Paramedic Practitioner

We are looking for a Paramedic who wants to work in a Practice environment that offers:

- Provision of Paramedic led same-day urgent care/minor illness clinics
- Supportive GP team, including easy access to GPs to support management decisions/patient reviews as needed.
- A Paramedic home visiting service
- Face to face and e-consult (online consultations) appointments

**MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB**:

- Provide care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
- Undertake home visits, see patients face to face in the surgery and conduct telephone triage/remote consultations, in accordance with practice protocols
- Refer patients to an alternative care setting or treat and discharge as appropriate
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
- Work with the multi-disciplinary team within the practice, and access the broader health care community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care

**ABOUT US**:
We value the health and wellbeing of both the population we serve and our staff.

We are rated Outstanding by CQC.

Our team consists of eith GP partners and two salaried GPs. The multi-disciplinary team includes Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists, healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomist.

We are also a teaching practice with registrars, physician assiociate students and medical students.

**Person Specification**

**Other**

**Essential**
- Satisfactory Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
**Qualifications**

**Essential**
- Paramedic with BSc in Paramedicine/Paramedic Science or
- equivalent
- Current registration with the HCPC professional body
- Full driving licence and own vehicle
**Desirable**
- Relevant post graduate diploma or degree
- Non-medical prescriber qualification
- Emergency Care Practitioner course or similar
- Aware of and/or working towards First Contact Practitioner
- Roadmap for Paramedics
- Level 7 learning / working towards masters level capability
**Skills and Abilities**

**Essential**
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work autonomously and within professional
- boundaries
- Experience with clinical risk management
- Able to seek support from peers as necessary
- Good personal organisation
- Excellent computer skills/knowledge of IT systems
- Ability to support other members of the team when required
- Evidence of excellent documentation, report writing and
- record keeping skills.
- Effective time management skills
- Knowledge of national standards that inform practice e.g.
- NICE guidelines etc
- Clear, polite telephone manner
**Desirable**
- Involvement in clinical audit/research
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Experience with using System One, ICE, NHS net etc.
**Personal Qualities and Attributes**

**Essential**
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities and those of others in the team
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Able to build rapport with people from all backgrounds and communities
- Pleasant and articulate
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures
- Ability to work under pressure and to multi-task
- Flexibility of working hours and commitment to team working, and of working across both sites at DHG
- Punctual
**Experience**

**Essential**
- At least 3 years experience as a Band 6 or equivalent Paramedic
- Experience in the acute examination of adults and children
- Management of common minor injuries/illnesses
- Experience as an autonomous practitioner
- Able to work under pressure and manage varying workloads
- and changing demands
- Evidence of ongoing post registration CPD
- An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing,
- concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing
**Desirable**
- Experience of working in Primary Care / Urgent Care / Emergency Care
- Experience of telephone triage assessment
- Broad knowledge of general practice and the new NHS
- landscape including relationship between individual practices /
- Primary Care Networks (PCN)
**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**

**UK Registration**

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,924.00-£49,295.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Wellness programmes
Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
COVID-19 considerations:
Face covering for staff is still mandatory, fully vaccinated

**Experience**:

- Paramedics: 3 years (required)
Application deadline: 2