Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

Paramedic

Salary TBA

Line Management Nursing Manager

MAIN ROLE AND PURPOSE OF THE POST

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.

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

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical responsibilities

Be accountable for decisions and actions via HCPC registration, supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice.

Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in accordance with your training and competency. Where appropriate refer patients to colleagues.

Seek advice from secondary care using the Cinapsis system where necessary.

Refer patient to external organisations in accordance with national and local guidance. Advice should be sought if they do not meet the criteria.

Collect health measurements and educate patients on leading a healthy lifestyle.

Communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and carers, sharing complex and sensitive information regarding diagnosis, pathology and prognosis.

Educate patients, promotion self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment.

Undertake home visits to patients who are acutely unwell to assess and diagnose their condition. Agree a treatment plan with input from other clinicians as appropriate.

Record all contacts in SystmOne in an accurate and timely manner, using appropriate clinical coding.

Prescribe appropriately in accordance with your competence and national and local guidelines.

Ensure that all Infection control guidelines are followed.

Carry out regular clinical audit.

To formally and informally impart knowledge and skills to colleagues promoting peer review and best practice within the work environment.

Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the highest standards

Professional and administrative responsibilities

Maintain their competence and knowledge through continued personal development and adhere to all national policies regarding treatment.

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.

All enquiries from the media must be referred to a Director.

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 of Carfax Health Enterprise CIC are non-smoking environments. No-one may smoke or vape in the building. Staff who smoke or vape outside the buildings should cover their uniform.

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.

Person Specification

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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a BSc in a training programme approved by the College of Paramedics.
• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Hold or working towards a non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Hold a full UK driving license.

Other skills

Essential

• Operate as a full member of the primary care team, including contributing to leadership, service evaluation/improvement and research activity.
• Manage and co-ordinate the care that individual patients receive, including through liaising with other members of the MDT and with patients carers.
• Contribute to the development of primary care teams, including through contributing to others learning.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build effective relationships with colleagues and patients.
• Able to co-ordinate and prioritise workloads.
• Strong leadership qualities.

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

CHE

Address

Sparcells Surgery

Midwinter Close

Peatmoor

Swindon

SN5 5AN

Employer's website

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