Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

This role will provide a paramedic resource for health care professionals and patients by working collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, enhancing the capacity of our PCN.

Job Summary

To work within the locality, across the PCN, as an autonomous, accountable, paramedic providing a holistic approach for individuals including assessment, management, and treatment, to deliver high quality patient services. Key Areas of Responsibility

To work alongside the multi-disciplinary team across the PCN to assess and triage patients, including same day triage.

Provide definitive treatment such as the prescription of medications in accordance with guidelines (locally and nationally) and make referrals to other members of the primary care team.

Advise patients on general healthcare and self-management, including signposting patients to other relevant services across the PCN or wider, such as a Social Prescribing Link Worker.

Competently and with empathy, clearly communicate sensitive and/or complex information to patients and their families/carers too where relevant to ensure that they understand and can ask questions. This could be about their health needs, results, findings and treatment options.

Perform health checks and reviews that sit within your competence and guidelines, including ECGs (including the interpretation of these), investigatory procedures and collect pathological specimens such as intravenous blood samples and swabs.

Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and take a lead in some community health promotion services such as blood pressure monitoring and diabetes risk assessments for people living in sheltered accommodation.

Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visits for the network.

Undertake clinical audits.

Collaboratively work with colleagues to maintain a person-centred service with a proactive approach to communication and a commitment to attend and contribute to discussions and meetings as required.

Ensure medical records are accurate and up to date and compliant with relevant legislation.

Embed evidence-based findings into developments and practice locally.

Ensure robust clinical governance is in place for your practice which includes regular audit and evaluation, supervision and CPD.

If working towards level 7 paramedic capability, work on a rotational model to ensure clinical supervision and support by a level 7 practitioner.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Has a detailed knowledge and understanding in practice of applying Caldicott Principles, Data Protection Act 2018 and appropriately protects an individuals personal data, disclosing where appropriate only
• Critical understanding of theories and principles of enabling patients to improve their wellbeing

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Communicates with colleagues well to ensure the smooth delivery of services
• Proactively supports others to deliver team objectives
• Takes responsibility for actions and looks to enhance the service and its reputation in all activities undertaken
• Actively engages with building personal capacity and resilience
• Working Together
• Improvement and Development
• Respect and Compassion
• Engagement and Involvement

Experience

Essential

• To deliver outcomes based on set targets
• Liaise with other colleagues to promote the success of the PCN and its partner organisations in primary care
• Work to perpetuate a culture that is transparent and open
• A good listener who demonstrates empathy
• Communicates effectively in a calm and timely manner, respecting the views, autonomy and culture of others
• Demonstrates a professional approach including emotional intelligence and resilience.
• Has the skills to assess risk and identify ways to mitigate these
• Is working towards developing level 7 capability in paramedic areas of activity (within the relevant timeframe) (if not achieved will work on a rotational model basis with level 7 clinical supervision and support)
• Awareness of and has well-developed IT skills to facilitate quick and confident learning of new systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting (including Microsoft packages)
• Working well with others to deliver goals
• Being motivated to deliver excellent services to support Primary Care in our region
• Has completed a two-year consolidation of learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
• Has three-years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
• Demonstrates commitment to CPD

Desirable

• Has completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the Advanced Clinical Practice Framework

Other

Essential

• Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits
• Immunisation status for Covid -19 (unless exempt in accordance with regulations)

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

Bridlington Primary Care Network

Address

Crown Community Buildings

Quay Road

Bridlington

East Yorkshire

YO16 4LS

Employer's website

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