Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal qualities
Ability to work autonomously, unsupervised
- Personal qualities
Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a professional manner
- Personal qualities
Ability to work as part of a team, showing initiative and exercising tact and diplomacy
- Personal qualities
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
- Personal qualities
Flexibility to work at other sites as required
- Personal qualities
Access to a car for business purposes
- Skills and attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills
- Skills and attributes
Ability to work efficiently and autonomously
- Skills and attributes
Evidence of working both within a team and unsupervised
- Skills and attributes
Clinically competent and confident within an adult setting
- Experience and knowledge
Minimum 3 years post registration experience
- Experience and knowledge
To have an up to date working knowledge of acute, chronic and terminal illness, wound management, care of the elderly and Palliative care.
- Experience and knowledge
An understanding of the Primary and Secondary Care Interface
- Experience and knowledge
Experience in clinically managing patients both face to face and over the telephone
- Experience and knowledge
To be knowledgeable in and to comply with the codes of professional conduct of the NMC / HCPC and ensure individual practice always adheres to policies and procedures of Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Trust
- Experience and knowledge
Experience of autonomous clinical decision making
- Experience and knowledge
Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Qualifications and professional training
First Level Nurse with current registration with NMC or Experienced Community Paramedic with HCPC registration
- Qualifications and professional training
Masters or equivalent experience
- Qualifications and professional training
Post Graduate qualification in rapid response/community nursing/emergency department/acute medical or equivalent experience
- Qualifications and professional training
Evidence of recent Professional Development
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications and professional training
Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent
- Qualifications and professional training
Non-medical Prescribing (V300)
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our well established Teletriage team.
Nurse Clinicians work within the Urgent Community Response Team aligning with the National Framework for Urgent Care Response.
Their role is to facilitate high quality clinical assessment of acutely unwell patients within the care home setting, and support the frailty initiative by providing senior clinical support to urgent community response staff and working with the acute trust to prevent unnecessary admissions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will utilise established pathways and processes to provide a wide range of acute, nursing and social care assessments to patients who may potentially be at risk of a hospital admission. The role will involve supporting care home staff in determining the best pathway of clinical care for the patients and facilitating early discharges.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who has the experience and clinical confidence to assess the needs of the patient and determine if the patient needs further face to face assessment or whether they can be discharged at first point of contact.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The primary aim of the service is to prevent inappropriate admission to hospital. To support and educate acute wards, CICC, Nursing and Residential home clinicians to make the correct clinical decision for their patients and residents.
The main responsibilities of the role will include
- assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs of care, which meet the needs of patients
- To provide advice, information and support for doctors, nurses and social workers across hospital and community settings, regarding the implementation of patient care
- Responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care with often complex needs of acutely and chronically unwell patients within the Community setting without supervision.
- Make clinical judgements and decisions that can often require analysis of complex facts/situations that demand prompt action
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team with support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, community psychiatric nurse and social workers. Providing integrated skills and sharing knowledge.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Teletriage Nurse / Paramedic Clinician with Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Birkenhead, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Paramedic role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Nov 2026.
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