Job summary
Greenwich Health is committed to
providing quality to care to our patients whilst building resilience for
General Practice and delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care
at scale to the Greenwich Population. The
post holder will be required to support a new urgent care streaming service at
Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking autonomous
clinicians to work in a new streaming role based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. With
a background in ED desirable for the role or a qualification in triage/clinical
assessment. The individual should be confident in decision making depending on
patient presentation and be able to confidently direct to the correct clinical
area. The service will seek to divert into ED, UCC or even to pharmacy or other
primary care services.
About us
Greenwich Health was formed by the leaders of primary care in the Borough of Greenwich to provide integrated healthcare services across Greenwich and to support our member GP Practices.
Today we run services for patients across the borough which includes GP Extended Hours, prevention services and Diabetes management. We have also supported the Covid Pandemic response and are still running a substantial Covid Vaccination programme.
Greenwich Health is a very supportive organisation which looks to work with like-minded individuals who want to work with us, innovate and deliver services with passion, energy but overall with quality.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an experienced nurse, you will need the following:
A Proven ability to assess patients.
To would work alongside ED staff, the streaming clinician and the streaming administrator
Ensure that patients with time-critical and time-sensitive illnesses or injuries are prioritised accordingly.
To work as part of the streaming team.
Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment.
Evidence of professional updating.
Understanding of patient flow.
Be able to use tools such as NEWS scores in the assessment of patients
Work within clinical guidelines/algorithms to support clinical decision making
We are looking for clinicians prepared to work on different shifts 7 days a week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an experienced nurse, you will need the following:
A Proven ability to assess patients.
To would work alongside ED staff, the streaming clinician and the streaming administrator
Ensure that patients with time-critical and time-sensitive illnesses or injuries are prioritised accordingly.
To work as part of the streaming team.
Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment.
Evidence of professional updating.
Understanding of patient flow.
Be able to use tools such as NEWS scores in the assessment of patients
Work within clinical guidelines/algorithms to support clinical decision making
We are looking for clinicians prepared to work on different shifts 7 days a week.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Adequate nursing qualification
Desirable
- Triage/Clinical Assessment Qualification
Experience
Essential
- - Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
- - Be able to use tools such as NEWS scores in the assessment of patients.
- - Work within clinical guidelines/algorithms to support clinical decision making.
- - Evidence of professional updating.
- - Decision making depending on the patient presentation and be able to confidently direct to the correct clinical area, this could be ED, UCC or to the patients own GP or a pharmacy
Desirable
- - A background in ED would be desirable
- - Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Personal Skills
Essential
- - Self-Motivation
- - Adaptable
- - Up to date immunisation status
Desirable
- - Safeguarding adult and children level three
- - Information Governance toolkit completion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Adequate nursing qualification
Desirable
- Triage/Clinical Assessment Qualification
Experience
Essential
- - Minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.
- - Be able to use tools such as NEWS scores in the assessment of patients.
- - Work within clinical guidelines/algorithms to support clinical decision making.
- - Evidence of professional updating.
- - Decision making depending on the patient presentation and be able to confidently direct to the correct clinical area, this could be ED, UCC or to the patients own GP or a pharmacy
Desirable
- - A background in ED would be desirable
- - Recent post registration experience in clinical assessment
Professional Registration
Essential
- Mandatory registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Personal Skills
Essential
- - Self-Motivation
- - Adaptable
- - Up to date immunisation status
Desirable
- - Safeguarding adult and children level three
- - Information Governance toolkit completion
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
