Clinical Advisor - Scotland, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland
Description
We are currently accepting applications for HCPC Registered Paramedics and Registered Adult Nurses to join our team of Clinical Advisors within the East Ambulance Control Centre (ACC) at Norseman House in South Queensferry, North ACC at King Duncan House in Inverness and in our remote centres in Dundee and Aberdeen.
Please note these are full-time (board) or full/part time relief positions.
The Role
Remote health assessment and telephone triage is at the forefront of patient care with significant development ongoing in this specialist field to equip skilled practitioners to provide first class clinical care for the people of Scotland.
You will work as part of the Ambulance Control Centre (ACC) clinical team who provide emergency care to patients at Scottish Ambulance Service.
You will primarily be responsible for providing remote clinical assessment, via telephone and video consultation, providing advice to patients ensuring that their onward care is safe and appropriate to their needs.
By acting as a point of contact Clinical Advisors provide clinical support to the wider ACC through supporting Dispatch and Call taking processes and to the Operational crews who contact the ACC for Professional advice and support from scene. In addition, you will provide information to the wider health communities of Scotland for example GPs / Hospitals and other NHS organisations through the management of patient related enquiries or care planning.
You will use your clinical decision making skills to ensure that patients are safely assessed and receive the most appropriate response be it an ambulance response or alternative care pathway to meet their needs.
You will liaise with other healthcare providers to ensure that safe and effective pathways of care exist to meet the needs of special patient groups and patients with complex care pathways.
Clinical Advisors have continuous professional development incorporated into their role to ensure they are leading the way with patient care.
The Person
You will be a clinically focussed and driven professional, able to evidence your continuous professional development. You should have significant, demonstrable post registration experience, with previous experience in an ambulance service, acute or primary care setting. A paramedic or nurse with extended training skills such as acute illness or minor injury would be advantageous as would previous extended telephone triage knowledge and practice.
You should also be computer literate with good keyboard skills.
Note: You will be required to maintain your clinical registration and practice during your employment; time for this will be facilitated within the shift roster.
Selection process: This comprises of various sections, all of which the candidate must be successful in to enable progression to the next aspect.
Typing test, Maths assessment and a table top exercise for clinical scenarios and competency-based interview. Further details will be provided in advance.
Informal enquires can be made to Angie Page, East Clinical Duty Manager- , Janie Logan, North Clinical Duty Manager or Lyndsey Boland, West Clinical Duty Manager
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Hiring Manager.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.