Triage and Treat Practitioner

Employer South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site North Ormesby Health Village Town Middlesbrough Salary £47,810 – £54,710 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 06/08/2025 23:59

Triage and Treat Practitioner

Band 7

Job overview

We welcome applications from multiple professional backgrounds for this post, including physiotherapy, nursing etc.

We are looking for a highly self-motivated specialist nurses/extended scope physiotherapist to join the established team of Triage and Treat Practitioners, facilitating care for patients with back and /or radicular pain.

The Triage and Treat Practitioner Team provide a single access point leading to a high quality service to patients suffering with back pain and radicular pain. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment.

If all essential requirement are not met, consideration would be given for a trainee post

Main duties of the job

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad. In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

· Your Leadership Impact

· Leading your Team to Success

· Leading Into the Future

· Service Improvement for Beginners

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current valid registration with relevant professional body i.e HCPC, NMC
• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy/ Nursing, specialist training to masters level
• Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
• Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area
• MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/ HEE accredited ACP
• Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2017) framework for ACP

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience working at a senior level within speciality area.
• Experience of leading in a team
• Experience in managing change
• Experience teaching formal programmes or courses to patients and/or other staff.
• Experience leading and presenting Audit/research
• Experience of student and junior supervision
• Experience in delivering CBT programmes.
• Experience in providing counselling to patient and to support staff

Knowledge and skills

• Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
• Supplemented by significant post-registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
• Management skills gained through theory and / or significant practice experience
• IT literate
• Knows the South Tees’ values and works within them
• Good understanding of the trust ACP strategy and policy
• Ability to autonomously problem solve, analyse, compare, and interpret complex information before making a decision
• Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
• Mentoring and developing staff
• Has led research and implemented service change/improvement
• Additional teaching qualification/ experience

Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month\’s pay.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.

As an inclusive employer,we are here to support you.

If you have any special requirements tohelpyou with your application, email our team at [emailprotected]

Right to Work in the UK

The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.

The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.

Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.

Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.

Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.

IMPORTANT–Please ensure you read the \’Guidance Notes for Applicants\’ document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.

This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.

The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.

As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The refereesMUSTbe a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Helena Roper (Lead Triage and Treat Practitioner)

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