CAS Clinical Navigator - Medway

Job overview

Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) Clinical Navigator

Full Time 37.5 hours per week.

Band 7 - £46,148 - £52,809+ NHS Agenda for Change Section 2

Are you an experienced and Registered Nurse or Paramedic looking for a different way to use your skills or are you looking for your first leadership role?

We are looking to recruit a CAS Clinical Navigator (CCN) within our IUC Contact Centre in Gillingham, Medway.

Main duties of the job

As a first line manager, the post holder will be a focal point for staff; providing advice, guidance, motivation, direction and leadership as well as managing rotas, sickness and welfare issues.

Additionally, the post holder will also be expected to fulfil the duties of a Clinical Advisor, and be responsible for Call Audit, clinical decision support use, performance management and clinical quality and governance issues relating to their teams.

CCN’s must provide clinical supervision for the NHS Pathways or Pathways Clinical Consultation Support (PaCCS) call triage system. The post holder must be fully licenced and qualified in or be willing to commit to, and successfully complete the full training and mentoring package for either system, and if trained in PaCCS must also complete the Call Handler Support Module.

Applicants must also have excellent communication skills that are adaptable to be able to influence and support direct line reports and form an integral part of the IUC team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The CAS Clinical Navigators are responsible for the oversight and management of safety and risk to our patients within our IUC Contact Centres.

A key part of the role is to maintain oversight of the Trust’s awaiting patients, with the capability of managing IUC clinical resources to provide clinical safety assurance and risk mitigation to our patient’s.

Please see attached Job Description for full duties and responsibilities.