Paramedic Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either in the Practice or patients homes.

To support the on the day emergency and urgent patient service in the Practice.

To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.

To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.

To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted.

To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.

To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.

To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice.

To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events.

To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention.

To provide clinical advice to other members of the team where appropriate.

Communication

To liaise and interact with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services and secondary care providers according to patient needs and appropriate care pathways.

To be competent on the telephone, able to get clinical history and effectively triage patients via the telephone and online consultations.

To maintain communication with all healthcare professionals and outside agencies to ensure seamless, patient-centred service provision.

To ensure effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of care and wherever possible avoid unnecessary hospital admission.

To take an active role in maintaining expert communication with all patients, carers and relatives which meets their individual needs.

To deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily on a local level.

To communicate effectively in demanding and challenging situations, where there may also be hostility.

To assist in maintaining accurate data collection.

Professional

To input to and extract information from the Practice Emis clinical IT system and other clinical software used for patient care.

To work collaboratively with other members of the health care team such as the District Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in Care Homes, Ambulance Service, Secondary Care etc.

To ensure that the wellbeing of patients and staff is maintained in accordance with Practice policies.

To undertake clinical audits in line with the organisations clinical audit plan, and to participate as required in equipment testing and other research.

To contribute to the analysis of information to inform future development of the service.

To participate and contribute to clinical meetings

To identify risks to service provision, and highlight them to the Clinical Lead.

To work within the requirements of Data Protection legislation as it applies to patient records.

To maintain current professional registration.

To act at all times in such a manner as to promote confidence and public trust and to uphold the reputation of Newtons Practice and their own profession.

Organisational

To operate as an effective member of the Practice team

To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events, child protection issues or other notifiable matters.

To provide information to inform the evaluation and efficiency of the role and for performance management purposes as requested.

To engage in self appraisal and utilise reflective practice to enhance and develop personal and organisational practice.

To assist in marketing and promoting the role and organisation within the health community both locally and nationally.

Managerial

To ensure effective time management and prioritisation of workload.

To ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any allocated equipment and goods.

To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to- date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the appropriate clinical manager.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Person Specification
• The appointed candidate will:
• Be a qualified Paramedic or Paramedic Practitioner
• Have a valid HCPC registration;
• Have superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in autonomous clinical roles.
• Excellent team collaboration and communication.
• Competence in using electronic patient record systems.
• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS and reference checks

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or degree in primary care
• Minor Injuries and/or Illness diploma or course
• Chronic Disease management diploma or course
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

• Professional, empathetic, and proactive
• Able to work independently and collaboratively
• Demonstrates initiative and adaptability
• Role model within the team
• Full UK driving licence with business insurance
• Ability to undertake home visits
• Comfortable managing sensitive and challenging situations (eg safeguarding, bereavement)

Desirable

• Confident and efficient using Microsoft Office and IT based patient clinical systems - EMIS is preferable
• Experience in an urgent care or primary care setting is desirable

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Newtons Practice

Address

Heath Road

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH16 3BB

Employer's website

https://www.newtonspractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)