Job summary
ARC Primary Care Network
Salary: Up to £44,500 depending on experience
Base: Covering Beaconsfield/ Marlow
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
33 days leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paramedic to join our well established team at ARC PCN we provide high quality support to our patients and are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join the team to support us in achieving this.
Our team is made up of dynamic, innovative and caring clinicians and we are looking for someone with a similar outlook.
Main duties of the job
The PCN Paramedic will support primary care to deliver patient services as part of a multi-disciplinary team MDT across our Practices. This may include Home Visiting, Clinical Working and Patient Caseload Management.
To work within our practices as an autonomous, accountable Paramedic providing holistic care for individuals including assessment, diagnosis, management, prescribing and treatment.
The post holder will use advanced clinical and communication skills to encourage and empower patients to look after their own health and wellbeing, and promote self-management where appropriate.
Skills and Experience Required
- Educated to degree, diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC
- Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
- Further three years experience as a band 6 or equivalent paramedic
- Working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice
- Willingness to participate PGCert First Contact Practice Course
About us
About our PCN
Arc Bucks Primary Care Network (PCN) was formed in 2019. We are a large network based in a beautiful part of South Buckinghamshire. The PCN comprises of 6 GP practices collaboratively working together for a patient population of over 87,750 patients:
- Bourne End and Wooburn Green Medical Centre
- Cherrymead Surgery
- Highfield Surgery
- Marlow Medical Group
- The Millbarn Surgery
- The Simpson Centre and Penn Surgery
About FedBucks
FedBucks is a not-for-profit GP federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 500,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 300 members of staff at our head office site, and across our planned and unplanned care services.
As a GP Federation and Social Enterprise, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in our purpose when enabling excellent patient care and supporting general practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
- Assessing and treating patients in their own place of residence and those attending surgery.
- Triage and treat patients, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team and MDT and/or organise admission to hospital if required.
- Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and acknowledges practitioners own limitations
- Advise patients on maintaining health and wellbeing, and refer to other team members as need arises.
- Communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team ensuring effective service is delivered.
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
- Ensure evidence-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Work within local policies and procedures.
- Participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.
- Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiently of the team and work colleagues.
- Take responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and work with other team members to ensure they are protected.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
- Assessing and treating patients in their own place of residence and those attending surgery.
- Triage and treat patients, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team and MDT and/or organise admission to hospital if required.
- Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and acknowledges practitioners own limitations
- Advise patients on maintaining health and wellbeing, and refer to other team members as need arises.
- Communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team ensuring effective service is delivered.
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
- Ensure evidence-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Work within local policies and procedures.
- Participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.
- Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiently of the team and work colleagues.
- Take responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and work with other team members to ensure they are protected.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly in core hours to meet the needs of the service.
- Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Sound organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Car owner driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
- Ability to work alone in the primary care setting
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary and community Care
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC
- Higher Education Qualification FHEQ Level 7
- Educated to degree level in a Paramedic science
- Evidence of working at an advanced specialist paramedic level
- Evidence of relevant and up to date CPD
Desirable
- Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly in core hours to meet the needs of the service.
- Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Sound organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Car owner driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
- Ability to work alone in the primary care setting
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary and community Care
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC
- Higher Education Qualification FHEQ Level 7
- Educated to degree level in a Paramedic science
- Evidence of working at an advanced specialist paramedic level
- Evidence of relevant and up to date CPD
Desirable
- Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
