PCN Frailty Paramedic

Job summary

Anexciting opportunity awaits the right candidate to work within an extremelysupportive clinical team based in Dorchester. Our team of nurses and paramedicsare led by an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner in providing high qualityand personalised care to the frail and older patients living in care homesacross Mid Dorset.

Weare looking for maternity cover for an initial period of six months, which maybe extended to one year, commencing in December 2024.

Therole is advertised as ideally full time, but we would consider part time forthe perfect candidate.

Main duties of the job

The Frailty Team is an advancedpractitioner-led team which delivers care to a caseload of frail, olderpatients living in care homes across the Mid-Dorset locality.

TheFrailty Paramedic will have a clinical role working autonomously withsupervision and support to assess, manage and monitor the health and socialcare needs of patients with complex, long term health problems. The post holderwill work collaboratively with the Frailty Team, Care Home Teams, GPs,Community Nursing Team, Rehabilitation Teams, Community and Acute service will bedelivered to a defined patient population requiring case management of frailtywithin the community setting.

About us

MidDorset Primary Care Network, provides central clinical and administrativeservices for patients across the eight GP practices within the Mid Dorset area.We are a highly effective organisation where we put the patients at the veryheart of our services.

Wealways strive to make our teams the best they can be, where every individual isvalued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide our employees with anenvironment in which to grow and develop their skills through supportedlearning and mentoring. We are extremely lucky that we have clinicians withinour team who are registered trainers outside of the PCN, bringing their wealthand knowledge to our organisation.

Weare made up of multidisciplinary teams, supported by GPs, nurses and a range ofother healthcare professionals. We do not work in isolation and proactivelyreach out to develop new services for our patients in partnership with otherhealthcare providers within secondary, community and social care.

Forthe right candidates we offer support, care and understanding where you wouldbe made to feel instantly as part of our Mid Dorset Family.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be competent at identifying at risk patients and adding them to the caseload

Proactively monitor and manage an identified patient caseload of patients within care/residential homes.

Empower patients to self-manage their care at appropriate stages and support them to cope with changes

Work with patients and carers to develop and review personalised treatment, care and management plans.

Provide advice and information to assist individuals to make lifestyle changes and to manage and monitor their frailty.

Support and manage patients care at the end of their life.

Ensure that patients are appropriately referred to other practitioners when it is in the best interest of the individual needing action, care or treatment.

Ensure that help is requested from a suitably qualified and experienced healthcare professional to carry out any action or procedure that is beyond the limits of your competence.

Work in partnership with secondary care and Community Hospitals to facilitate the planning of care and services on discharge for case-managed patients.

Work in partnership with clinicians with specialist skills and knowledge to meet the needs of people with complex long-term conditions (including frailty).

Actively work towards reducing hospital bed days and innovative new ways of working to provide more care in the community.

Take all reasonable personal precautions necessary to avoid any potential health risks to colleagues, people receiving care and the public.

Remain objective and have clear professional boundaries at all times with people in your care, their families and carers.

Safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people in all areas of work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Paramedic registered under HCPC. Experience of holistic assessment of older people. Clinicals skills in clinical observations and phlebotomy.

Desirable

Experience of care planning for older people.

Information Technology

Essential

Evidence of working with IT systems including Word, Access, Excel Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially

Desirable

Experience working with clinical systems SystmOne.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working under own direction. Ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise workload

Desirable

Previous experience working in primary/community care setting in a similar role. Experience of supporting service improvement

Personal qualities/attributes

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to use own initiative and work safely in lone working environment. Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Network business. Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively.

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