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Single Point of Access Lead Nurse
Permanent Contract-37.5 Hours
Are you ready for a new challenge? Are you a compassionate leader, enthusiastic, highly motivated and passionate about high quality care? If so then, a great opportunity has arisen for a proactive, enthusiastic and forward thinking leader to join our team!
We are looking for a Lead Nurse for Single Point of Access to join the Dudley Clinical Hub to provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver a high quality service to ensure all patients and clinicians can access the service to receive the support they require and by working clinically, as required by service demand, as a member of the team you will ensure a positive patient experience. You will be expected to coordinate and manage capacity on a daily basis to allow efficient patient flow and to help achieve the two hour urgent response time within the Triage- Clinical Hub working environment.
The Service will operate between the hours of 8am – 9pm, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year. The successful applicant will be expected to work flexibly throughout this period.
The Dudley Clinical Hub (DCH) provides a single point of access for patients registered with a Dudley GP for all admission avoidance referrals from professionals and for patients requiring Health and Social Care Services. We are looking for a registered Nurse who has demonstrable clinical post registration experience to support and manage our Triage team within the Dudley Clinical Hub. They will work alongside the Medical Lead, Operational Leads and Advanced Clinical Practitioners to empower our triage Nurses to support our service to give our patients the best experience possible.
Based at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre, the successful applicant will join an integrated, collaboratively focused team, employing a proactive clinical practice and knowledge to provide phone triage / clinical assessment skills in order to support urgent care for patients across our health economy. The primary objectives of DCH triage and two hour urgent response team is to prevent unnecessary admission to acute care and to facilitate collaborative MDT management for patients closer to home.
We need the applicants to be flexible, approachable and have a sound clinical evidence based background and knowledge. They will need to be friendly but assertive, and be confident in their own decision making and be able to challenge when necessary.
If the job is for you, please apply as we look forward to hearing from you!
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.