This is Ayesha.
Now picture her
self-harming.
It’s a tough job, but you’re the nurse or paramedic to do it.
It’s what you have to be able to do here at Yorkshire Ambulance Service to really help our patients. You have to be able, from the other end of the phone, to visualise the situations our patients are in. Listening to what they tell us, concentrating and imagining what they’re going through, it stretches all your clinical assessment skills to get them the right care and quickly.
One phone call to you can make all the difference. The rewards are knowing that you got your patient the best help for them at that time.
Senior Clinical Advisors
It says a lot about you that you’re here
Just the fact that you made it to our website tells us you care. That’s brilliant. Maybe it’s because you want to broaden your clinical knowledge, develop new transferable skills, re-energise your career or move into Telehealth.
It says that, as a senior clinical advisor for NHS 111 (Integrated Urgent Care) or Emergency Operations Centre (999), you want to take on the responsibility for assessing urgent and emergency care needs. It says that you want to train to use our specialist triage software to support clinical decisions and use your professional clinical judgment. And it says that you’re ready to put your generalist and specialist skills to use to get patients the most appropriate care.
You can be confident that you’re going to find what you’re looking for here. The chance to make a real difference to patients’ lives as you deal with conditions you may never have even come across. Training for new situations with ongoing support. Offering health information and self-care advice so that some patients feel confident to remain at home.
And adding real strength to the service to take the NHS into the future.
Meet our Clinicians
Find out why our people love working as senior clinical advisors and just what it’s like to work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS).
Emma, Senior Clinical Advisor and Paramedic in the Emergency Operations Centre
Dawn, Senior Clinical Advisor in NHS 111
What’s unique about Telehealth
Michela Littlewood (Clinical and Quality Lead for NHS 111) tells us why she became a Telehealth Nurse and what’s involved in working in Telehealth in this podcast with the Royal College of Nursing.
Putting staff at the heart of everything we do
Christine Brereton, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, explains how Yorkshire Ambulance Service puts staff at the heart of everything we do and why you should consider us for the next step in your career.
Nurses and Paramedics as Senior Clinical Advisors
Further information
Locations
There are:
- two NHS 111 (Integrated Urgent Care) Call Centres in Wakefield and Rotherham
- two Emergency Operations Centres (999) in Wakefield and York
Springhill,
Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate,
Brindley Way,
Wakefield
WF2 0XQ
Wakefield
NHS 111 (Integrated Urgent Care) and Emergency Operations Centre (999)
Situated 1 mile from the M1/M62 interchange and 2 miles from the centre of Wakefield and linked by a dual carriageway.
Free car parking is available.
There is a local rail station within walking distance with links to Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and Doncaster.
The area is well served by public transport with connections to and from Wakefield.
Callflex,
Unit 4,
Doncaster Road,
Wath-on-Dearne,
Rotherham
S63 7EF
Rotherham
NHS 111 (Integrated Urgent Care)
Situated 8 miles from the M1 Junction 36 linked by dual carriageways.
Free secure car parking is available.
There is a local rail station with links to Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and Doncaster.
The area is well served by public transport with connections to Rotherham and Barnsley.
Fairfields,
Shipton Road,
Skelton,
York YO30 1XW
York
Emergency Operations Centre (999)
Situated 3.3 miles from York on the main A19 carriageway and on a busy bus route.
Free car parking is available.
Reward and Benefits
We offer an attractive pay and benefits package, including:
- Band 6 (Agenda for Change) £30,401 rising to £37,267 after 8+ years
- Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
- Unsocial hours’ payments under Section 2 of the NHS Terms and Conditions
Enhancement
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
Period
All time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any weekday after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sunday and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
NHS Terms and Conditions, including:
- Substantial annual leave allowance
- Generous parental, maternity and adoption leave
- Support to maintain NMC revalidation and HCPC re-accreditation
- Free car parking
- Salary sacrifice schemes – car scheme and cycle to work
- Retail discounts
Working Rotas
- NHS 111 (Integrated Urgent Care) offer a variety of rota patterns between 37.5 and 15 hours per week. We are primarily an out-of-hours service and all of our rota patterns (excluding weekend-only) have a requirement to work six out of eight public holidays and six out of eight weekend days.
- Emergency Operations Centre (999) Clinical Hub offer full (37.5 hours per week) and part-time contracts with a 12 hour core rota.
- Rotas are issued on a four-week rolling basis, so you’ll know which days you have off to plan events and appointments.
Health and Wellbeing
We’re committed to supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees. We offer free occupational health and wellbeing support including post-incident care and peer support network.
Career Paths
The role of a senior clinical advisor at YAS can be a gateway to gaining additional clinical skills and responsibilities as well as other opportunities, such as clinical rotational roles outside the call centre, clinical team leader, clinical operational service manager, supporting clinical audit and developing skills in clinical governance.
The Recruitment Process
It’s important that you’re right for the role, but equally that we’re right for you. When we meet, we’ll answer any questions you may have. You’ll complete a short work-based exercise plus a structured, but informal interview. And we’ll ask you to tell us about times when you’ve demonstrated the competencies important to succeed here.
How to Apply
If you put patient care at the heart of everything you do, click below. If you want to learn more or would like to come in and meet us, contact our friendly recruitment team: call Jayne or Alex on 01924 584253 or email jayne.bradbrook@nhs.net or alexander.pugh@nhs.net
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Yorkshire Ambulance Service covers almost 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. It employs over 5,800 staff and provides 24-hour emergency and healthcare services to a population of more than five million. Over 1,100 volunteers also make a vital contribution to the service.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is the region’s provider of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency patient transport services.
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