Trainee/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paramedic)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

To undertake telephone triage in line with practice procedures

Triage and allocate home visits.

To see patients, face to face in the surgery and visiting patients within their own home to assess their medical condition.

Prescribe appropriate medication or liaise with duty GP or ACP regarding issue of medication.

Arrange admission or refer patients for investigations and/or the appropriate specialist care where appropriate.

Involving wider multidisciplinary team members and other local agencies as required

To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.

Assess and evaluate with patients the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.

Ensure the provision of continuity of care including follow up consultations or visits.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care using a health coaching approach.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome barriers to communication.

Interpret a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures including but not exclusively ECGs, microbiology, virology, haematology, biochemistry, blood pressure and initiating further investigations and referral to secondary care where appropriate.

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including but not exclusively blood samples, swabs.

Actively and attend practice meetings where necessary.

Support QOF requirements

Maintain accurate record keeping on our medical record system (EMIS web)

Recognise and understand the importance of observing, documenting, and communicating the signs and symptoms of a child and adult abuse.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers.

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Health & safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Reporting potential risks identified.

REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1994

Because of the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994 (Exceptions) Order 1995. Applicants for posts are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are spent under the provisions of the Act and in the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in disciplinary action or dismissal by the Practice. Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an applicant of a position to which the order applies.

This job description is intended to provide an outline of key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post holder commensurate with the position. This job description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within the Practice. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the Practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered paramedic with a BSc in paramedicine or equivalent
• Current registration with the HCPC professional body
• Level 7 learning
• Full driving licence

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
• Completed Level 7 competencies of the Advanced Clinical Practice Framework
• Non-medical prescriber qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Completed Stage 1: Knowledge, Skills & Attributes (KSA)

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years post registration clinical experience in Practice OR proof of equivalent experience in Practice relevant to Urgent Care or General Practice
• Experience in examination of adults and children
• Demonstrable experience of CPD and desire to actively engage in ongoing learning of self and others.
• Able to work under pressure and managing varying workloads and changing demands
• Experience as an autonomous practitioner diagnosing and treating patients.

Desirable

• Walk in Centre, /A&E/Primary Care experience
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Teaching / Mentoring experience

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

The Lennard Surgery

Address

1-3 Lewis Road

Bedminster Down

Bristol

BS13 7JD

Employer's website

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