# Triage Clinican > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/triage-clinican/96c5b856-5942-4af9-9bd4-a5c37e106829 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/triage-clinican/96c5b856-5942-4af9-9bd4-a5c37e106829.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bracknell - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum (Inc. of HCAS) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T09:10:57.999Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Bracknell/Berkshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nursing_Bracknell/District_Nursing_Bracknell-v8179587 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8179587?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Triage Clinician to join the Bracknell Community Nursing Team – this role is both office and practice-based. The Triage Clinician will provide clinical support, assistance and professional expertise to all callers to the Clinical Nursing Triage, including both healthcare professionals and patients within Bracknell. The service is the main point of access for Bracknell Community Nursing taking referrals from professionals and patients requiring healthcare services and the Trust Health Hub. Within this position you will be required to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and have a positive enthusiastic approach to the role. This role is partially office based and also working with patients in their own homes as part of the urgent nurse support.  Also, the role may be supporting one of our community clinics on site in Bracknell. We are a friendly and supportive team, looking for highly motivated RNs who demonstrate a passion for delivering care to the community. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the local community receive the highest quality of care in their own homes. As a Triage Clinician, no day is the same and you will be communicating with patients and service providers of varied needs. Please note you must currently be in the UK with access to a car for work purposes to be eligible for this role. ### Main duties of the job - To work as a key member of the Triage Team - To offer sound expert clinical advice that oversees entry into our service. - To maintain up-to-date Statutory and Mandatory training and be prepared to rotate into clinical services as necessary to maintain clinical skills. - To hold professional registration and adhere to professional codes of practice and conduct. - To work in conjunction with administrative support staff and the community nursing service to provide high quality, clinical triage using knowledge, skills, critical thinking and professional judgement. - To assist the administrative support staff where required by accepting the transfer of cases requiring additional clinical advice, reviewing recorded clinical information and offering advice. - To provide urgent clinical support to patient in their own homes and in-house clinic support. - To control and manage calls effectively by using skilled questioning, active listening and excellent verbal communication skills in a calm, professional manner. - The Community Triage Nurse will possess the ability to prioritise tasks, cases and situations appropriately to ensure effective delivery of services during periods of high demand. - To liaise and communicate clinical information verbally and/or via telephone to Clinical Nursing Staff as appropriate to ensure continuity of care for the caller. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The “must haves” for this role: - NMC Current PIN - At least 2 years physical nursing experience within a Community            setting - Excellent critical thinking skills to be able to make clinical decisions based on information callers provide. For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.   We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to email: Philomena Grey on Philomena.Grey@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. ## Person Specification ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Ability to undertake flexible working. BH and weekend work will be required - Valid UK driving licence - Access to a car ### Knowledge, Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Experience of working in a customer focussed environment - Well-developed written and verbal communication skills - Able to communicate effectively with patients / carers / healthcare professionals and team members - Able to demonstrate use of own initiative in ever changing circumstances - Evidence of effective team working - Able to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of community services - Ability to prioritise workload and remain calm whilst working in a pressurised environment - Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills as per BHFT Band 5/6 competencies - Ability to identify risks - Ability to work autonomously - Ability to manage distressed patients or relatives with terminal/palliative care needs who telephone the Hub - Ability to deal with patient referrals who have intravenous therapy and complex dressing requirements - Ability to identify risks and act accordingly with regard to safety of patients and others - Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback - Cultural/diversity awareness and evidence of a non-discriminatory approach - Positive and enthusiastic approach to work and challenging situations. ### Education/Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse - Current NMC Registration - IT knowledge and accurate keyboard skills - 2 years physical clinical experience within a Community setting ### Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - Willingness to undertake further training and development - Evidence of ongoing professional development ## Documents - [values based recruitment (pdf, 454.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10482693) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 264.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10482692) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.