Job summary
Grimston Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and enthusiastic paramedic to join our practice. This role is offered on a part-time basis, for 18.75 hours per week on 2.5 days - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.
If you are an experienced emergency care practitioner (ECP)/paramedic wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.
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.
About us
We are a dispensing practice situated in a lovely rural area of West Norfolk. We care for 5,300 patients, with a passion to deliver patient access to general practice we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends. Via our PCN, we are also supported by first contact physiotherapists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, social prescribers and mental health nurses.
To arrange an informal practice visit or to talk with one of the current partners, please contact our Practice Manager, Emma Sheppard - emma.sheppard9@nhs.net or telephone 01485 600341.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If
you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not
hesitate to get in contact with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If
you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not
hesitate to get in contact with us.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients.
- Be able to evaluate patient care confidently.
- Have experience of working to protocols and guidelines.
- To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.
- Understanding of the need to work within the parameters of one's own training and capability, according to the Health and Care Professions Council.
- 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.
- Knowledge of primary and community healthcare
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic IT Skills
- Evidence of commitment to own personal and professional development
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the GP Surgery
- Understanding health education/promotion
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its significance and impact upon practice
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.
- Have completed Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6 and be a ALS/APLS provider.
- Educated to degree level in paramedicine or equivalent experience
- Valid UK driving licence
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients.
- Be able to evaluate patient care confidently.
- Have experience of working to protocols and guidelines.
- To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.
- Understanding of the need to work within the parameters of one's own training and capability, according to the Health and Care Professions Council.
- 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.
- Knowledge of primary and community healthcare
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic IT Skills
- Evidence of commitment to own personal and professional development
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the GP Surgery
- Understanding health education/promotion
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and its significance and impact upon practice
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.
- Have completed Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6 and be a ALS/APLS provider.
- Educated to degree level in paramedicine or equivalent experience
- Valid UK driving licence
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).
