Emergency Care Practitioner / Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• To urgently respond to referrals and provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients, according to patients needs either in the practice or patient homes;
• To support, and continue the development of, an on-the-day emergency patient service in the practice;
• To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in both emergency situations and telephone triage, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history;
• To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral;
• Review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes;
• Maintain accurate clinical records in an efficient manner;
• The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary, healthcare team, as you will work alongside fellow professionals within the practice in support of one another.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• You will have the following skills and experience:
• Be a registered nurse or paramedic, with current HCPC registration
• Be operating at Level 7
• Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients and be able to evaluate patient care confidently;
• To be an independent prescriber or within 6 months of completing the course ;
• To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills;
• Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively;
• Experience of autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working;
• Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children.
• Be flexible and willing to make home visits if required

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

Doctors Surgery

24 The Pantiles

Billericay

Essex

CM12 0UA

Employer's website

https://www.essexprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)