Nurse Advisor


Job description

The post holder will be responsible for telephone triage of persons contacting both the Out of hours service and Phone First Service in the Western Trust Area and referring or giving advice as appropriate to these clients across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions and all ages within the service provided by Western Urgent Care. .

Responsibilities

  • To provide skilled and effective assessment of patients presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation, with the support of telephone assessment support software
  • Computer based clinical decision support system will facilitate and support the advice given.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

  • Registered Nurse, Part 1 of current live NMC register (General trained). Minimum 5 years post registration experience WTE
  • Minimum 2 years experience WTE within the past 5 years in a relevant acute primary and/or secondary care clinical setting with evident knowledge of current and up to date acute care practice.
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable Skills

  • Additional relevant professional qualification.

Further Information

Work Time: GPOOH operational hours: 6pm to 8.30am weekdays and 24hours on weekends and bank holidays plus Phone First hours: 8am-midnight 7 days a week. Variety of shifts times and lengths available for evenings, daytimes and overnights.

Application Information

Please email: Marion.Cartin@westerntrust.hscni.net for an application pack. Full Job description and Personnel Specification will be sent out in the application pack. Employer Ref: NA0223. This vacancy will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 22nd February 2023.

Vacancy ID
1587419
Job ref.
NA0223
Job Sector
Medical and Healthcare
Area
All of Northern Ireland
Location
Derry/Londonderry, Omagh and Enniskillen
Salary
To be confirmed.
No. vacancies
20
Contract Type
Permanent
Weekly hours
0
Published date
01/02/2023
Closing date
22/02/2023
Worktime
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