Wye Valley NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Therapy Clinical Decision Maker to the Single Point of Access team at its Community Referral Hub. The post centres on clinical assessment, triage and decisions about which community service a therapy referral should go to, with the post holder judging urgency and risk. The work is mostly by telephone and sits within a multidisciplinary decision-making team alongside a senior triage clinician and a hub GP. It suits an experienced registered clinician who is confident making autonomous risk decisions remotely.
What the job involves
- Undertake comprehensive, mostly telephone-based clinical triage and assessment of patients with therapy needs, across a wide range of acute, complex and changing needs
- Triage and screen urgent and routine therapy referrals, filtering them to the UCR and Neighbourhood team and identifying the onward service
- Work within an MDT clinical decision-making team with a senior triage clinician and hub GP, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to set urgency, risk and course of action
- Recognise acute deterioration, red flags and safeguarding concerns and take immediate, appropriate action
- Work across organisational and professional boundaries with community teams, primary care, ambulance services, acute providers, social care and system partners to coordinate the right pathway of care
- Provide leadership in clinical decision-making for therapy referrals
- Contribute to developing, implementing and reviewing clinical pathways, triage frameworks, protocols, standard operating procedures and service guidance
- Take part in clinical audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and clinical governance, using findings to improve the SPA service
What’s required
Qualifications
- Professional qualification to degree level or equivalent
Registration & licences
- HCPC professional registration
Experience
- Postgraduate experience across a range of clinical areas in health, social care and community services
- Experience of supervising and delegating to colleagues
- Experience of remote assessment and triage
Skills & knowledge
- Good clinical knowledge across a wide range of specialisms
- Good prioritisation skills and time management
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem-solving approach
- Good organisational skills
Nice to have
- Knowledge and understanding of community services
What’s offered
- Good work-life balance
- Support to help staff achieve their full potential and develop their career
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
