Band 6 Urgent Care / Single Point of Access (SPA) Nurse

Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon aspossible

The post holder will not have any direct management responsibility; they will however provide education and supervision to student nurses or registered nurses involving training in regard to triaging and dealing with messages via phone.

In the absence of the Service Manager / Operational Manager the post holder will take responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of the UCB/SPA. The post holder will be responsible for escalating concerns to Manager on call., Work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, scope of Professional Practice, Trust Policies and practice in an evidence-based manner.

Identify risks through the assessment process documenting and initiating appropriate action, reporting as appropriate to the caseload holder.

Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.

To act as an autonomous practitioner providing comprehensive and complex telephone triage and clinical assessment service to GP/patients/carer resulting in a safe and appropriate clinical decision. Given the complexity of patients being referred through the SPA, there will be barriers to understanding, the post-holder will also deal with very emotive and sensitive situations in regard to patient care.

To make critically clinical decisions which may include challenging and educating referrers to support clinical decisions and pathways. You will be responsible for establishing if the patient is suitable for the service at point of discussion.

To be responsible for establishing red flags for many different conditions, for example, interpreting results from screening tools and discussing if patient is suitable to be treated in the community or will they need emergency care.

To be responsible for ensuring an ambulance has been requested to take patient to hospital providing a detailed handover.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.