Job summary
Mayflower Medical Group is looking to recruit an PCN Paramedic Practitioner to compliment the existing home visiting team.
Your role
You will focus on supporting the practices with managing
urgent and unscheduled care, predominantly to our housebound patients. Your
role will be to provide clinical assessment by remote (telephone or video) and
face-to-face consultation, to diagnose, treat, refer or signpost
patients / service users who present to the surgery with undifferentiated or
undiagnosed conditions. To use advanced clinical skills to provide education to
service users, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices
about their treatment. Alongside home visiting, you may also compliment the 'on
the day' service, providing care for patients / service users who attend the
surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to acute
illnesses or minor injuries.
The post holder must be a registered Paramedic with post
graduate qualifications relevant to the position. Experience in General
Practice and independent prescribing training would be an desirable but not essential. More important is a positive attitude and expertise in engaging
people; and the ability to work with a wide range of people to ensure all
patients receive the best possible care and service.
You will be engaged with the Roadmap to Practice pathway to
support your role as a First Contact Practitioner.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities:
Work with our GPs and other primary care professionals in
order to identify and manage a caseload of patients with specific needs,
flagging any concerns to the relevant GP and referring to other health
professionals as appropriate.
Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical
competence and a sound knowledge base.
Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social
services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
Provide clinical advice to Reception staff where required.
Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care,
delivered in a timely manner.
Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each and every
patient contact.
Work as an independent practitioner and as part of the
multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patients' needs
are met.
Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within
the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics
(COP)
About us
The Mayflower Medical Group has recently been acquired by the Fuller and Forbes Partnership who oversee GP Surgeries across the country. The Fuller & Forbes organisation has sites in Plymouth, Exeter, Barnstaple, Leeds, Burnley and Gateshead.
Our 5 Mayflower sites across Plymouth provide care to 35,000 patients, withpractices at Stirling Road, Mannamead, Trelawny, Mount Gould and Ernesettle. The surgery is made up of a diversified clinical team consisting of GP's, ANPs, ACPs, a nursing team, and a full PCN team with clinical supervision and mentorship by GPs to medical students.
The organisation is patient-driven and has used patient feedback in the past to develop innovative services such as a bespoke smart phone app, patient-centred practice websites, joint working with the third sector and a bespoke e-consultation service.
Our vision is to enable to patients to live longer healthier lives that are full, active and meaningful.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with our GPs and other primary care professionals in
order to identify and manage a caseload of patients with specific needs,
flagging any concerns to the relevant GP and referring to other health
professionals as appropriate.
Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical
competence and a sound knowledge base.
Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social
services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
Provide clinical advice to Reception staff where required.
Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care,
delivered in a timely manner.
Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each and every
patient contact.
Work as an independent practitioner and as part of the
multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patients needs
are met.
Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within
the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics
(COP)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with our GPs and other primary care professionals in
order to identify and manage a caseload of patients with specific needs,
flagging any concerns to the relevant GP and referring to other health
professionals as appropriate.
Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical
competence and a sound knowledge base.
Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social
services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
Provide clinical advice to Reception staff where required.
Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care,
delivered in a timely manner.
Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each and every
patient contact.
Work as an independent practitioner and as part of the
multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patients needs
are met.
Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within
the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council
(NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics
(COP)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of recent and commitment to ongoing continuing professional development.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to work within own limitations and refer to senior colleagues or GPs when appropriate.
- Flexible and adaptable to work environment.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Good timekeeping Professional appearance.
- Full driving licence or ability to travel independently for work purposes.
- Upbeat and proactive approach to work.
- Experience of working to protocols or guidelines.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise own workload, work under pressure and maintain high quality care.
- Knowledge of unscheduled care practice.
- Excellent clinical skills.
- Knowledge of clinical governance Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Knowledge of IT systems to include the ability to use word processing skills, emails and internet.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- Ability to build rapport and gain trust with patients.
Desirable
- Experience in a primary care setting.
- Willingness to undergo additional training, education and mentoring to develop and maintain clinical skills.
- Flexibility to work across different sites.
- Ability to undertake training during office and own hours.
- Experience of using GP clinical systems e.g. Systmone Knowledge and experience of undertaking audits
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post registration experience
- Current Paramedic registration on the HCPC register
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of recent and commitment to ongoing continuing professional development.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Ability to work within own limitations and refer to senior colleagues or GPs when appropriate.
- Flexible and adaptable to work environment.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Good timekeeping Professional appearance.
- Full driving licence or ability to travel independently for work purposes.
- Upbeat and proactive approach to work.
- Experience of working to protocols or guidelines.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise own workload, work under pressure and maintain high quality care.
- Knowledge of unscheduled care practice.
- Excellent clinical skills.
- Knowledge of clinical governance Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Knowledge of IT systems to include the ability to use word processing skills, emails and internet.
- An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices.
- Ability to build rapport and gain trust with patients.
Desirable
- Experience in a primary care setting.
- Willingness to undergo additional training, education and mentoring to develop and maintain clinical skills.
- Flexibility to work across different sites.
- Ability to undertake training during office and own hours.
- Experience of using GP clinical systems e.g. Systmone Knowledge and experience of undertaking audits
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post registration experience
- Current Paramedic registration on the HCPC register
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).
