Paramedic - Harborne & Quinton Pcn

Our Health Partnership - Harborne & Quinton Primary Care Network are seeking an experienced paramedic with five years post qualification who will be able to transition their ability to deliver high quality pre-hospital care into the general practice environment.

The role will involve conducting clinical assessment utilising a range of digital resources including telephone, video and messaging, face to face consultations and home visits. Your focus will be hospital avoidance and acute on the day presentations alongside supporting long term conditions. You may be required to work across both practices in the Primary Care Network (PCN) as part of your role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team including Pharmacists, Nurses, Doctors, Health Care Assistants, Physician Associates, Social Prescribers and Physiotherapist to name a few. You will be supported by the multidisciplinary team (MDT) including Paramedics and General Practitioners to develop and expand your clinical and diagnostic skills as well as fully funded training, various CPD opportunities and support from a Lead Paramedic, Paramedic peer review network and local primary care training hub.

**Main duties of the job**

The role will involve working as an autonomous, accountable Paramedic in a general practice setting. You will be required to assess, diagnose, and treat a variety of presentations incorporating same day emergencies, minor illness/injury, and management of long-term conditions. We are looking for individuals who will be able to utilise or develop advanced clinical assessment skills, provide a holistic approach to patient care, and empower patients to make informed choices about their treatment.

Please note: The post holder will be a minimum of five years post qualification at the time of employment and will be required to complete or have completed First Contact Practitioner level 7 university module. You will be supported in practice to achieve this qualification by our Doctor and allied healthcare professional team and will be a fully funded level 7 university qualification.

**About us**

Our Health Partnership was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients.

We are currently a GP partnership of 34 practices with 43 surgeries. 176 GP partners and circa 80 salaried GPs in Our Health Partnership serving around 300,000 patients in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Solihull and Shropshire.

Benefits of joining Our Health Partnership (OHP)
- NHS Pension
- Bank holidays off
- No Nights
- No weekends (opportunity to work additional hours)
- Possibility to work a four-day condensed week.
- Staff employee benefits through Vivup
- Blue light Card
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Octopus electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Paramedic Peer Support Group with a Lead Paramedic
- BSOL Training Hub offers: Paramedic Ambassador support, free or subsidised CPD and personal CPD fund of up to one thousand pounds.
- Fully funded level 7 university module
- Possibility to have a fully funded non-medical prescriber or advanced clinical practice university course.

**Job description**

**Job responsibilities**

The role will provide a specialist Paramedic resource to support our patients whilst working in collaboration with other members of the Primary Care Network (PCN) and Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).

The post holder will be required to work in GP Practices within the local PCN and be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and treating undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions across all age ranges. Patient assessment will be conducted via telephone, video, messaging, face to face and home visit consultations. The post holder should focus on hospital avoidance and be able to recognise the need for referral or signposting of service users to alternative care pathways where appropriate. There may be a need to engage with a palliative care or care home caseloads as part of a multidisciplinary team, which would involve the assessment and treatment of acute and chronic presentations and engaging patients and their relatives in discussions about advanced care planning.

Full training will be provided to support you to develop and maintain your clinical skills and scope of practice. As part of your role, you will be able to understand and record specific patient targets to ensure that the high levels of the care you provide are recorded and reflected across the PCN.

**Person Specification**

**Experience**

**Essential**
- The ability to evaluate a patients body systems in a methodical, thorough manner while using the medical model. A clinical diagnosis and therapy strategy are developed by interpreting clinical symptoms in conjunction with diagnostics. The capacity to recognise ones own clinical practices evolving scope and, when necessary, escalate to a senior practitioner.
- Practical and theoretical casel