PCN Paramedic
3 months ago
Job summary
Rural Warwickshire North Primary Care Network (PCN)would like to recruit a forward thinking and enthusiastic Paramedic to support the practices in expanding services available to our patients.
We offer services ranging from Social Prescribing, Physiotherapists, Care Coordinators and Clinical Pharmacists to make a range of services more accessible to our patients.
This is a very exciting opportunityto get involved inmaking a real differencewithin primary care and supporting our patients.
The role will support practices and patients in receiving the right care the first time around.
This role will focus on but will not be limited to:
1. Supporting the PCN to look after the patient population.
2. Working closely with GPs and other primary care professionals within the PCN.
3. With support focusing on the delivery of a PCN model to reflect local priorities, health inequalities and population health management.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of a PCN Paramedic is to:
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within RWNPCN.
Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to the organisations social prescribing service and, where appropriate, other community or voluntary services
Be able to:
Perform specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in line with local and national guidance
Perform investigatory procedures as required and undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs and other samples within their scope of practice and within line of local and national guidance
Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain services (, monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients)
Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for the practice
Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the MDT, attending and contributing to meetings as required
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to the consultation, ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient healthcare and registration with the organisation
Communicate effectively with patients and where appropriate family members and their carers, where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding their health needs, results, findings and treatment choices.
About us
We are a Primary Care Network ( PCN ) of six practices working together with a range of local providers, including primary care, community services, social care, and the voluntary sector, to offer more personalized, coordinated health and social care to their local populations.
Our PCN comprises of 49,348 patients over the six practices
The aims of a networks are to:
Protect, improve, and extend local General Practice through greater organisational scale to provide convenient high quality, comprehensive and integrated services.
Enhance the skills and flexibility of the General Practice workforce to meet population and service needs with programmes of continuing professional development.
Work and collaborate with others to innovate in service provision, building on new technologies and recognising lifestyle choices of service users in the way in which they wish to access care.
Our PCN comprises of 49,348 patients over the six practices
Hazelwood Group Practice
27 Parkfield Road, Coleshill B46 3LD
Pear Tree Surgery
28 Meadow Close, Kingsbury, Tamworth B78 2NR
Dordon and Polesworth Group Practice
162 Long Street, Dordon, Tamworth B45 1QA
Satis House Medical Practice
10 Birmingham Road, Water Orton B46 1TH
Hartshill Health Centre
Sidhu Close, Harsthill, Nuneaton CV10 0GQ
Camp Hill Surgery
Ramsden Avenue, Nuneaton CV10 9EB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
Qualifications
Degree in Paramedic Science or equivalent.
Have completed or currently engaged on MSc level Advanced Clinical Practice education
Professional registration with HCPC and no current issues under investigation
Driving Licence
Mentoring
CoP Dip. Primary & Urgent Care Exam
Minor illness in Adults and Children
Advanced Life Support
Advanced Paediatric Life Support
Palliative Care
Knowledge
Can demonstrate a broad base of competencies and skills
Knowledge of NICE guidelines
Understanding of legal and ethical issues/responsibilities relating to clinical practice.
Understanding of the Serious Incident Framework
Knowledge of own professional accountability and autonomous practice
Knowledge of the implementation of Care Quality
Evidence of working across organisational boundaries within health and social care.
Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders which are based on openness, honesty trust and confidence.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the HCPC and College of Paramedics. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures Be aware of data protection (GDPR) and confidentiality issues particularly within a GP surgery. Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation Keep up to date with current evidence-based practice.
Desirable
Participate in research and utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required. In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate. Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Qualifications
Essential
The paramedic: is educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience; is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); has completed their two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic; has a further three years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic; and is working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice.
Desirable
Independent Non- Medical Prescribing. Advanced Life Support. Advanced Paediatric Life Support. Familiarity with EMIS. Experience of working within a Primary Care Network.-
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