EOC Triage Nurse/ Paramedic

Job summary

Are you an experienced Nurse / Paramedic looking to expand your clinical knowledge and skill-set within the Emergency Services environment?

We are currently recruiting experienced Nurses / Paramedics to join our multi-disciplinary clinical team within the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC).

Our Emergency Operations Centres are made up of the following staff groups:

• Emergency Medical Dispatchers (999 Call Takers)
• Dispatchers
• EOC Triage Clinicians

Who all work collaboratively to ensure our patients receive the most appropriate medical intervention, guidance and support at their time of need.

The EOC Clinical Team is a multi-disciplinary team made up of:

• Nurses
• Midwives
• Mental Health Practitioners
• Paramedics
• Specialist Practitioners
• Doctors
• Clinical Learning & Development Officers

Main duties of the job

What is an EOC Triage Clinician?

An EOC Triage Clinician provides a robust remote clinical assessment and triage of all patients and service users who contact 999. Alongside this, our Clinicians work alongside our Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Dispatch colleagues to provide acute medical advice and guidance to ensure every patient is getting the right care at the right time.

What support and development do I get as a clinician?

Within the EOC, we have a team of highly experienced Clinical Learning & Development Officers who are committed and dedicated to ensuring our clinical workforce are continually learning and developing on all aspects of clinical practice.

Alongside this, we provide all clinicians with an education bursary to enhance your knowledge, skills and expertise. This bursary can be used to fund short-courses and or towards an official qualification such as MSC or MBA.

Depending on your career ambitions, we also offer great career development opportunities either clinically or operational leadership.

For a day in the life of an EOC Clinician, please view the following video and refer to the quotes from our team attached. https://vimeo.com/742271385/d208c6a3a1

About us

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 5,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

Internal candidates are asked to seek approval from their current SWASFT line manager prior to applying for a secondment opportunity.

Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St James or Trust HQ

Bristol or Exeter

EX2 7HY

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St James or Trust HQ

Bristol or Exeter

EX2 7HY

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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