Clinical Coordinator GP - Maternity Cover

• Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to building strong relationships and links with the clinical and operational colleagues on shift, across Severnside IUC teams. • Close liaison with the operational Shift Manager as part of joined up clinical and operational leadership on shift • Discuss options, share decision making, and negotiate with healthcare professional colleagues to meet patients needs • Provide clinical advice and support to clinicians, which may include (but is not limited to) prescribing support, risk holding, managing uncertainty, complexity and live safeguarding concerns, and appropriate referral pathways • Assessment and management of patients referred into the System CAS service • Assessment and management of patients referred to the CMDU service • Flexibility to provide clinical cover to the Weekday Professional line and Frailty-ACE teams if there is a staffing or workload challenge. • Proactive approach to supporting the management of urgent care needs in the community wherever possible, including (but not limited to) promoting referrals to the F-ACE team and NHS@Home (virtual wards) • Provide advice and support to the operational SevernSide Shift Manager where needed, in conjunction with the operational and clinical support structures • Review cases put through for appointments or home visits by triaging clinicians in out of hours prior to booking • Support new clinicians working their first shift(s) in the IUC service or System CAS, or colleagues joining for a taster session with a view to working with us, when required • Clinical Coordinators are encouraged to supervise GP trainees, and training is available to become an approved Clinical Supervisor • Proactive approach to engaging with and supporting service change and improvement, supported by the leadership team. This may include clinical oversight/ input to other cohorts of patients with urgent care needs in the community, including people being cared for by NHS@Home. Job description Job responsibilities • Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to building strong relationships and links with the clinical and operational colleagues on shift, across Severnside IUC teams. • Close liaison with the operational Shift Manager as part of joined up clinical and operational leadership on shift • Discuss options, share decision making, and negotiate with healthcare professional colleagues to meet patients needs • Provide clinical advice and support to clinicians, which may include (but is not limited to) prescribing support, risk holding, managing uncertainty, complexity and live safeguarding concerns, and appropriate referral pathways • Assessment and management of patients referred into the System CAS service • Assessment and management of patients referred to the CMDU service • Flexibility to provide clinical cover to the Weekday Professional line and Frailty-ACE teams if there is a staffing or workload challenge. • Proactive approach to supporting the management of urgent care needs in the community wherever possible, including (but not limited to) promoting referrals to the F-ACE team and NHS@Home (virtual wards) • Provide advice and support to the operational SevernSide Shift Manager where needed, in conjunction with the operational and clinical support structures • Review cases put through for appointments or home visits by triaging clinicians in out of hours prior to booking • Support new clinicians working their first shift(s) in the IUC service or System CAS, or colleagues joining for a taster session with a view to working with us, when required • Clinical Coordinators are encouraged to supervise GP trainees, and training is available to become an approved Clinical Supervisor • Proactive approach to engaging with and supporting service change and improvement, supported by the leadership team. This may include clinical oversight/ input to other cohorts of patients with urgent care needs in the community, including people being cared for by NHS@Home.