Paramedic Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Rural Rother Primary Care Network

Job description & person specification for Paramedic Practitioner

Job Title

Paramedic Practitioner

Line Manager

Clinical Operations lead

Accountable to

Clinical Operations lead, Business Manager and Clinical Directors

Salary

dependent on experience

Hours per week

1 WTE equivalents, 37.5 hours per week or part time job share would be considered.

Job Summary

Support of Vulnerable patients within our care homes and their own homes.

You will be at the heart of our primary care network program to support vulnerable patients. Proactively working with practices, other voluntary agencies and our care coordinators to identify and care for vulnerable patients in care homes and the local community. Such as those who have complex medical issues, palliative care patients, those who have Learning disabilities, Autism , Serious mental health illness and those who struggle to access medical services directly from a GP practice and would benefit from support around managing their ongoing care. You will visit patients in care homes, review and assess their health and well-being needs, design and agree with the patients a personalised care plan. Then work with patients, their families, carers and the wider Multi-disciplinary team within community and secondary care to ensure that they can live the best possibly life within the boundaries of their medical limitations.

Primary Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Clinical operation lead. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Supporting and caring for patients in the community

Assess, create or update personalised care plans for vulnerable patients living out local primary care network area of Rye, Camber, Winchelsea Sedlescombe, Westfield Northiam, Broad oak Robertsbridge and Burwash

Triage and manage acute and non- complex medical needs of patients who are housebound, palliative care and vulnerable, within your scope of practice and knowledge. Where other clinical support is needed refer to GP or seek appropriate support of other community basis services.

In conjunction with our Advanced Nurse Practitioners, work with other local service providers such as GP surgeries, community services, secondary care and voluntary sector to ensure that there good communication between the multi-disciplinary services.

Manage patients presenting with a range of chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice or support patients to access care for these issues

Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients

Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions with the aim of preventing and managing the adverse effects these disease may have on the patients health

Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with evidence based evidence, NICE and the NSF

Support the undertaking of simple diagnostic procedures such:-

Undertaking of ECGs and blood pressure monitoring

Undertaking observations including monitoring for sepsis

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens

Request pathology services as necessary

Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with NHS guidelines for good practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Paramedic Practitioner
• Post graduate diploma or degree Advanced Practice Qualification or willingness to undertake training
• Experience of working in a primary care /Urgent Care/A&E
• Experience of working as a GP practice or relevant similar experience
• Experience of carrying out through medical assessment of patients and creating treatment plan of their needs
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews or similar relevant experience.

Desirable

• Qualified Prescriber- if not qualified there would be an expectation that this is part of your role development
• Qualified Triage assessment practitioner or other relevant experience
• Minor Illness Qualification- or willingness to undertake training
• Mentoring and supervision training undertaken

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

Rural Rother PCN

Address

Unit 6 Watch Oak Business Centre

Chain Lane

Battle

East Sussex

TN33 0GB

Employer's website

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