Paramedic Practitioner / Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments, including history taking, physical examinations, and diagnostic reasoning.

Diagnose and manage a wide range of acute and chronic conditions in line with clinical guidelines.

Participate in a fair share rota to triage and manage all incoming Anima online appointment requests. This includes assessing clinical urgency, managing cases remotely where appropriate, and allocating face-to-face or telephone appointments to yourself or other clinicians.

Run your own clinics on non-triage days, comprising both face-to-face and telephone appointments.

Work in collaboration with the partners and management teams to streamline triage processes, ensuring timely and efficient patient care

Provide direct and/or indirect patient care oriented toward improving or maintaining health and preventing illness

Perform physical examinations and or preventive health measures to assess and evaluate patient's clinical problems and health care needs

Refer patient to other available services to meet needs where appropriate

Undertake triage and face to face clinics in partnership with and supervised by a GP

Communicate with others regarding patient's status and progress to provide education, guidance, case management and follow-up

Undertake home visits, in accordance with practice protocols

Undertake daily minor illness and injury clinics and promote primary and secondary prevention with the support of the GPs and other clinicians

Accurate and timely input of patient data onto the clinical system

Support and contribute when applicable to the development of practice clinical procedures and protocols

Carry out clinical audit as appropriate

Liaise with other health care professionals when required

Act in a way that protects the confidentiality of patients and maintains the integrity of the patient and practice relationship

Take an active role and contribute to practice meetings when applicable

Deal with medical emergencies at the surgery

Attend all mandatory training sessions or arrange alternatives

Work safely at all times in accordance with legislative requirements and practice policy and procedures

Perform any other tasks within the skills of the post holder

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• IT - good computer literacy
• Good telephone manner, clear speech
• Good record keeping
• Communication and listening skills
• Ability to work in a multi- professional team
• Ability to work under pressure manage demanding workload when necessary
• Aware of needs of patients, relatives and carers
• Adhere to confidentiality requirements
• Ability to cope with patients under extreme stress from both social and clinical circumstances
• Ability to handle change and unexpected urgent requirements
• Skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable
• effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Paramedic or Nurse
• Current registration with NMC or the Health and Care Professions Council
• Excellent clinical skills evidenced through Continuous Professional Development.
• Recognised educational qualification
• Current Hepatitis B immunity certificate

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Experience within medical, surgical, A+E, paediatrics or mental health
• Current resuscitation certificate
• Current child protection training

Experience

Essential

• Primary care setting
• Primary care home visiting
• Triage - telephone and Digital
• Face to face consultation
• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the PP role
• Experience in management long term conditions e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD
• Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexible, caring and empathetic
• Self motivated
• Professional approach
• Presentable appearance
• Reliable punctual and committed to work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).