Paramedic Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role

As a Primary Care Paramedic Practitioner, you will play a vital role in delivering acute care within the surgery and for our housebound patients in the community. At times it may require assessing the non-housebound who are unable to get to the surgery for reasons of new medical need. Working autonomously but with full clinical support, you will manage patients presenting with a wide range of minor illness and injury, as well as long-term conditions where appropriate. You will assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients who attend the surgery. The priority need is to support our home visiting requirements, frailty assessments, advanced care planning discussions (if suitable RESPECT planning) but the post holder can also hold their own clinics which would include a mix of telephone and face to face appointments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patients
• Manage same-day appointments, and home visits
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals
• Support the management of long-term conditions, frailty, advanced care and RESPECT planning
• Promote health education and prevention
• To treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice
• To signpost appropriately to other services
• To liaise with Supervising GP on a daily basis
• Assist in maintaining accurate data collection
• Effectively manage own time and workload
• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice

What were looking for

• Forward thinking, proactive and committed Paramedic Practitioner with Primary Care experience
• Registered Paramedic with the HCPC
• Independent prescriber or willingness to work towards it (desirable)
• Excellent clinical, communication, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Confident and efficient using Microsoft Office and IT based patient clinical systems EMIS is preferable
• Current DBS check
• Occupation Health Clearance
• Knowledge of Adult and Child Safeguarding procedures and referral pathways
• 18 hours a week

What We Offer

• Supportive and inclusive working environment
• Regular GP led clinical supervision
• NHS pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunities for career development in a progressive practice and PCN

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Experience within in Primary Care

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered paramedic with the HCPC

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

Trinity Medical Centre

Address

1 Goldstone Villas

Hove

East Sussex

BN3 3AT

Employer's website

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