We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our Integrated Front Door Service as a Bank Senior Clinician.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting safe, timely and effective patient care at the front door, helping to identify the right pathways for patients and supporting care closer to home wherever possible. Working closely with acute, community, local authority, mental health and voluntary sector partners, the post holder will provide senior clinical assessment, decision-making and leadership to support admission avoidance, early supported discharge and improved patient flow across the health and care system.
The main duties of the role will include undertaking senior clinical assessment and triage of patients with acute, complex or changing needs; supporting timely clinical decision-making; and identifying appropriate community-based alternatives to hospital admission. The post holder will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to support urgent community response, virtual ward, rehabilitation, specialist community services and safe discharge pathways. They will contribute to board rounds, MDT discussions and care planning, provide clinical advice and support to colleagues, maintain accurate clinical records and promote person-centred, evidence-based care that helps reduce delays, unnecessary admissions and length of stay.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
