DIUCS Senior Clinician - Nurse / Paramedic

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

DIUCS brings together NHS 111, a clinical assessment and treatment service including mobile clinical visiting services, urgent treatment centres, minor injuries units, and a single point of access for professionals, integrating these elements, presents the opportunity for more people to receive seamless urgent advice and/or care, and reduce the strain on primary care, our EDs and the 999 service.

You will undertake high quality, holistic, patient centred clinical assessments of patients via the telephone, which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Provide an excellent standard of clinical practice including safely managing the call back queues through the systems, providing clinical support and advice to our non-clinical Health Advisor team and specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients. Plan, implement and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings. Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students, trained practitioners and non-clinical colleagues.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots ofways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING

Desirable: - Knowledge and understanding of Trust Strategy relevant to role

JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

Desirable: - Recent previous experience within a comparable role

MANAGERIAL/SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

Essential: - Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff; - Experience of devising and delivering training

PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES