Pcn Paramedic

**About the Role**:
The opportunity has arisen for a paramedic to join our new team at Chelmsford City Health Primary Care Network (PCN) serving over 42,000 patients

The post-holder will work across four Chelmsford practices (Baddow Village, Beauchamp House, Stock and Whitley House Surgeries) collectively known as ‘Chelmsford City Health’ Primary Care Network (PCN). The Chelmsford City Health practices are separate practices which have formed a network in order to benefit from shared resources and to be able to offer healthcare services at scale to its population. Two of the practices are dispensing practices and all four are training practices.

This exciting role will help to establish new and innovative ways of working to benefit our patients and help our surgeries deliver high quality, responsive care to our patients.

You will gain a solid grounding in Primary Care, with the support and supervision of your clinical leads, working across a PCN footprint and closely alongside other PCN roles. As a PCN Paramedic you will work as part of a small team to shape and deliver the future care for our patients through a variety of routes.

You will be required to work autonomously in the practice and in the community (home visits), providing a range of services such as assessment, diagnosis, treatment, telephone triage and referring patients appropriately, as well as supporting the management team in the review of clinical policy and procedure.

Please see full job description attached:
If you are an experienced paramedic wanting a change in your career, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and experience:

- Be a paramedic registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
- Evidence of completion of **two-year** ‘Consolidation of Learning’ period as a “newly qualified paramedic”
- A minimum of a further **three years’** experience working as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
- Evidence of working towards developing masters’ level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice and, within six months of the commencement to have completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the paramedic FCP/AP roadmap to practice.
- Have completed a minor injuries and minor illness course at level 6.
- To be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients appropriately and evaluate patient care confidently.
- Have experience of working to protocols / guidelines and patient groups / patient specific directives.
- To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills when dealing with clients.
- Can make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.
- To work within the parameters of your skills/knowledge with due adherence to the boundaries of your competencies, according to the NMC Code of Conduct / Health and Care Professions Council.
- Experience of autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working.
- Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of the conditions affecting adults and children which are most commonly found within the primary care sector.
- We strongly recommend that you have received COVID-19 vaccinations/boosters prior to joining the PCN team._

**About Us**:
Supporting your work life balance and professional development is important to us, so we will be happy to discuss any requirements for flexible working. The PCN can offer the following benefits:

- Competitive salary based on experience
- NHS Pension
- Supportive and friendly environment
- Flexible working hours - all flexible offers and working arrangements will be considered
- Peer support
- CPD Support with training and development

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