Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice, means that your career with us will be rewarding. Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Priority consideration will be given to Bromley Healthcare staff formally identified as being at risk.

Please note that for positions that require you to drive as part of your job role we will be asking for evidence of business insurance. 

Job overview

Senior Clinical Assessor (Nursing)

£37,152 - £43,994 per annum incl HCAS

Exciting opportunity for experienced nurse to be part of a the Single Point of Access team that is at the centre of the model of hospital discharges into community care in Bromley. 

Bromley Healthcare is part of the single point of clinical access this is currently within its Care Coordination Centre. Core to this operation is a team of Clinical Assessors made up of both nurses and therapists, who  triage all referrals coming into the organisation and then direct to the most appropriate clinician, using the organisations resource as efficiently as possible with the aim of enabling as many people as possible to be cared for within their own homes.

This role would suit an experienced clinician with a strong knowledge of community services who is passionate about patient care.

Main duties of the job

Act as the point of clinical contact for all referrals to Bromley Healthcare. This will include the triage and prioritisation of referrals as well as the provision of specialist advice to both referrers and internal clinicians within Bromley Healthcare (BHC).

Be responsible for managing referrals into the appropriate clinical team, 
demonstrating sound clinical decision making and the use of EMIS and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems and processes to provide clear evidence of effective management. Working with the CCC and service leads to effectively co-ordinate staff to provide the most effective patient care.

Manage the safe transfer of care between care providers and make appropriate referrals to other care providers outside of Bromley Healthcare

Make consistent judgements requiring complex fact analysis, interpretation and comparison of options and ensure clinical reasoning is reflected accurately in case records.

Balance clinical risk and clinical decision making against context, ensuring patients receive safe, effective and timely care.

Whilst utilising your nursing professional expertise and clinical skills, you will enhance the experience of all appropriate patients under our care to access and use the facilities/services available in the community

Working for our organisation

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. 

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the attached job description and person specification for full details including duties & responsibilities required for this job role.