FCP Paramedic - PCN

Job responsibilities

The post holder:

Must be able to clearly demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills at an advanced level

Will practice autonomously and within a defined multidisciplinary team in accordance with local guidelines and protocols

Provide initial history taking clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care

Demonstrate critical thinking in the decision-making process

Deliver a professional approach to the provision of high-quality care

Advanced Clinical Skills:

Making professionally autonomous decisions, for which you will be accountable

Clinically triage, assess, examine, diagnose, plan and evaluate treatment / interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis within their own home.

Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Develop with the patient an ongoing nursing care plan for health, with an emphasis on health education and preventative measure.

Independently prescribe and review medications within the practitioners competency and scope of practice for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patients needs and in accordance with evidence based practice

Perform advanced therapeutic interventions with a competency framework

Effectively lead and monitor the delivery of care to ensure the individual needs of individual and groups of patients are met.

Provide information to patients, relatives and carers regarding the treatment options assessments, investigations and follow up, acting as an expert resource for the care of patients with medical conditions.

Provide written communication in the form of care management plans ensuring high quality of care and appropriate resources to meet individual patient needs.

Promote and lead the development, implementation and review of the service standards

Have a supportive role in helping people to manage and live with their illness

Order necessary investigations, and providing treatment and care both individually, as part of a team, and through referral to other agencies

Promote evidence based clinical practice and be responsible for continuous performance improvement within the Networks service

Utilise clinical experience of working in an primary care environment and be competent in the associated skills required.

Having the authority to admit or refer patients to other health care providers as appropriate

Support practices by undertaking additional clinical support within the scope of the role. This maybe triaging of patients, QOF housebound reviews, LD review etc.

Management and Leadership:

Effectively lead and self-motivate in the provision of care and future service development

Develop the role to support advances in practice and competency to meet the needs of the patient group

Work collaboratively with other health care professionals including front door services to ensure effective patient flow to meet quality, safety and organisation agendas

Establish collaborative links and working relationships with all General Practitioners across the Network. CCGs and the wider multi-professional teams to achieve an integrated, co-ordinated, and comprehensive service for health conditions within the CLICK Network

Ensure smooth dissemination and exchange of information through effective communication with the CLICK Network

Ensure clinical governance encompasses quality improvement that focuses on the fundamentals of care

Manage complaints effectively as per practice policy

Work within relevant codes of conduct

Collaborate with colleagues to create a supportive, dynamic, smooth flowing working environment

Service Development:

Demonstrate a clear, up to date knowledge and understanding of national, and local objectives, priorities and demands, in particular the need to reduce length of stay in hospital and support proactive patient flow

Work with the Network to evaluate patients and carers experience of the service provision, make recommendations and implement actions to improve services

Liaise with clinical team to identify areas of change in practice and ensure these are achieved

Take a lead role in the development of the service in collaboration with appropriate members of the Network, external services and regional and national work streams

Demonstrate effective leadership through self-motivation within a changing environment

Develop protocols and competencies to reflect service development

Actively participate in the delivery of nurse led clinical interventions

Contribute to the on-going development of the service

Personal Development

Develop own professional practice through appraisal, and professional development plan, taking responsibility for own learning, reflection and PREP requirements

Participate in formal and informal teaching programmes to enhance the care of patients with medical conditions

Facilitate innovations in practice and explore new ways of working

Remain up to date with changing practice/research and maximize the use of all training, educational and IT facilities

Flexibility

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Supplementary Information

This job description should be read alongside the Supplementary Information provided on NHS Jobs for applicants and alongside the Employee Handbook for current staff members.

Qualifications

Essential

• |*Registered EC or Paramedic, or other relevant 1st Degree
• *Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
• *Active and relevant professional registration
• *Evidence of relevant CPD
• *Advanced Life Support Provider
• *Completed or prepared to undertake ARRS/HEE Roadmap

Desirable

• * Advanced Life Support Instructor
• * Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in relevant field
• Relevant transferable skills
• * Ability to demonstrate advanced clinical skills e.g. history taking, physical assessments and clerking of patients presenting with undifferentiated diagnoses
• * Evidence of innovative practice developments and significant achievements gained
• * Proven record to initiate and manage service development
• * Effective networking with colleagues at all levels, experience or working across professional and organisational boundaries
• * Ability to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care

Desirable

• * Evidence of prior experience of change management within the health care setting
• * Evidence of published work in relevant field
• * Competent in venepuncture, cannulation and ABGs
• * Evidence of sound management and leadership experience within specialism

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• * Strong clinical decision maker
• * Demonstrates excellent leadership, organisational, time management and motivational skills
• * Advocate to service users
• * Ability to identify training needs of self
• * Ability to request relevant investigations and interpret findings
• * Ability to apply critical thinking/independent judgement to identify solutions to variable problems
• * Ability to organise and delegate appropriately
• * Excellent communicator of complex matters at all levels
• * Ability to communicate complex or sensitive information about well-being to anxious patients and relatives
• * Ability to build effective working relationships with clinicians and Managers at all levels
• * Effective partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team
• * Excellent computer/IT skills

Desirable

• * Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management of the patient caseload, demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning, specialist knowledge and experience

Other

Essential

• * Willing to work in other areas of the Network as and when required to do so.
• * Enthusiastic
• * Flexible
• * Highly motivated
• * Organised
• * Evidence of reflective practice
• * Driving licence and access to independent transport

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).