Job summary
Are you an experienced Paramedic looking to expand your skills in a dynamic and supportive primary care environment?
We are seeking a proactive, autonomous, and compassionate Paramedic to join our multidisciplinary team across our Leicestershire practices Beaumont Leys and Rushey Mead Health Centres and Asquith Surgery.
Main duties of the job
Working in a modern GP practice setting, youll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care particularly focused on urgent same-day appointments, home visits, and long-term condition support.
Youll have the opportunity to:
- Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with minor illnesses and urgent needs, working both face-to-face and over the phone.
- Carry out home visits, especially for housebound or vulnerable patients, providing essential care where its needed most.
- Work alongside GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians, sharing your expertise as part of a genuinely collaborative team.
- Support patients with chronic conditions like asthma, COPD, or hypertension, helping them stay well and avoid hospital visits.
- Play an active role in improving the way we deliver care where your ideas and input will always be valued.
About us
At the heart of everything we do is one simple aim: to make primary care better for everyone, patients and staff alike.
Weve stepped away from the old routines and reimagined how care should be accessed. That stressful 8am rush? Its a thing of the past. With our total triage model, patients now get the care they need, when they need it, from the right person, without the daily scramble for appointments.
But we havent stopped there. Weve introduced a broader range of clinical roles across the organisation, bringing in new expertise and expanding the type of care we can offer. Whether it's physiotherapy or pharmacy care, our teams are more diverse and better equipped than ever.
Our people are our power. Staff engagement has never been stronger. We actively listen to our teams, to their ideas, their challenges, and their goals and we support them in growing and reaching their full potential.
We believe in celebrating the wins, big and small. From a successful pilot project to a kind word from a patient, we know that progress is built one step at a time.
Above all, we work collaboratively across practices, breaking down silos, learning from each other, and trying new approaches to deliver the best care possible.
We're not afraid to rethink how things are done because better is always possible.
This is more than just change - its progress with purpose - and were just getting started!
Job description
Job responsibilities
As our practice-based Paramedic, youll be right at the heart of patient care. Youll see a wide range of patients, mainly those who need urgent, same-day appointments and help manage their conditions quickly and effectively.
Youll have the opportunity to:
- Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with minor illnesses and urgent needs, working both face-to-face and over the phone.
- Carry out home visits, especially for housebound or vulnerable patients, providing essential care where its needed most.
- Work alongside GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians, sharing your expertise as part of a genuinely collaborative team.
- Support patients with chronic conditions like asthma, COPD, or hypertension, helping them stay well and avoid hospital visits.
- Play an active role in improving the way we deliver care where your ideas and input will always be valued.
You'll have a good level of autonomy but with support and guidance available when you need it. Its a great opportunity to expand your skills in a primary care environment while making a real difference to the local community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As our practice-based Paramedic, youll be right at the heart of patient care. Youll see a wide range of patients, mainly those who need urgent, same-day appointments and help manage their conditions quickly and effectively.
Youll have the opportunity to:
- Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with minor illnesses and urgent needs, working both face-to-face and over the phone.
- Carry out home visits, especially for housebound or vulnerable patients, providing essential care where its needed most.
- Work alongside GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians, sharing your expertise as part of a genuinely collaborative team.
- Support patients with chronic conditions like asthma, COPD, or hypertension, helping them stay well and avoid hospital visits.
- Play an active role in improving the way we deliver care where your ideas and input will always be valued.
You'll have a good level of autonomy but with support and guidance available when you need it. Its a great opportunity to expand your skills in a primary care environment while making a real difference to the local community.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Be confident in autonomous clinical decision-making.
- Have strong communication skills and a patient-first approach.
- Have experience in primary care, urgent care, or community settings.
- Competent using clinical systems (e.g., SystmOne).
Desirable
- Possibly have experience with chronic disease management.
- Ideally have an Independent Prescribing qualification (or working towards).
Qualifications
Essential
- Be an experienced HCPC registered Paramedic.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Be confident in autonomous clinical decision-making.
- Have strong communication skills and a patient-first approach.
- Have experience in primary care, urgent care, or community settings.
- Competent using clinical systems (e.g., SystmOne).
Desirable
- Possibly have experience with chronic disease management.
- Ideally have an Independent Prescribing qualification (or working towards).
Qualifications
Essential
- Be an experienced HCPC registered Paramedic.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Spirit Primary Care Limited
Address
Asquith Surgery
693 Welford Road
Leicester
LE2 6FQ