.com

Company

At Care UK, we treat everyone as individuals so they can live fulfilling, rewarding and happy lives and we recognise that taking the first step on the journey into care can be daunting.

We are proud to be the most awarded care home provider for the last three years, and we have more outstanding rated homes than any other provider. Independence is not about where you live, but how you live, so if you’re considering care for yourself or a loved one,  discover why we’ve been trusted to care for over 40 years.

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