Acute visiting and fragility review Paramedic

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

Clinical responsibilities

Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team

Provide an acute home visiting service

Help in the provision of a fragility review team

Develop a team looking at avoiding Unplanned admission

Assist with the annual flu and Covid 19 immunisation programme.

Manage patients with problems needing referral to secondary care.

Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.

Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary

Works from the surgery and within communities as an autonomous practitioner caring for patients and families.

Works as an autonomous practitioner, in accordance with the Health Professions Council. Ensure that personal and professional clinical standards are maintained.

To undertake assessment for patients within the community and those attending the surgery, using diagnostic skills and initiation of investigations where appropriate.

Prescribe/issue medications through use of master module prescribing V300

To formally and informally impart knowledge and skills to colleagues promoting peer review and best practice within the work environment.

To communicate at all levels within the team ensuring an effective service is delivered.

To maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.

Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high quality patient care.

Works with local policies and procedures.

Enhance own performance through Continuous Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.

To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service.

To participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.

Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

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

Administration

• To manage their own time well

Show responsibility for their own work and when working with others.

Ensure the use clinical computer system and coding is kept up to date, with accurate details recorded and amended.

Ensure appropriate coding for items of service claims are made accurately, including targets of the PCN including IMF targets, reporting any problems to the PCN administration.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit

Attend and participate in practice meetings and PCN meetings as required.

Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas, visiting bags and consulting rooms as required.

Training and personal development

Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.

Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development, ensuring mandatory requirements are met.

If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.

Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Must hold diagnostics and examination at a masters level or equivalents

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

Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network

Address

156 Common Field Road

Woodchurch

Birkenhead

CH49 7LP

Employer's website

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