CSD Clinician Nurse / Paramedic

Job overview

Are you an experienced Nurse / Paramedic looking to expand your clinical knowledge and skill-set within the Emergency Services environment?

We are currently recruiting  Nurses / Paramedics with emergency or primary care triage experience to join our multi-disciplinary clinical team within the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC).

We will be recruiting to a variety of rotas, however, colleagues will be required to work a full range of shifts, including night shifts.

Our Emergency Operations Centres are made up of the following staff groups:

• Emergency Medical Dispatchers (999 Call Takers)
• Dispatchers
• EOC Triage Clinicians

Who all work collaboratively to ensure our patients receive the most appropriate medical intervention, guidance and support at their time of need.

The EOC Clinical Team is a multi-disciplinary team made up of:

• Nurses
• Mental Health Practitioners
• Paramedics
• Specialist Practitioners
• Doctors
• ACPs

Applicants must have previous experience making autonomous clinical triage decisions in a rapid assessment setting.   Paramedics applying must be fully signed off at Band 6 before applying.

We are now filling vacancies for Oct/Nov and Jan 27.

This role requires you to be able to work 12 hour days and nights and at the moment we only have relief rota' which require you to work 3 or 4 weekends if required.

Main duties of the job

What is an EOC Triage Clinician?

An EOC Triage Clinician provides a robust remote clinical assessment and triage of all patients and service users who contact 999.  Alongside this, our Clinicians work alongside our Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Dispatch colleagues to provide acute medical advice and guidance to ensure every patient is getting the right care at the right time.

What support and development do I get as a clinician?

Within the EOC, we have a team of highly experienced Clinical Team Leaders and Senior Clinicians who are committed and dedicated to ensuring our clinical workforce have support and guidance when needed .

The Trust has recently been awarded NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award, meeting the required standard for best practice pastoral care. This is evidence of the Trust's commitment to staff wellbeing to both potential and existing employees.

Alongside this, we provide all clinicians with access to CPD opportunities, we are delighted to offer higher Education Modules , Funded Short Courses , Free CPD Events and access to e-Learning platforms .

Depending on your career ambitions, we also offer great career development opportunities either clinically or operational leadership.

For a day in the life of an EOC Clinician, please view the following video and refer to the quotes from our team attached:

https://vimeo.com/742271385/d208c6a3a1

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification.