Job summary

Are you looking to join an ambitious, challenging team that shares your passion for high-quality patient care? Would you like to be part of the Remote Patient Care team delivering an invaluable service to patients across Yorkshire?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is recruiting Senior Clinical Advisors for our Emergency Operations Centres (999) in Wakefield and York. With exciting developments planned over the next few years, we are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed individuals to support these changes.

Applicants must be NMC RN1 or HCPC Paramedic registered. We cannot accept an NMC PRN Pin as it does not meet the role's essential criteria.

This advert is open to internal and external applicants.

Internal paramedic applicants may work 100% as an EOC Senior Clinical Advisor or choose a rotational role of five weeks in their A&E operational role followed by five weeks in EOC. Your preference will be requested during the application process. This vacancy is for the Wakefield and York call centres only; Remote Hub vacancies will be advertised separately when available.

Training: You will begin on a training contract and move to a permanent contract after successfully completing training. Homeworking is not available.

Opportunities are available to work Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 22:00, alongside the usual 24/7 rota. If interested in the Monday-to-Friday option, this can be discussed if you are successful through the process.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Advisoris responsible forthe assessment of health and clinical needs,utilisingevidence-based practice, professional clinical judgement, supported by decision support software, to achieveappropriate safeclinical outcomes for our patients.

This requires generalist and specialist skills as a healthcareprofessional to assess and deliver care to patients.

Applicants should have experience in emergency care, assessment of high acuity symptoms, a broad knowledge ofconditionsand an understanding of red flag symptoms and consequence.

As a Senior Clinical Advisor, you will need to be able todemonstratethe following key skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Work with a variety of clinical specialists to ensure safe clinical processes for patients

• The ability to make quick safe clinical decisions under pressure and the ability to assess andidentifyred flag symptoms and conditions

• Undertake referrals to internal and external clinicians

You will providea medicalassessment, medication advice, healthinformationand implement care packages to a range of individuals, liaising with other agencies and healthcare providers, as necessary.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically coversnearly6,000square milesof varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas,coastlineand inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week,emergencyand healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (roledependant)

• 27 daysannual leave, increasing to 33 with service.

• Contributory Pension.

• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.

• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.

• Dedicated employeeassistanceand counsellingservice.

• Opportunities for research participation, careerprogressionand ongoing development.

• Well respected,committedand supported staff networks for our workforce.