ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTITIONER PARAMEDIC / PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONER

Job responsibilities

• Provide a first point of contact within the practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
• To provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis at point of first contact by attending to patients in a variety of clinical or non-clinical settings according to patients needs.
• Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntary services, PCN services and to self-care.
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care and end of life care plans and lead certain community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in sheltered housing).
• Communicate at all levels across PCNs and other organisations, ensuring effective, patient-centred service
• Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings as required and accepting referrals and referring to specialist services where appropriate.
• Develop relationships and collaborative working approach across the PCN supporting the integration of pathways in primary care.
• Participate in practice and PCN meetings, where appropriate
• Take an active part in achievement of contractual markers such as QOF and IIF.
• Support the acute home visiting of patients from the 3 practices that make up Kendal PCN
• Undertake advanced assessment of house bound patients, resulting in an end to end episode of care through treatment planning and prescribing (as required and appropriate within the scope of clinical competence and practice)
• Gain insight into coordination of care of patient and feedback directly to practices to ensure excellence in integrated service delivery across the neighbourhood
• Develop clinical practice, taking responsibility for your level of experience and qualification, actively seeking support and education when required.
• Critically evaluate current research and demonstrate an understanding of the application of national and local guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care and their impact on service provision.
• Implement and participate in vaccination programmes as appropriate.
• Be responsible for and lead others in maintaining stock of equipment and materials, advising the correct procedures relating to the safe and competent use, issue and retrieval.
• Be accountable for decisions and actions supported by a professional culture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice.
• Actively participate in the mentoring of colleagues and participate in the on-going development of the role of paramedics within primary care networks
• Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including regular audit and evaluation, supervision and training.
• Actively pursue development opportunities for practice and service delivery, policy implementation and lead specific projects within specific area of practice
• Maintain a professional portfolio for CPD recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities and to demonstrate acquired highly specialist skills and knowledge of professional practice.
• Depending on successful applicant, uphold the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, integrating these into your daily work.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Demonstrate working towards or willing to develop on
• commencement of post to academic Level 7 capability in paramedic
• areas of practice
• Consultation Skills
• Experience of working within multi professional settings with
• consolidated clinical practice and contributing to effective team
• working

Desirable

• Experience of computer based clinical systems, (ideally EMIS Web)
• Experience of clinical leadership
• Advanced clinical skills
• Experience of primary care specific advanced clinical skills
• Proven track record of teaching and assessing
• Proven autonomous working with the ability to develop treatment
• plans independently
• Experience of leading evidenced service improvement and innovation
• through service /practice development initiatives, audit or research
• Experience of team management

Skills

Essential

• Ability to engage with people and motivate and support them
• Calm under pressure, able to use initiative and make decisions
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills with a variety of media and at all levels. This includes the ability to communicate in difficult and challenging environments
• High level of clinical reasoning skills
• Able to problem solve
• Good time management skills, able to prioritise and organise workload for best effect
• Ability to work as part of the organisational team or autonomously as required
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion at all times
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow policy and procedure
• Ability to contribute to and manage change
• Ability to lone work safely

Desirable

• Ability to contribute to and manage change

Personal Qualities

Essential

• High levels of integrity and loyalty

Qualifications

Essential

• Current HCPC registration and no restrictions on your practice
• Relevant degree-level qualification
• Willing and able to undertake Level 7 study, if required
• Willing and able to undertake NMP course, if required

Desirable

• Relevant Masters level qualification
• Registered as a non-medical prescriber with the relevant regulator

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).