Job summary
This is a new, exciting opportunity to join a friendly, forward thinking practice located in Driffield, East Yorkshire.
We wish to introduce paramedics to our practice team to continue our multi-disciplinary mix of clinical staff so that we can provide the most holistic care to our patient list of approximately 15,000 patients.
The successful candidate will be someone who is already a fully functioning paramedic but looking for a more autonomous role.
We are looking for someone who is motivated, flexible and be a good team player.
Although we are primarily looking for a full time member of staff, we will consider part time working for the right candidate.
Primary care experience is desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
The skills, experience, knowledge and qualities we are seeking are documented in full on the job description and person specification but include:
Working autonomously in a practitioner role
Prescribing qualification or commitment to working towards prescribing qualification.
Management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries and chronic disease management
Clinical leadership skills
Communication skills, both written and verbal
Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
Negotiation and conflict management skills
Change management
Mentorship in a clinical setting
Advanced clinical practice skills
Management of patients with long term conditions
Management of patients with complex needs
Clinical examination skills
Reliable and punctual
Self-motivated and willingness to develop within role
Flexible, caring and empathetic
About us
We care for approximately15,000 patients at our spacious purpose-built premises in Driffield and our branch surgery, in the popular village of Nafferton, with dispensaries at Driffield. We dispense to around half of our practice population.
Our values are those of giving high quality care using a diversity of staff roles in a supportive, friendly environment. We encourage opportunities for career progression and, as an experienced teaching practice, we promote continued development, through in-house learning events, peer support and mentoring.
We meet challenges in General Practice by working as a team, where every member is valued, and innovative ideas welcomed.
We are a partnership of 3 GPs, supported by salaried GPs, ANPs, Nurses, a prescribing Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, HCAs and Care Coordinators. We have additional onsite practitioners for mental health, social care and we are developing similar roles. Our town benefits from a community hospital where physio and wound care is delivered by members of the wider community teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details:
The post holder will
- provide a first point of contact care for
patients presenting with at the start of appointment differentiated problems
moving to undifferentiated problems following completion of relevant history
and examination courses plus gaining experiences
- undertake telephone, online, face to face consultations
and home visits for routine or urgent problems, as determined by the practice
- use history-taking, physical examination and
clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management
plan in the partnership with the patient.
- participate in preventative and treatment
health care services, including management of patients with long term
conditions, as agreed by the mentoring GP.
- initiate and
interpretation of tests and investigations as appropriate
- collaborate with
other members of the primary health care team, accepting referrals and
referring to them for specialist care
- record accurate
data in the patient records to an agreed standard
- ensure a high
standard of clinical practice is maintained, based on current best practice,
embarking upon further training if required and continuing to update clinical
knowledge
- prescribe, issue and review
medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE
(national) and local clinical guidelines and local carepathways. This will be
done in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice
protocols, and within scope of practice
-
adhere
to infection control guidelines within the practice and ensure the highest
standards of care are provided for the patients.
-
provide
clinical leadership within the practice.
-
engage
with annual appraisal and personal development
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details:
The post holder will
- provide a first point of contact care for
patients presenting with at the start of appointment differentiated problems
moving to undifferentiated problems following completion of relevant history
and examination courses plus gaining experiences
- undertake telephone, online, face to face consultations
and home visits for routine or urgent problems, as determined by the practice
- use history-taking, physical examination and
clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management
plan in the partnership with the patient.
- participate in preventative and treatment
health care services, including management of patients with long term
conditions, as agreed by the mentoring GP.
- initiate and
interpretation of tests and investigations as appropriate
- collaborate with
other members of the primary health care team, accepting referrals and
referring to them for specialist care
- record accurate
data in the patient records to an agreed standard
- ensure a high
standard of clinical practice is maintained, based on current best practice,
embarking upon further training if required and continuing to update clinical
knowledge
- prescribe, issue and review
medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE
(national) and local clinical guidelines and local carepathways. This will be
done in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice
protocols, and within scope of practice
-
adhere
to infection control guidelines within the practice and ensure the highest
standards of care are provided for the patients.
-
provide
clinical leadership within the practice.
-
engage
with annual appraisal and personal development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see attached person specification for full details.
- BSc in a training programme approved by the royal college of paramedics
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice
- Non medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- MSc in a training programme approved by royal college of paramedics.
- Evidence of verification against primary care roadmap.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see attached person specification for full details.
- BSc in a training programme approved by the royal college of paramedics
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice
- Non medical prescribing qualification
Desirable
- MSc in a training programme approved by royal college of paramedics.
- Evidence of verification against primary care roadmap.
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).
Additional information
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).
