Community Triage Nurse

• Understand the scope of the community nursing service and the role of other MPFT and external services within each Primary Care Network. To ensure referrals are directed to the most appropriate service (including directing to emergency services where needed).
• Occasional delivery of care to patients in a community setting in order to maintain up to date clinical experience.
• Whilst not providing regular face to face patient contact the post holder will need to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the clinical aspects of community nursing to resolve clinical queries over the phone and to enable effective remote assessment and clinical triage. This includes palliative care (particularly symptom management and support to families in the last few days of life); wound care; medication management; diabetes management; catheter and bowel care.
• Have supervisory responsibilities in the absence of the triage lead nurse; including coordinating the team; allocating work to team members; resolving and escalating issues; coordinating the daily huddle and group chat and representing the triage team on the community nursing capacity calls.
• Occasional supervision of students and new nurses joining the community nursing team.

Essential

• Current NMC Registered Adult Nurse
• Experience of working as a Community Nurse.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage time and caseload effectively.
• Clinical knowledge relevant to the post.

Desirable

• Training in Microsoft office software
• Evidence of post-registration training in areas related to community nursing (i.e. tissue viability; continence; palliative care; long term conditions management)
• Experience of working in a triage setting.

Essential

• Experience of working as a Community Nurse.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage time and caseload effectively
• Clinical knowledge relevant to the post.
• Current NMC Registered Adult Nurse

Desirable

• Experience of working in a triage setting.
• Experience of carrying out remote (telephone) triage.
• Evidence of post-registration training in areas related to community nursing (i.e. tissue viability; continence; palliative care; long term conditions management)