Triage Nurse - District Nursing

Job overview

A opportunity has arisen to join a well-established team within the District Nurse Triage Team at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Using sound clinical knowledge, professional judgement and risk assessment skills, clinicians will assess referrals, clearly identify urgent and non-urgent care needs, and coordinate the most appropriate response.

This may include arranging urgent, same-day or routine visits from District Nurse clinicians, signposting patients to alternative services, or providing clinical advice where appropriate.

The team plays a key role in coordinating timely, responsive and patient-centred care, ensuring patients receive the right support in the right place and at the right time within the community setting.

The successful candidate will:

• Clinically triage referrals received by telephone and email.
• Use clinical knowledge, professional judgement and risk assessment skills to identify the appropriate level of care and urgency.
• Arrange and coordinate urgent, same-day and routine visits for patients in the community.
• Provide clinical advice and support where a face-to-face visit is not necessary.
• Work closely with District Nurse teams and wider community services to ensure safe and effective care coordination.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the District Nurse Triage Desk and the future delivery of community care.

Main duties of the job

The services currently operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with core hours of 08.00-18.30.

Shift patterns are 08.00-16.00, 10.30-18.30 or 08.00-18.30.

What will we give you?

Once you have started with Oxford Health you will be on the road to develop and hone your clinical skills. We offer each person a bespoke induction in your team with a period of being supernumerary , which is usually up to 4 weeks. We will ensure you can attend the District Nursing Induction programme, this is tailored to district nursing staff, encompassing as facets of Oxford Health and the lived experience of what you will do, giving you an insight into the organisation. The preceptorship programme is another opportunity for you and you will be able to undertake a service development project. We are Oxford Health pride ourselves in supporting and developing our staff to achieve their potential and to fly in their career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

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.