# Triage Clinician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Cambridge
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Two days per week, Thursday & Friday and includes weekend working via a rota)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-30T07:22:03.134Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/Cambridgeshire_Peterborough_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Registered_Nurse_Registered_Allied_Health_Professional/Registered_Nurse_Registered_Allied_Health_Professional-v8062682
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8062682?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Triage Nurse/AHP to join the Operations Hub Intermediate Care Triage Team.

This pivotal role supports system flow, admission avoidance and timely discharge pathways through the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred triage.

You will act as the point of contact for hospital discharge referrals and urgent community referrals, you will use your clinical judgement to direct individuals to the most appropriate Intermediate Care pathway to ensure people receive the right care, first time.

Working within a virtual MDT with system partners, you will apply sound clinical judgement to direct individuals to the most appropriate Intermediate Care pathway. We are looking for someone who demonstrates compassion, respect and collaboration, acts with integrity and accountability, and is committed to continual improvement in patient outcomes and service delivery.

If you are motivated by making a real difference to patient flow and outcomes, and thrive in a dynamic, system-facing role, we would love to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

- Comprehensive Triage of all referrals for the three Intermediate Care Services both hospital discharges and admission avoidance
- Timely, consistent triage aligned to agreed pathways criteria
- Clinically informed decisions
- Act as a central point of contact for system partners
- Contribute to MDT discussions to support pathway decisions making
- Strong triage, assessment and decision-making skills
- Understanding of discharge pathways and system flow
- Maintaining accurate documentation in line with governance standards
- Effective communication and partnership working
- Experience in community, acute trust patient flow or intermediate care pathways
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Accurate record keeping
- Data collection
- Provide supervisor responsibilities

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

- Allocate the Pathway 2 IPR beds, keeping a live and an anticipated capacity status to provide a proactive approach to discharge planning.
- Signpost teams and external services appropriately
- With the support of the multidisciplinary team, hold meaningful, person-centred discussions to triage patients onto the most appropriate pathway.
- Using specialist knowledge of all the discharge to assess pathways contribute to system wide multi-disciplinary case discussion to jointly agree the correct service based on the patients’ needs
- Work as part of a team, both within the Operations Hub and as part of the wider system
- Manage SystmOne caseloads and waiting lists effectively
- Work within service criteria to triage all patients referred in for an ICT Service
- Supervisor responsibilities for non-clinical team members, including completing monthly supervisions and supporting annual appraisals
- Maintaining up to date and accurate systems of processes
- Collate data manually, that cannot be extracted from clinical systems, in line with service data sets
- Provide “live” updates to referring teams on the status of all referrals using OPTICA or via email
- Record accurate notes relating to clinical triage within patient clinical record (SystmOne)

## Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Triage Nurse/AHP to join the Operations Hub Intermediate Care Triage Team.

This pivotal role supports system flow, admission avoidance and timely discharge pathways through the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred triage.

You will act as the point of contact for hospital discharge referrals and urgent community referrals, you will use your clinical judgement to direct individuals to the most appropriate Intermediate Care pathway to ensure people receive the right care, first time.

Working within a virtual MDT with system partners, you will apply sound clinical judgement to direct individuals to the most appropriate Intermediate Care pathway. We are looking for someone who demonstrates compassion, respect and collaboration, acts with integrity and accountability, and is committed to continual improvement in patient outcomes and service delivery.

If you are motivated by making a real difference to patient flow and outcomes, and thrive in a dynamic, system-facing role, we would love to hear from you.

## Job Description

Comprehensive Triage of all referrals for the three Intermediate Care Services both hospital discharges and admission avoidance

Timely, consistent triage aligned to agreed pathways criteria

Clinically informed decisions

Act as a central point of contact for system partners

Contribute to MDT discussions to support pathway decisions making

Strong triage, assessment and decision-making skills

Understanding of discharge pathways and system flow

Maintaining accurate documentation in line with governance standards

Effective communication and partnership working

Experience in community, acute trust patient flow or intermediate care pathways

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment

Accurate record keeping

Data collection

Provide supervisor responsibilities

## Responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Allocate the Pathway 2 IPR beds, keeping a live and an anticipated capacity status to provide a proactive approach to discharge planning.
- Signpost teams and external services appropriately
- With the support of the multidisciplinary team, hold meaningful, person-centred discussions to triage patients onto the most appropriate pathway.
- Using specialist knowledge of all the discharge to assess pathways contribute to system wide multi-disciplinary case discussion to jointly agree the correct service based on the patients’ needs
- Work as part of a team, both within the Operations Hub and as part of the wider system
- Manage SystmOne caseloads and waiting lists effectively
- Work within service criteria to triage all patients referred in for an ICT Service
- Supervisor responsibilities for non-clinical team members, including completing monthly supervisions and supporting annual appraisals
- Maintaining up to date and accurate systems of processes
- Collate data manually, that cannot be extracted from clinical systems, in line with service data sets
- Provide “live” updates to referring teams on the status of all referrals using OPTICA or via email
- Record accurate notes relating to clinical triage within patient clinical record (SystmOne)

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Decision making and problem-solving skills
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good team and interagency working relationships

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of successful working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Specialist knowledge of policy and legislation relating to Discharge to Assess, HomeFirst principles and patient flow/discharge planning

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse or AHP
- Specialist knowledge within either Intermediate Care Services, Discharge to Assess and/or patient flow

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