Job summary
Are you:
An innovative, motivated, positive and proactive Paramedic looking for a new challenge?
Do you thrive in a fast-paced organisation with a growing team with great spirit?
Are you comfortable making autonomous decisions while providing expert care?
An opportunity has arisen for a Paramedic to work with our Home Visiting team and our Care Home Team
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the Paramedic is to deliver safe, high quality primary care services to the practice population. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional boundaries, the post holder will deliver primary health care interventions and care.
The post holder will support service development, the safe delivery of policy and procedures, and demonstrate effective professional standards, advocacy and performance.
About us
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire.
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
About the Practice/Department/Team
Lakeside Healthcare Corby is rated Good by CQC. We have a strong team ethos and believe that including those delivering the service in decisions around how the service works are key to the best patient outcomes so actively engage with all parts of the surgery to achieve this.
We have created a supportive environment through clinical supervision, team and quality meetings and an open and honest working relationship across our team.
We continue to invest in the training and development of our nursing team and recognise the importance of personal as well as organisational development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting the overarching Lakeside Healthcare strategy and service delivery, the Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) provides complete episodes of care for patients with a wide variety and range of presenting problems and health care needs. This encompasses the provision of evidence based, high-quality care for patients whose issues fall within urgent/acute episodes, long-term/chronic conditions and including health promotion and public health elements.
As an Enhanced Practitioner you will be acting within your professional boundaries, providing care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care with the support of the Supervising or Urgent GP. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the Lakeside Corby and Brigstock area whilst working autonomously and taking full accountability for patient encounters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting the overarching Lakeside Healthcare strategy and service delivery, the Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) provides complete episodes of care for patients with a wide variety and range of presenting problems and health care needs. This encompasses the provision of evidence based, high-quality care for patients whose issues fall within urgent/acute episodes, long-term/chronic conditions and including health promotion and public health elements.
As an Enhanced Practitioner you will be acting within your professional boundaries, providing care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care with the support of the Supervising or Urgent GP. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the Lakeside Corby and Brigstock area whilst working autonomously and taking full accountability for patient encounters.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGM or Paramedic Qualification
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of Continued professional development portfolio
- Mentorship and/or leadership training
- Undertaken Clinical Supervision Training
- Undertaken Accredited training in Chronic Disease management
- Safeguarding level 3 in Adults & Children & Young People
Desirable
- Masters degree - Advanced practice pathway
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
- Working at or working towards a masters level or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies.
- Undertaken Accredited training in Chronic Disease management
Experience
Essential
- Can work autonomously in an independent and advanced Healthcare role
- Experience of providing emergency care for patients and management of patients with complex needs
- Evidence of wide knowledge base and competency in clinical practice
- Experience of case management
- Experience in audit programmes and research studies
- Evidence of service development initiatives within role portfolio
- Experience of Clinical Governance and risk assessment/management processes
- Experience of teaching and mentorship in a
- clinical setting
- Experience of clinical oversight and triage
Desirable
- Experience in primary care/general practice
- Working with community development initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGM or Paramedic Qualification
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of Continued professional development portfolio
- Mentorship and/or leadership training
- Undertaken Clinical Supervision Training
- Undertaken Accredited training in Chronic Disease management
- Safeguarding level 3 in Adults & Children & Young People
Desirable
- Masters degree - Advanced practice pathway
- Independent Prescribing Qualification
- Working at or working towards a masters level or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies.
- Undertaken Accredited training in Chronic Disease management
Experience
Essential
- Can work autonomously in an independent and advanced Healthcare role
- Experience of providing emergency care for patients and management of patients with complex needs
- Evidence of wide knowledge base and competency in clinical practice
- Experience of case management
- Experience in audit programmes and research studies
- Evidence of service development initiatives within role portfolio
- Experience of Clinical Governance and risk assessment/management processes
- Experience of teaching and mentorship in a
- clinical setting
- Experience of clinical oversight and triage
Desirable
- Experience in primary care/general practice
- Working with community development initiatives
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
