Job summary
The ParaDoc Falls team is recruiting for experienced Paramedics and EMTs.
The role offers a good opportunity to those interested in urgent and primary care. You will attend patients that have fallen, or are showing increased risk of falling. Working with the rapid response therapists, you will assess, treat and refer patients across a range to services.
You will need to manage your own workload, and to prioritise patients according to your triage assessment.
You will need to prepare accurate clinical notes for GPs and other clinicians.
The team are friendly and supportive, and there is a lot of scope to learn more around elderly care, and falls specifically.
The role is on a Bank basis, and shifts are available across 7 days a week 08:00-14:00
There are occasional shift vacancies on the ParaDoc Main service too, working with a GP.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for driving the ParaDoc car to and from patients' homes.
- To be responsible for maintaining the car and ensuring its contents are in good working order; including checking and replenishing equipment in the car and doctors case.
- To ensure the all drug cases are correctly administered and all drugs are signed off appropriately.
- Attend patients alongside the ParaDoc GP / Therapist.
- Take clinical lead in the rapid assessment, triage and treatment of all patients.
- Formulate a coherent and relevant plan of action, including onward referral to LAS/GP/IIT/other care agencies.
- Work with the ParaDoc GP / Therapist to offer the patient high quality assessments and referrals, including falls assessments.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Paramedic qualification and HCPC Registration / registered clinican & registered with regulatory body
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
- Advanced clinical training/ Further Education
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in dealing with both acute and non-acute medical situations
- Operational experience of supporting patients with acute symptoms
- Experience using a defibrillator, Oxygen and a nebuliser
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams Experience in dealing with both acute and non-acute medical situations Operational experience of supporting patients with acute symptoms Experience using a defibrillator, Oxygen and a nebuliser Experience as a clinician seeing patients from a wide range of backgrounds
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of pre-hospital care and able to demonstrate credibility
- Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care agendas
- Knowledge and understanding of community-based care provision
- Understanding of Mental Health issues and how these can effect a patients' presentation and risk
- Knowledge of Basic Life Support
- Knowledge of how to assist frail patients using pre-existing equipment
- Good understanding of patient confidentiality; medical governance; note keeping and surrounding issues
- Knowledge of how to safely lift, carry and move patients who have fallen.
- Continued commitment to professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Advanced Life Support techniques
- Knowledge of other Alternative Care Pathways available
- Understanding of both the constraints and protocols of the London Ambulance Service
- Knowledge of the City and Hackney area
- Knowledge and experience of Multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Knowledge and experience of Long Term Conditions
- Clinical Audit experience
- Knowledge and experience of commissioning within NHS
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Full Clean UK Driving License (No endorsements)
- Familiar with and competent in using and interpreting a range of medical assessment tools.
- High level of communication and interpersonal skill
- Clinical Decision making
- Confident and persuasive presentation skills
- Able to work collaboratively with others and within a team
- Competent and skilled paramedic/clinician
- Highly motivated to provide and engender the highest standard of professional practice
- Able and willing to challenge practice
Desirable
- Leadership ability
- Management experience
- Computer literate on basic operating systems
Other Requirements
Essential
- Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
- Understanding of the Trust values
- Ability to use clinical supervision and case management positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Responsible, takes ownership and shows initiative
- Flexible and available to work different shift patterns
- Thorough, organised and methodical
- A desire to help collect and present data in various different forums as part of ParaDoc's promotion. (This may include social media and digital platforms).
- Ideas on how to continue engaging LAS staff to use and refer to ParaDoc
Desirable
- High level of enthusiasm, motivation and ability to enthuse a team
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Paramedic qualification and HCPC Registration / registered clinican & registered with regulatory body
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
- Advanced clinical training/ Further Education
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in dealing with both acute and non-acute medical situations
- Operational experience of supporting patients with acute symptoms
- Experience using a defibrillator, Oxygen and a nebuliser
- Experience of working across a variety of multidisciplinary teams Experience in dealing with both acute and non-acute medical situations Operational experience of supporting patients with acute symptoms Experience using a defibrillator, Oxygen and a nebuliser Experience as a clinician seeing patients from a wide range of backgrounds
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of pre-hospital care and able to demonstrate credibility
- Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care agendas
- Knowledge and understanding of community-based care provision
- Understanding of Mental Health issues and how these can effect a patients' presentation and risk
- Knowledge of Basic Life Support
- Knowledge of how to assist frail patients using pre-existing equipment
- Good understanding of patient confidentiality; medical governance; note keeping and surrounding issues
- Knowledge of how to safely lift, carry and move patients who have fallen.
- Continued commitment to professional development.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Advanced Life Support techniques
- Knowledge of other Alternative Care Pathways available
- Understanding of both the constraints and protocols of the London Ambulance Service
- Knowledge of the City and Hackney area
- Knowledge and experience of Multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Knowledge and experience of Long Term Conditions
- Clinical Audit experience
- Knowledge and experience of commissioning within NHS
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Full Clean UK Driving License (No endorsements)
- Familiar with and competent in using and interpreting a range of medical assessment tools.
- High level of communication and interpersonal skill
- Clinical Decision making
- Confident and persuasive presentation skills
- Able to work collaboratively with others and within a team
- Competent and skilled paramedic/clinician
- Highly motivated to provide and engender the highest standard of professional practice
- Able and willing to challenge practice
Desirable
- Leadership ability
- Management experience
- Computer literate on basic operating systems
Other Requirements
Essential
- Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
- Understanding of the Trust values
- Ability to use clinical supervision and case management positively and effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
- Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Responsible, takes ownership and shows initiative
- Flexible and available to work different shift patterns
- Thorough, organised and methodical
- A desire to help collect and present data in various different forums as part of ParaDoc's promotion. (This may include social media and digital platforms).
- Ideas on how to continue engaging LAS staff to use and refer to ParaDoc
Desirable
- High level of enthusiasm, motivation and ability to enthuse a team
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).
