Overview
The single point of access (called the Community Care Coordination Team) receives referrals from primary and secondary care, community health and social care professionals, ambulance service, NHS111 and care homes for patients who need clinical interventions to support admission avoidance or discharge home from hospital. The admission avoidance pathways include those which are an alternative to the emergency department to enable patients to be seen at home, or in the right place, at the right time, and prevent unnecessary conveyance or admission to hospital.
Role Description
This post is for a registered clinician to work within the single point of access to undertake robust clinical triage and act as a senior clinical decision maker, identifying the most appropriate clinical pathway for the patient to enable them to be seen in the right place, by the right professional and not be unnecessarily conveyed or admitted to hospital. This post is maternity leave cover for 18 hours per week until 10th December 2026.
Key Responsibilities
* Work in close partnership with the acute sector, social and community service colleagues.
* Apply in‑depth clinical knowledge and experience with high understanding of services and pathways to enable appropriate decision‑making and problem‑solving with referrers to address patients’ clinical needs.
* Manage clinical risk and coordinate referrals, and be accountable for appropriate utilisation of clinical capacity across the system.
* Liaise at senior level with relevant medical, nursing and therapy staffing to ensure the patient is safely accepted onto the most appropriate clinical pathway, responded to by the most appropriate clinician and receives timely assessment, interventions and diagnostics as required.
* May need to liaise with social services, voluntary sector, patients and their families as appropriate.
Benefits
* Learning and development opportunities to support career progression.
* Flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* Range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Diversity and Inclusion
* Committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
Vision & Mission
* Vision: to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Mission: to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Contact
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification. This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026.
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