Job summary
CIPHER Medical is a fast paced and dynamic provider of healthcare and clinical education.
In this role you would be supporting our frontline 999 contracts as a HPCP Registered Paramedic.
You will be joining an experienced team with an excellent reputation for providing high quality services, where you will be required to demonstrate the values of CIPHER Medical in order to continue in assisting us to achieve our goal of "Delivering Clinical Care and Education with Distinction*
Please note that this job advert may close sooner depending upon the volume of applications recieved.
Main duties of the job
As a HCPC Registered Paramedic you would be clinically responsible for all patients under your care, and for the care of your crew mate, who may be less clinically qualified than yourself.
You would be accountable for the assessment and treatment of patients, as well as administering medication. You would also be responsible for managing, discharging and referring patients in a variety of critical, emergency and urgent care settings.
You would adopt the CIPHER Medical core values, whilst fulfilling our vision and mission statements.
About us
We believe that we should work together as one team, with a spirit of collaboration, teamwork, and a drive for excellence.
We aim to positively impact all the lives we touch. Whilst also believing that by providing high quality people, equipment, and standards, we will deliver high quality care. This helps us to provide a safe and effective service which focuses on patient care with the cornerstone of our ethos being our exceptional clinical standards and patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a HCPC Registered Paramedic you would be clinically responsible for all patients under your care and the care of your crew mate, who may be less clinically qualified than yourself.
Responsibilities Summary
- To be accountable for the assessment, treatment diagnosis and administering of medicines. Managing, discharging and referring patients in a variety of critical, emergency and urgent care settings.
- To adopt the CIPHER Medical core values, fulfilling our vision and mission statements.
Core Responsibilities
- Undertake the full range of paramedic duties in line with CIPHER Medicals policies.
- Assess, treat, manage or refer, and where appropriate, convey patients according to the nature and severity of their condition to alternative care pathways. As appropriate, provide packages of care to patients at home.
- Carry out paramedic duties with national clinical practice guidelines.
- Responsible as an autonomous practitioner using local care pathways associated with local initiatives promoting see and treat, where clinically safe to do so, reducing inappropriate conveyance and subsequent ED admission.
- Ability to organise and manage the scene of a complex incident during initial stages until a Manager arrives. This could involve organising or managing patients, bystanders or other responding services.
- Modify and adapt working practices to meet the clinical needs of the patient in an emergency and urgent care setting.
- As appropriate, treat refer or discharge patients who access the health service but who do not need hospital admission where clinically safe to do so.
- Being accountable and responsible for clinical decisions made during the course of duty and seek senior clinical advice where appropriate.
- Ensure compliance with medicines management. Ensures drugs are stored securely and where appropriate stocked according to both national legal frameworks and local policy.
- Make appropriate use of equipment which you are trained on, which may include various types of vehicles, diagnostic, invasive and therapeutic equipment.
- Mentorship and Leadership Responsibilities
- Documentation and Record Keeping
- Ensure the prompt, legible and accurate completion of all patient and incident records, providing a full and accurate record of decision making in accordance with the Caldicott principles, current legislation and regulatory framework.
- Ensure the sharing of information is always done in compliance with information governance procedures.
- Communicate effectively adapting communication style accordingly in order to overcome barriers. This includes internal and external communications.
- Drive relevant vehicle types operated by CIPHER Medical, that you are trained in.
- Carry out vehicle and equipment inspections.
- In line with the CIPHER Medicals policy maintain appropriate standards of cleanliness of vehicles, equipment and station, completing documentation as required.
- Complete statutory and mandatory training and undertake CPD to maintain fitness to practice and adherence to the regulatory body Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards.
- Maintain individual scope of practice and professional registration as defined by current HCPC Standards of Proficiency - Paramedics.
- At all times exhibit and comply with the standards of personal and professional conduct and performance as required by HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a HCPC Registered Paramedic you would be clinically responsible for all patients under your care and the care of your crew mate, who may be less clinically qualified than yourself.
Responsibilities Summary
- To be accountable for the assessment, treatment diagnosis and administering of medicines. Managing, discharging and referring patients in a variety of critical, emergency and urgent care settings.
- To adopt the CIPHER Medical core values, fulfilling our vision and mission statements.
Core Responsibilities
- Undertake the full range of paramedic duties in line with CIPHER Medicals policies.
- Assess, treat, manage or refer, and where appropriate, convey patients according to the nature and severity of their condition to alternative care pathways. As appropriate, provide packages of care to patients at home.
- Carry out paramedic duties with national clinical practice guidelines.
- Responsible as an autonomous practitioner using local care pathways associated with local initiatives promoting see and treat, where clinically safe to do so, reducing inappropriate conveyance and subsequent ED admission.
- Ability to organise and manage the scene of a complex incident during initial stages until a Manager arrives. This could involve organising or managing patients, bystanders or other responding services.
- Modify and adapt working practices to meet the clinical needs of the patient in an emergency and urgent care setting.
- As appropriate, treat refer or discharge patients who access the health service but who do not need hospital admission where clinically safe to do so.
- Being accountable and responsible for clinical decisions made during the course of duty and seek senior clinical advice where appropriate.
- Ensure compliance with medicines management. Ensures drugs are stored securely and where appropriate stocked according to both national legal frameworks and local policy.
- Make appropriate use of equipment which you are trained on, which may include various types of vehicles, diagnostic, invasive and therapeutic equipment.
- Mentorship and Leadership Responsibilities
- Documentation and Record Keeping
- Ensure the prompt, legible and accurate completion of all patient and incident records, providing a full and accurate record of decision making in accordance with the Caldicott principles, current legislation and regulatory framework.
- Ensure the sharing of information is always done in compliance with information governance procedures.
- Communicate effectively adapting communication style accordingly in order to overcome barriers. This includes internal and external communications.
- Drive relevant vehicle types operated by CIPHER Medical, that you are trained in.
- Carry out vehicle and equipment inspections.
- In line with the CIPHER Medicals policy maintain appropriate standards of cleanliness of vehicles, equipment and station, completing documentation as required.
- Complete statutory and mandatory training and undertake CPD to maintain fitness to practice and adherence to the regulatory body Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards.
- Maintain individual scope of practice and professional registration as defined by current HCPC Standards of Proficiency - Paramedics.
- At all times exhibit and comply with the standards of personal and professional conduct and performance as required by HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registered Paramedic - or due to Qualify as a Paramedic;
- References from 2 Previous Employers;
- Excellent Clinical Skills with the Confidence to Demonstrate These;
- Good interpersonal skills, with the flexibility to adapt to varying situations;
- Excellent team working skills.
Desirable
- Full UK Driving License (no more than 6 points);
- C1 Category on Driving License;
- Emergency Driving Qualification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registered Paramedic - or due to Qualify as a Paramedic;
- References from 2 Previous Employers;
- Excellent Clinical Skills with the Confidence to Demonstrate These;
- Good interpersonal skills, with the flexibility to adapt to varying situations;
- Excellent team working skills.
Desirable
- Full UK Driving License (no more than 6 points);
- C1 Category on Driving License;
- Emergency Driving Qualification.
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.
