Community Triage Clinician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a Band 5 Community Triage Clinician role based in Wymondham, South Norfolk. The post involves triaging referrals to the south locality nursing hub for 80% of the time, with the remaining 20% assisting with community patients. The ideal candidate will have good IT knowledge, excellent communication skills, and problem-solving abilities. This is a fixed-term, part-time position for 12 months.
Key responsibilities
- Process referrals by evaluating information and allocating to the appropriate service with necessary priority.
- Document triage notes completely for patient records and audit purposes.
- Use information technology to process referrals for the triaging role.
- Liaise and communicate with the general public, other healthcare professionals, and multi-agencies daily.
- Assess, prescribe, and deliver care packages for patients with long-term conditions, palliative care, and rehabilitation needs.
- Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions.
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration Adult
- Enthusiastic and able to work under pressure
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults
- Self awareness
- Evidence of relevant experience and development
- Support other staff
- Must hold full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly motivated
- Able to provide high standards of care
- Tact & Diplomacy
- Empathy & sensitivity
- Ability to use own initiative
- Good observational & reporting skills
- Ability to manage stressful situations
- Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
- Good time management skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- A team player
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/ service needs
- Good IT and keyboard skills
- Experience in of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies and delivering care plans to meet their needs
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses, including: Palliative Care, Long term conditions, Diabetes management
- Palliative Care
- Long term conditions
- Diabetes management
- Experience in working within a community setting.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Community Triage Clinician
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
We are recruiting a Band 5 Community Triage Clinician post in the South Locality Hub and offer this to clinical staff with good IT knowledge and skills, that are keen to work in a busy and friendly single point in Wymondham.
Ideally you will have community or primary care nursing experience although there will be training and support offered. Up to 20% of your time will be practically assisting with community patients in areas of your competence when need occurs, the remaining 80% of your time will be working alongside other triage clinicians being responsible for the smooth triaging of referrals to the south locality nursing hub.
You will need to display excellent communication skills, problem solving and documentation with attention to detail and the ability to manage challenging and changing situations.
Wymondham is a market town in South Norfolk situated within walking distance of the main line railway station and just off the A11. The city of Norwich is just a 15 minute drive away.
Main duties of the job
Key Areas of Responsibility
- To process referrals by evaluating the information received and allocating to the appropriate service indicating the priority response necessary.
- To document triage notes in order that th
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