Community Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Post: Community Paramedic-Urgent Care Practitioner

Hours: 25 hours per week

Salary: £30,330.00

Reports to: Partners and Practice Manager

Accountable to: Stafford Town PCN Clinical Director

Job Summary-

Stafford Health and Wellbeing are looking for a dynamic and keen paramedic to join our busy practice. You would be joining the amazing SHAW Team! We have a close and expanding team of clinicians serving around 13,600 patients set in Historic County Town of Stafford.

Job Responsibilities-

Assess and triage patients, including same day triage and as appropriate, provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (National) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team

Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions

Undertake home visits for acute illness or chronic disease management.

Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.

Work with children of all ages

Prescribing

Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.

Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs

Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).

Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.

Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntary services.

Perform specialist health checks and reviews; perform and interpret ECGs; perform investigatory procedures as required.

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc.

Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in sheltered housing).

Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for the network and undertake clinical audits.

Communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, patient-centred service is delivered.

Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team, 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 health care and registration with the practice

Other Duties

Work within the policies of scheme and Practices.

Maintain a good working knowledge of health and safety procedures.

Promote client involvement in the management of the service.

Participate in regular supervision sessions and appraisals with your line manager. Attend training and development activities as identified and participate in meetings as required.

Maintain administration systems and workspace used in a clean and tidy condition.

Maintain a good working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures and fire precautions, and operate the correct procedures and participate in policy development and data collection where appropriate.

Work flexibly to meet the needs of patients

Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post and within the post holders clinical competence.

Health and Safety

To comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

To take responsibility for his/her own health and safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her own acts or omissions.

Equality and Diversity

To carry out at all times his/her responsibilities in line with the Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedure.

Risk Management and Clinical Governance

To work within the Clinical Governance Framework of the practice, incorporating Risk Management and all other quality initiatives.

Confidentiality

To maintain confidentiality of information relating to patients, clients, staff and other users of the services working to the remits of Confidentiality and the General Data Protection Regulations. Any breach of confidentiality may render an individual liable for dismissal and/or prosecution.

General

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the role, within the bounds of his/her own competence.

To work across Primary Care Network sites as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously

Health and Fitness

Essential

• The job holder must be assessed by Occupation health as having a level of fitness to carry out duties/tasks after reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Disability Act 1995 have been made.

Qualifications

Essential

• 1. Independent Prescriber
• 2. Educated to degree/diploma level in Para-medicine or equivalent experience
• 3. Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council
• 4. Completed a two year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified Paramedic
• 5. Further three years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
• 6. Has Level 7 capability in paramedic areas of practice

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Stafford Health & Wellbeing

Address

Whitgreave Court

Stafford

ST16 3EB

Employer's website

https://www.staffordhealthandwellbeingcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)