Would you like to be part of the Remote Patient Care team delivering an invaluable service to the patients of Yorkshire?

Would you like to work for an ambitious and challenging organisation which will share your passion for high quality patient care?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is now recruiting for Senior Clinical Advisors in our Emergency (999) Operations Centres based in Wakefield and York with course start dates from March 2025 onwards.

Here at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) we have hugely exciting developments and opportunities lined up over the next few years and are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed to assist with these changes.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Advisor is responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs, utilising professional clinical judgement, supported by decision support software.

This requires generalist and specialist skills as a telehealth professional to assess and deliver care to patients.

Applicants should have experience in emergency care, assessment of high acuity symptoms, a broad knowledge of conditions and an understanding of red flag symptoms and consequence.

As a Senior Clinical Advisor, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following key skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Work with a variety of clinical specialists to ensure safe clinical processes for patients
• The ability to make quick safe clinical decisions under pressure and the ability to assess and identify red flag symptoms and conditions
• Undertake referrals to internal and external clinicians

You will provide a medical assessment, medication advice, health information and implement care packages to a range of individuals, liaising with other agencies and healthcare providers, as necessary.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To be successful in this role you should be a registered professional (for example, a registered Nurse or Paramedic) and have experience of undertaking clinical assessment within an acute or primary care setting.

For full details please see the attached Job Description.

Please note: The training and mentorship period is full time.

If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to a recruitment event on the 31st January 2025. Depending on the number of applications there may be an additional date added of 01 February 2025.

If you are invited to one of our recruitment events, candidates are expected to pass both a telephone triage and multiple choice assessment in order to progress to an interview which will be conducted on the same day.

Person Specification

Knowledge & education

Essential

• Registered Professional (RN1 or HPC or equivalent professional qualification) with current valid registration

Desirable

• Health diploma/degree

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Knowledge and competence in keyboard and IT skills to access databases and varying computer software programmes.
• Able to assess and manage clinical risk appropriately

Desirable

• Understanding of audit, evaluation and clinical governance

Experience & work achievements

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in acute or primary care settings with experience of clinical assessment.

Desirable

• Experience of telephone triage
• Experience of undertaking a mentoring role

Employer details

Employer name

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Wakefield and York

Brindley Way, Wakefield & Shipton Rd, York

Wakefield & York

WF2 0XQ

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