North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 30 January 2023
Job summary
Vacancies across the Trust - Newburn, Hebburn and Wynyard
Are you considering your next step in your clinical career and want to work in a supportive environment?
We are looking for experienced clinicians to work full or part-time within our Integrated Urgent Care Clinical Assessment Service in order to assess and deliver care to patients across all age-groups, some with complex needs.
You will be providing assessment, medication advice and health information, supporting individuals to access the appropriate level of care including advice to manage their symptoms at home. Everyone at NEAS plays an important part in making sure all of our patients receive the correct treatment and care appropriate to their individual needs. It's an exciting environment to work in, and the job satisfaction immense.
You will be providing assessment, medication advice and health information, supporting individuals to access the appropriate level of care including advice to manage their symptoms at home. Everyone at NEAS plays an important part in making sure all of our patients receive the correct treatment and care appropriate to their individual needs. It's an exciting environment to work in, and the job satisfaction immense.
Main duties of the job
Senior Clinical Advisors are required to work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the service provided by providing high-quality, evidence-based healthcare to the immediate needs of the patient.
You will require a critical understanding of detailed theoretical and practical knowledge and have specialist knowledge and experience. A depth of knowledge and understanding which enables you to perform at a high level of practice, take a leadership role, use and develop evidence to inform your practice and deal with complex, unpredictable patient presentations. You will be responsible for the telephone assessment of health and clinical needs, utilising professional clinical judgement, supported by NHS Pathways and other suitable clinical decision support systems across both 111 and 999.
The role requires generalist and specialist skills to assess and deliver care to patients across all age-groups. You will provide assessment, medication advice and health information supporting individuals to access the appropriate level of care including advice to manage their symptoms at home. You will be responsible for the supervision, teaching and preceptorship, coaching and mentoring of other staff, which may include; students, other clinicians and health advisor
About us
We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.
Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
Date posted
03 January 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year + unsocial hour payment
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
C9340-SCA-01-23
Job locations
Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you take a look at the job description attached for full details of duties and responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you take a look at the job description attached for full details of duties and responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Employer's website
https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Employer's website
https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
