IUCS Single Point of Access - Senior Clinical Advisor

Senior Clinical Advisor post in the Single Point of Access team at the Dorset Integrated Urgent Care hub, a part-time role of 15 hours a week. It centres on managing a caseload of patients referred by phone and email from GP surgeries, 999, hospital wards, NHS 111 and other care teams, and arranging specialist care with the wider Trust. The post also covers mentoring students and staff and devising care programmes for other professionals. Candidates need a registered practitioner qualification, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Manage a caseload of patients referred to the SPoA team by phone and email
• Provide specialist care, interventions, assessments and treatments, organising referrals to appropriate teams within the wider Trust
• Deliver person-centred care that protects patients' safety, privacy and dignity
• Work as part of the wider multidisciplinary care team
• Give specialist advice on the management and care of patients and service users
• Devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately
• Plan, implement and review health improvement programmes across a range of settings
• Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners
• Contribute to a performance culture across the SPoA team, the Integrated Urgent Care service and other clinical services

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner to degree or diploma level
• Post-registration diploma-level specialist training and/or short courses, or extensive experience in the specialty
• Recent professional development evidenced in an up-to-date portfolio

Registration & licences

• Membership of the relevant professional body

Experience

• Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level
• Experience of specialist working

Skills & knowledge

• Experience of using electronic patient or service user record systems
• Ability to use own initiative within sphere of authority
• Ability to analyse and assess conflicting situations and judge the appropriate action where options are open
• Demonstrable ability to analyse situations and provide a resolution
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to practice

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Valid right to work in the UK, without requiring sponsorship

Other

• Evidence of demonstrating the Trust's values and behaviours

What’s offered

• DBS check cost covered by the Trust

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