Job responsibilities
Job Summary
To practice as a Primary Care Paramedic / Advanced
Practitioner.
To support practices providing an on the day emergency home
visiting service for patients and working within the Practices. This role will
involve the assessment, diagnosis, treatment or referral of patients presenting
with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
The post holder would work closely with the GPs receiving
clinical support but allowing for professional independence. The postholder
will work within the Advanced/Emergency Care Practitioners level of competency.
This role would be working alongside our current Paramedics,
Ageing Well Team and the East Dorset Hub.
The successful candidate should be able to travel within the
areas of Wimborne and Ferndown and have a keen interest in elderly care /
chronic disease.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first
point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs in
patients home, care home or practice base.
To support and continue the development of an on the day
emergency home visiting service for the network.
Assessment and management of care home patients, with
consideration to acute and chronic health needs.
Discussion with and involvement of patients, relatives and
carers for advanced care planning.
To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in
emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to
elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug
history.
To evaluate clinical information from examination, history
taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate
action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and
normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad
clinical guidelines (NICE etc.) relating them to individual cases, providing
assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be
interpreted.
To signpost appropriately to other services in the
identified healthcare pathway.
To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within
locally agreed healthcare pathways.
To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope
of practice.
To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient
interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events.
To advise and support members of the public on healthy
lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention.
To provide clinical advice to other members of the team
where appropriate.
Communication
To liaise and interact with multi-professional teams across
organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services and
secondary care providers according to patient needs and appropriate care
pathways.
To maintain communication with all healthcare professionals
and outside agencies to ensure seamless, patient-centred service provision.
To ensure effective communication so that the patient
receives the appropriate level of care and wherever possible avoid unnecessary
hospital admission.
To take an active role in maintaining expert communication
with all patients, carers and relatives which meets their individual needs.
To deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner,
ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and
satisfactorily on a local level.
To communicate effectively in demanding and challenging
situations, where there may also be hostility
To assist in maintaining accurate data collection.
Professional
To utilise and input information into the SystmOne clinical
information system.
To work collaboratively with other members of the health
care team such as the District Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in
Care Homes, Ambulance Service, Secondary Care etc.
To ensure that the wellbeing of patients and staff is
maintained in accordance with Practice and network policies.
To undertake clinical audits in line with the organisation
clinical audit plan, and to participate as required in equipment testing and
other research.
To contribute to the analysis of information to inform
future development of the service.
To participate and contribute to clinical meetings,
particularly the regular care home MDT.
To identify risks to service provision and highlight them to
the Clinical Lead.
To work within the requirements of Data Protection
legislation as it applies to patient records.
To maintain current professional registration.
To act at all times in such a manner as to promote
confidence and public trust and to uphold the reputation of Wimborne
&Ferndown PCN, the practices represented by the Network and their own
profession.
Organisational
To operate as an effective member of the Network team.
To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient
interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events, child
protection issues or other notifiable matters.
To provide information to inform the evaluation and
efficiency of the role and for performance management purposes as requested.
To engage in self appraisal and utilise reflective practice
to enhance and develop personal and organisational practice.
To assist in marketing and promoting the role and
organisation within the health community both locally and nationally.
Managerial
To ensure effective time management and prioritisation of
workload.
To ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any
allocated equipment and goods.
To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and
based on sound up-to- date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify
and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate
these risks to the appropriate clinical manager.