Bank Paramedic

**About The Role**:
**UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**

**+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE**

We have an exciting opening for a Bank Paramedic to join our Primary Care team at HMP Bullingdon, a category B Prison & Young Offenders Institute located in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

In this role you will have the opportunity to provide the highest standards of healthcare to our patients, without having to compromise on efficiency and quality.

The site currently offers a 24-hour service and shift patterns.

The shift hours are: 07:30 to 17:30, 07:30 to 19:30 and 19:30 to 07:30.

You’ll receive a bank hourly rate of £26.25.

**What you'll be doing**:
As a Paramedic, your role will be multi-faceted. As part of the urgent & emergency care team within the prison establishment, your responsibilities will vary and includes:

- providing emergency response cover across the establishment
- running urgent care clinics (See & treat)
- assisting the primary care team with routine clinics
- assisting the early days in custody team with secondary screening of new arrivals
- working with a wide range of colleagues, from senior prison staff to junior nurses
- rapidly and accurately manage a developing emergency scene

If you are interested in **career development,** we have a wide range of opportunities including:

- Development of clinical skills (suturing, urethral catheterisation and wound management)
- Development of specialist clinical interests

**How will we support you?**
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team

**What we’ll look for in you**:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

**Qualifications & Experience**
- HCPC Registered
- Post registration experience with a front-line ambulance service
- Successful completion of newly qualified paramedic (NQP) competency
- Autonomous clinician able to examine, diagnose, treat or refer as appropriate
- Able to use PGDs
- Current Trust resuscitation competency

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.