Paramedic

Job responsibilities

The Paramedic will work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary clinical team, to provide service to patients. They will work as an autonomous, accountable practitioner, in the provision of a holistic model of care. The paramedic will assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients who attend the practice with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions.

Support the delivery of home visits to housebound patients and care home patients.

The post holder must own vehicle for home visits with expenses remunerated in overall financial package.

• Diagnose and manage both acute conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• 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.
• Evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and / or referral, including admission to hospital if required.
• Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway and to refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.Professional and administrative responsibilities
• Maintain their competence and knowledge through continued personal development and adhere to all national policies regarding treatment.Enhance own performance and skills with Continued Professional Development which will be supported by the practice.
• Communicate effectively at all levels within the practice, ensuring an effective service is delivered.

• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.

  Work within local policies and procedures.

  Take part in clinical supervision, annual appraisal and personal development.

  Attend and contribute to practice meetings as required.

  This could be a developing role if the post holder does not have all of the skills required. In these circumstances support and training will be provided.

  GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  Confidentiality

  You shall comply with the General Data Protection Regulations when processing personal data for patients and staff.

  You must be aware of the Caldicott Principles as they affect your work. You can address any questions in relation to this to your line manager.

  Any data breaches should be reported immediately to the Data Protection Officer.

  Health and Safety

  All employees have a statutory duty of care for the safety of themselves and others. Employees are required to report any hazards as soon as they are identified.

  All staff must contribute to the management of risk. This requires them to assess the risk in all situations, take of appropriate actions to mitigate any risks identified and report all hazards, incidents and near misses.

  All building occupied by staff are non-smoking environments.

  Safeguarding

  Safeguarding is integral to the role of every employee. As such, it is the employees responsibility to ensure that they undertake safeguarding training at the relevant level, at the required intervals. The local safeguarding policy and procedure must be read and complied with.

  Flexibility Statement

  The content of this Job Description represents an outline of the post only and is therefore not a precise catalogue of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to be flexible and subject to amendment in the light of changing circumstances and following consultation with the post holder.

Qualifications

Essential

• We are looking for:
• - Hold a BSc in a training programme approved by the College of Paramedics.
• - Degree or Diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent.
• - Registered Paramedic Qualification (HCPC)
• - Minimum band 6 or above
• - Full UK Driving licence
• - Hold or working towards a non-medical prescribing qualification.

Desirable

• - Registered Paramedic Qualification (HCPC)
• - Substantial autonomous practice experience
• - Experience using PGDs/non-medical prescriber
• - Hold or working towards a non-medical prescribing qualification.
• - Has completed their two year consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic.

Experience

Essential

• - Experience in managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.
• - Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision.
• - Exercise a critical understanding of personal scope of practice and to identify when a patient needs referring on.
• - Through patient assessment and working in partnership with patients and their carers, make decisions about the best pathways of care, informed by the urgency and severity of patient need, patient acuity and dependency, and the most appropriate deployment of resources.
• - Manage risk in unpredictable, uncertain situations to uphold patient safety, including by referring on to other primary care team members and to specialist services.
• - Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies / procedures and codes of conduct.
• - Involves patients in decision making and supporting adherence as per NICE guidance.
• - Able to write comprehensive clinical notes and use clinical coding.
• - - Basic IT skills in word processing and e-mail

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care
• Experience working in a GP practice
• Experience treating Minor Illnesses

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).