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 Officer

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

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our newfive-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

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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