EOC Clinical Advisor (Validator)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 18.75
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a Clinical Advisor (Validator) in the Emergency Operations Centres, intercepting lower acuity and clinically appropriate 999 calls. The main goal is to provide advice, arrange safe care pathways, and reduce 999 ambulance demand and A&E admissions. The successful candidate will be an integral part of developing a multi-disciplinary approach to 999 call interception and non-emergency triage. Applicants must be registered Paramedics or Nurses with adult nursing qualifications.
Essential criteria
- Experience of A & E, Medical or Primary Care setting
- Previous experience of making autonomous clinical decisions.
Desirable criteria
- Present or significant post-registration experience in a clinical environment.
- Previous experience of face-to-face or telephone triage.
- Personal Qualities, Abilities and Attributes
- Empathic, respectful, and caring approach to others, taking into account dignity, equality and diversity.
- Willing to be flexible and available to work at short notice.
- Motivated towards further professional development, innovation and change.
- High level of IT and telephony dexterity, effective keyboard skills.
- Flexible approach to work function/patterns.
- Skills & Knowledge
- Communicate highly complex, sensitive information requiring empathy, reassurance; barriers to understanding.
- Able to make clinical judgements from information, evaluate alternative courses of action.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to utilise critical analysis skills demonstrating knowledge of differential diagnosis during assessment.
- Ability to remain calm while working under pressure often in emotionally stressful and confrontational situations.
- Provide support and guidance to non-clinically qualified colleagues.
- A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Nursing or Paramedic Science.
- Nurse with current registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council or Paramedic registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (or superseding body).
- Experienced HCPC Registered Paramedic who has completed the NQP pathway, OR NMC Registered Nurse post Pre-Hospital Practitioner pathway.
- Experience of A & E, Medical or Primary Care setting
- Previous experience of making autonomous clinical decisions.
- Present or significant post-registration experience in a clinical environment.
- Previous experience of face-to-face or telephone triage.
- Personal Qualities, Abilities and Attributes
- Empathic, respectful, and caring approach to others, taking into account dignity, equality and diversity.
- Willing to be flexible and available to work at short notice.
- Motivated towards further professional development, innovation and change.
- High level of IT and telephony dexterity, effective keyboard skills.
- Flexible approach to work function/patterns.
- Skills & Knowledge
- Communicate highly complex, sensitive information requiring empathy, reassurance; barriers to understanding.
- Able to make clinical judgements from information, evaluate alternative courses of action.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to utilise critical analysis skills demonstrating knowledge of differential diagnosis during assessment.
- Ability to remain calm while working under pressure often in emotionally stressful and confrontational situations.
- Provide support and guidance to non-clinically qualified colleagues.
- A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Nursing or Paramedic Science.
- Nurse with current registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council or Paramedic registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (or superseding body).
- Experienced HCPC Registered Paramedic who has completed the NQP pathway, OR NMC Registered Nurse post Pre-Hospital Practitioner pathway.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East of England Ambulance Service
EOC Clinical Advisor (Validator)
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
The Trust is looking for Clinical Advisor EOC (Validators) to work in the Clinical Assessment Service in the Emergency Operations Centres in Bedford, Chelmsford or Norwich as and when vacancies become available.
We are looking for Paramedics and Nurses (Nurses must have adult nursing qualifications).
We are looking for full or part time permanent staff ideally to work on our core Rotas. We require a minimum of 18.75hrs per week.
There is an initial training period of approximately 3 weeks, which must be completed on a full-time basis.
Clinicians must be able to work at either our Norwich, Bedford or Chelmsford Control Rooms. We cannot currently support agile or remote working for this role.
Candidates who have applied within the last six months and were not successful should not reapply for this position.
Main duties of the job
This role intercepts lower acuity and clinically appropriate 999 calls, providing advice and arrange for safe and appropriate care pathways for these patients. The over-riding aim is to appropriately and safely reduce 999 ambulance demand and A&E admissions. The candidate will be an integral part of the evolution and establishment of a Regional CAS that will develop a multi-disciplinary approach to 999 call interce
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