Job summary
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Are you a registered Paramedic Practitioner / Prescriber looking to join a fantastic and diverse team?
We are looking for a PP to complement our friendly team of NPs, Physician Associates and GP's providing urgent, on the day care to a growing list of nearly 20,000 patients.
We have developed a model which separates out on the day from 'routine' care. We aim to provide good access for patients with urgent problems but also provide continuity for those with more complex needs.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of evidence-based services in our urgent care centre, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. Paramedic Practitioners have the freedom and authority to act and make autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients.
The PP provides an opportunity for patients to avoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby enabling them to receive timely care and negate unnecessary delay in receiving treatment. Working autonomously, the PP will be required to work in our urgent care department along side our team.
About us
Based in an excellent location on the Hampshire/Surrey border in Farnborough, we have a fabulous purpose designed building. We are co-located with community nursing, an integrated care team, community midwifery and paramedic home visiting team.
Although the largest practice in Farnborough, we are a friendly team and work hard to maintain our family atmosphere.We have a highly skilled team of GPs, NPs, Physician Associates, Practice Nurses, HCAs, a Mental Health Practitioner, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician and Physiotherapists. A great admin team are employed to support us all.
General Practice is hard work, but we aim to provide high quality care at the same time as sustaining a healthy work/life balance. We are committed to training and career development for our growing team of allied health care practitioners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Voyager Family Health is a GP surgery that is committed to preserve and enhance its good reputation for being caring and innovative by providing high quality medical services in a friendly, happy, and healthy environment.
The following are the core responsibilities of the Paramedic Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.
- Manage patients presenting with a range of acute medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
- Provide specialist medical care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
- Request pathology services as necessary
- Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
- Chaperone patients where necessary
- Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Prescribe medication in accordance own scope of practice
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Voyager Family Health is a GP surgery that is committed to preserve and enhance its good reputation for being caring and innovative by providing high quality medical services in a friendly, happy, and healthy environment.
The following are the core responsibilities of the Paramedic Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.
- Manage patients presenting with a range of acute medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
- Provide specialist medical care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
- Request pathology services as necessary
- Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
- Chaperone patients where necessary
- Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Prescribe medication in accordance own scope of practice
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -Registered paramedic
- -Evidence of continual learning and professional development
- -Prescribing qualification (or the willingness to complete)
Other Requirements
Essential
- - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- - Occupational health clearance
- - Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an PP
Experience
Essential
- - Experience that demonstrates practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- - Experience of prescribing
- - Experience of working in a primary care environment
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical knowledge and skills including:
- - ECGs
- - Minor Illness / urgent care
- - Venepuncture
- - Chaperone procedure
- - Requesting and processing pathology tests
- - Advising patients accordingly
- -Wound Care
- - Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- - Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- - Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- - Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- - Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- - Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- - Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- - Motivated, forward thinker
- - Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- - High levels of integrity and loyalty
- - Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -Registered paramedic
- -Evidence of continual learning and professional development
- -Prescribing qualification (or the willingness to complete)
Other Requirements
Essential
- - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- - Occupational health clearance
- - Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an PP
Experience
Essential
- - Experience that demonstrates practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- - Experience of prescribing
- - Experience of working in a primary care environment
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical knowledge and skills including:
- - ECGs
- - Minor Illness / urgent care
- - Venepuncture
- - Chaperone procedure
- - Requesting and processing pathology tests
- - Advising patients accordingly
- -Wound Care
- - Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- - Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- - Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- - Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- - Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- - Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- - Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- - Motivated, forward thinker
- - Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- - High levels of integrity and loyalty
- - Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
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).
