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Job summary

Main area
Urgent Care Triage Practitioner
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
Job ref
839-7373872-BM
Employer
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Reed House
Town
Norwich
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
03/09/2025

Employer heading

NHS

Senior Urgent Care Triage Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 6

NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C’s “compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels”, the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Job overview

Do you have experience in urgent and emergency care? Are you passionate about patient care? Do you have a can-do attitude and want to support the health system and patients getting more efficient care? Then this opportunity is for you.

Join the Norfolk and Waveney Unscheduled Care Coordination Hub (N&W UCCH). The UCCH is a one-year-old integrated service, which brings together all the system health providers, to enable patients to get care in the right place, at the right time, by the right professional(s).

Please note that this position will not be able to commence until 01/10/2025.

Main duties of the job

You’ll be working closely with members of our ambulance service, acute trusts, social care, and community care in an innovative integrated team; working across organisation boundaries, enabling a system-wide response that improves patients’ care, experience and outcome.

Working for our organisation

To triage incoming referrals assessing the patient's needs, determining the priority of care and processing the referrals accordingly. To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients by overseeing and responding to the remote monitoring systems supported by the senior clinical team.

To lead the triage team and contribute to the co-ordination within the Unscheduled Care Coordination Hub (UCCH), in the effective and timely triage of incoming referrals assessing the patient’s needs, determining the priority of care and processing the referrals accordingly.

This is predominantly a non-patient facing role but with regular opportunities to maintain clinical competencies.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.  

Find out more about working for our organisation here: 

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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To triage patients referred to UCCH as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation with long term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.

To work within the integrated team to support early discharge from hospital. To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.

To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

To support activity within UCR Hub (triage) and Community Virtual Ward.

To assess, prescribe and arrange care interventions and assessments for all patients referred to the Single Point of Access [UCCH, 2h-Urgent Community Response (UCR), Rapid Response and Virtual Ward (VW)].

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC registration, or, current HCPC registration
  • Adult Nursing BSc, or, Paramedic Sciences BSc
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in advanced Consultation skills
  • Assessor/mentorship preparation; ENB 998 or equivalent

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communicator
  • Highly motivated
  • Able to provide high standards of care
  • Tact & diplomacy
  • Empathy & sensitivity
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Ability to manage stressful situations
  • Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
  • A team player
  • Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
Desirable criteria
  • Interest in learning new skills for remote clinical monitoring

Personal Attributes/Behaviours (linked to the Trust’s Behaviour Framework)

Essential criteria
  • Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults

Other

Essential criteria
  • The post holder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post through occupational health with any reasonable aids and adaptations if necessary
  • Must hold full and valid and driving licence and have access to a vehicle
  • Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
  • Be able to: Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
  • Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
  • This is a 7 day a week service and some weekend working will be expected. Hours of service delivery, 8am-8pm

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working at band 5 level within the community or acute setting
  • Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
  • Triage experience
Desirable criteria
  • Admission Avoidance experience
  • Knowledge of remote monitoring and available technology

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Good observational & reporting skills
  • Good interpersonal skills

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria
  • Professional appearance
  • Be able to: Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
  • Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
  • Be reliable

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Carers Friendly Tick award EmployersSunflower Hidden DisabilitiesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Care quality commission - OutstandingStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Walker
Job title
Clinical Lead Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01603 272477
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