Job summary
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) covers the counties of Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, an area of c. 4,600 sq. miles with a resident population of approximately four million. SCAS continues to be a leader in innovative health care delivery focussed on delivering the right care at the right time to our patients. We are committed to delivering high levels of expert, prehospital healthcare and lead the way with urgent care service delivery.
Key to the delivery of these services will be through the expansion of specialist clinical roles, one of which is the Qualified Specialist Practitioner - (paramedic/ambulance nurse). This role helps us to provide high quality, patient focused care and to support clinical leadership across the operational teams. We are therefore seeking applications from registered nurses who have the relevant pre-hospital operational clinical experience and hold a Specialist Qualification or equivalent.
We are looking for qualified specialist practitioners, who are enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated. Applicants need to be excellent communicators with effective influencing and negotiating skills. You will be working with multi-disciplinary teams across the NHS landscape in order to ensure that appropriate care is provided for patients.
Main duties of the job
This exciting role will provide high quality, patient focused care and clinical leadership across the operational teams. This role will also involve collaborative and portfolio working opportunities, across a multitude of urgent and primary care settings, to include: GP surgeries; Urgent Community Response Teams; urgent treatment centres, walk in centres and multidisciplinary working in projects such as Falls and Frailty. The role also includes working within our clinical communications centres to give clinical advice in connection with calls directly linked to our 999/111 work.
To develop and build on this innovative model, the trust is currently seeking applications from registered paramedics/ambulance nurses who have the relevant clinical experience and qualifications.
About us
Benefits we offer:
- Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist Practitioners (Paramedics/ambulance nurses) will use their knowledge and skills to independently provide healthcare, focused, to patients with minor illness or injury, long term conditions, and other urgent care needs.
As part of this role, new and exciting opportunities have arisen for rotational and collaborative working partnerships, across the wider health care system; these include urgent care, primary care and community care settings and internally within our Clinical Communications centres.
Our Specialist Practitioners work on a roster basis (rosters vary depending on location of base station) that incorporates both frontline 999 shifts and collaborative shifts that reflect the projects within the local area. Further development opportunities such at post graduate level are available for the right candidate.
The Specialist will be responsible for the care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, discharge and/or referral. The specialist will be responsible for administering and supplying medicines, in line with Patient Group Directions/Medicines management policy.
You will be expected to demonstrate evidence of taking personal responsibility for your own professional development, clinical leadership in an operational environment and have a strong desire to support and guide colleagues in other clinical roles.
Applicants should be able to display sound clinical knowledge including evidence of history taking and clinical triage in a sensitive manner, providing assessment, advice and treatment in line with clinical protocols and using professional judgement, and to show that they can work as part of a team or autonomously.
The Job Description and Person Specification will provide further details.
Short listed candidates will be required to attend a panel interview and to undertake a clinical assessment/presentation, manual handling assessment, as well as providing evidence of their CPD portfolio.
Please note this advert is part of a rolling programme of specialist training opportunities and we will endeavour to provide receive feedback upon request to assist development towards a specialist role for those who are unsuccessful in their applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialist Practitioners (Paramedics/ambulance nurses) will use their knowledge and skills to independently provide healthcare, focused, to patients with minor illness or injury, long term conditions, and other urgent care needs.
As part of this role, new and exciting opportunities have arisen for rotational and collaborative working partnerships, across the wider health care system; these include urgent care, primary care and community care settings and internally within our Clinical Communications centres.
Our Specialist Practitioners work on a roster basis (rosters vary depending on location of base station) that incorporates both frontline 999 shifts and collaborative shifts that reflect the projects within the local area. Further development opportunities such at post graduate level are available for the right candidate.
The Specialist will be responsible for the care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, discharge and/or referral. The specialist will be responsible for administering and supplying medicines, in line with Patient Group Directions/Medicines management policy.
You will be expected to demonstrate evidence of taking personal responsibility for your own professional development, clinical leadership in an operational environment and have a strong desire to support and guide colleagues in other clinical roles.
Applicants should be able to display sound clinical knowledge including evidence of history taking and clinical triage in a sensitive manner, providing assessment, advice and treatment in line with clinical protocols and using professional judgement, and to show that they can work as part of a team or autonomously.
The Job Description and Person Specification will provide further details.
Short listed candidates will be required to attend a panel interview and to undertake a clinical assessment/presentation, manual handling assessment, as well as providing evidence of their CPD portfolio.
Please note this advert is part of a rolling programme of specialist training opportunities and we will endeavour to provide receive feedback upon request to assist development towards a specialist role for those who are unsuccessful in their applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- A minimum of BSc in Paramedic Science or equivalent clinical academic qualifications
- Hold a relevant and recognised postgraduate advanced practice qualification (Level 7) in Minor Illness and Injury
- Professional body registration (HCPC) / NMC
- Full manual UK driving licence (C1 essential)
- Level 3 IHCD/FutureQuals Ambulance Emergency Driving qualification
- Willingness to undertake further development to become a Paramedic/Nurse prescriber
Desirable
- Master's degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field
- A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and/ or classroom situations
- Mentoring and coaching; minimum of level 6 (certificate) or significant demonstrable development of mentoring and coaching skills through formal learning and application
- Qualification incorporating extended clinical practice skills (e.g. Paramedic/ Emergency Care Practitioner, Critical Care Paramedic.)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Leadership qualification; minimum level 6
- ILS and ALS Qualification (Ambulance Nurses)
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an Emergency or Urgent Care environment
- Demonstrated and maintains an up to date working knowledge of all clinical and technical procedures appropriate to this role
- Good knowledge of the professional clinical guidelines and code of conduct appropriate to this role and of the policies, procedures and protocols relevant to this post
- Good working knowledge of the current legislation relevant to this post
- Good knowledge of Clinical Audit relevant to this post, demonstrates previous ability to undertake personal reviews of practice
Desirable
- Experience of using a variety of IT software, including Microsoft Windows
- Knowledge of National Health Service Framework issues
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- A minimum of BSc in Paramedic Science or equivalent clinical academic qualifications
- Hold a relevant and recognised postgraduate advanced practice qualification (Level 7) in Minor Illness and Injury
- Professional body registration (HCPC) / NMC
- Full manual UK driving licence (C1 essential)
- Level 3 IHCD/FutureQuals Ambulance Emergency Driving qualification
- Willingness to undertake further development to become a Paramedic/Nurse prescriber
Desirable
- Master's degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field
- A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and/ or classroom situations
- Mentoring and coaching; minimum of level 6 (certificate) or significant demonstrable development of mentoring and coaching skills through formal learning and application
- Qualification incorporating extended clinical practice skills (e.g. Paramedic/ Emergency Care Practitioner, Critical Care Paramedic.)
- Independent prescribing qualification
- Leadership qualification; minimum level 6
- ILS and ALS Qualification (Ambulance Nurses)
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an Emergency or Urgent Care environment
- Demonstrated and maintains an up to date working knowledge of all clinical and technical procedures appropriate to this role
- Good knowledge of the professional clinical guidelines and code of conduct appropriate to this role and of the policies, procedures and protocols relevant to this post
- Good working knowledge of the current legislation relevant to this post
- Good knowledge of Clinical Audit relevant to this post, demonstrates previous ability to undertake personal reviews of practice
Desirable
- Experience of using a variety of IT software, including Microsoft Windows
- Knowledge of National Health Service Framework issues
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
High Wycombe, Wexham, Reading, Milton Keynes, Kidlington,
Aylesbury, North Harbour, Nursling, Alton, Eastleigh
PO6 3TJ
Employer's website
https://scasjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
