Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Paramedic at this organisation is a registered paramedic educated to degree level who acts within their professional boundaries.

Paramedics work independently within their scope of practice in the community, using their enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills to assess and manage patients presenting with acute presentations which include minor illness or injury, abdominal pains, chest pains and headaches.

The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team.

They will be employed under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) meeting the paramedic role AfC Band 7 requirements.

A Paramedic will:

a. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within Wallingbrook Health Group

b. 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

c. 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

d. Be able to:

Perform specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of

practice and in line with local and national guidance

Perform and interpret ECGs

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 (e.g., 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 at all levels across organisation ensuring that an effective, person-centred service is delivered

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 physical health needs, results, findings and treatment choices

Person Specification

Other Requirements

Essential

• Own transport
• Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home

Desirable

• Clear polite telephone manner
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails, and the internet to create simple plans and reports
• Has previously worked in a primary care setting or a Primary Care Network

Experience

Essential

• Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period when a newly qualified paramedic
• Completed a further three years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
• Experienced in dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Experienced in triage
• Completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the Advanced Clinical Practice Framework.
• Attained Level 7 capability in paramedic areas of practice

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council as a paramedic

Desirable

• Post graduate qualifications in minor injury/illness and advanced patient assessment

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Wallingbrook Health Group

Address

Back Lane

Chulmleigh

Devon

EX18 7DL

Employer's website

https://www.wallingbrook.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)