Emergency Care Practitioner
5 months ago
**About the Role**: Queens Park Group Surgery in Bedford is looking to welcome an experienced emergency care practitioner / paramedic into our busy practice. We are flexible and will consider part or full-time hours depending on the suitable applicant.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- To urgently respond to referrals and providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact, by attending to patients, according to their needs, either in the practice or patient homes;To support, and continue the development of, an on-the-day emergency patient service in the practice;To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations;
- To triage via the telephone, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event or illness, including past medical and drug history;
- To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral;
- To review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes;
- To maintain accurate clinical records in an efficient manner.
This role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience of working effectively, within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, working alongside fellow professionals within the practice, in support of one another.
We are seeking a paramedic willing to show long term commitment and teamwork.
If you are an experienced emergency care practitioner (ECP) / paramedic wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and experience:
- Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care;
- Have completed ENP/ ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6 and be a ALS/APLS provider;
- Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients;
- Be able to evaluate patient care confidently;
- Have experience of working to protocols and guidelines;
- To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills;
- Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively;
- Understanding of the need to work within the parameters of one's own training and capability, according to the Health and Care Professions Council;
- Experience of autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working;
Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children.**About Us**:
We are a very long-established practice working on two sites in Bedford, looking after 12,500 patients, we are also care-taking another local practice in Bedford, with a list size of 9,000 patients.
- SystmOne clinical system
- Rated “Good” by CQC
- High QOF achievers
- Friendly nursing and administrative support
- Development of special interests encouraged
- Training supported
- Attractive salary and terms and conditions
- 6 months mutual assessment period
We are active members of our primary care network and we welcome collaborative working. Our vision is progressive, we are actively looking for new opportunities and we are a training practice. We “grow our own” staff and are developing advanced nurse practitioners and healthcare support workers.
Bedfordshire is a great location and has a reputation for excellent schools, beautiful villages and countryside, close to Milton Keynes for shopping, and 35 minutes from London by train.
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