Paramedic in General Practice
Downend Health Group
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Job summary
Do you want to work in a practice environment that offers ..
- A very experienced paramedic and urgent care team, which will allow motivated candidates to learn and develop into autonomous clinicians within their area of expertise
- Provision of Paramedic led same-day urgent care/minor illness clinics
- Supportive GP team working from an on-site clinical hub, including easy access to GPs to support management decisions/patient reviews as needed
- An emerging Paramedic/GP combined home visiting service with future plans to develop
- Support for the first contact Paramedic Practitioner roadmap and development of portfolios
1 week study leave granted pro rata
- Prescriptions supported by clinical pharmacists and medicines management team
- Timetabled clinical meetings, and regular urgent care team meetings being developed
- Support from a positive and enthusiastic practice team
- 15-minute telephone, face to face and e-consult (online consultations) appointments
- Timetabled daily coffee break in line with other Paramedics, morning and afternoon
- Large training practice supporting medical students, foundation doctors and GP trainees
- Nurses and clinical pharmacists supporting chronic disease management. Care coordinating team supporting continuation and complex care
- Two great purpose built surgeries a short walk apart
Main duties of the job
To perform routine tasks related to patient care. Such tasks may include but are not exclusive to:
- Provide care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan;
- Provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis at point of first contact, by attending to patients in a variety of clinical or non-clinical settings according to patients or practice needs;
- Undertake home visits, see patients face to face in the surgery and conduct telephone triage/remote consultations, in accordance with practice protocols;
- Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable;
- Refer patients to an alternative care setting or treat and discharge as appropriate;
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports;
- Work with the multi-disciplinary team within the practice, and access the broader health care community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
About us
'We value your health and wellbeing' reflects DHGs ethos for both the population it serves and for our staff.
A merger in April 2018 made DHG the second largest practice in South Gloucestershire. We have focused on retaining the closeness and integration of a small practice and restructured our approach so the clinical team have the time and space to enjoy the work that they do.
Our team consists of nine GP partners and thirteen salaried GPs. The multi-disciplinary team includes four practice paramedics, four clinical pharmacists, seven nurses, seven healthcare assistants and two clinical coordinators. DHG is managed by two Executive Managers, twelve lead assistants and nineteen patient assistants.
We operate a daily triage service alongside scheduled appointments, provided by a range of healthcare professionals. Our Covid related adaptations have led to triage being provided by five doctors and a pharmacist daily which make a busy job more enjoyable and enables supported learning.
We have a large medicines management team, led by our clinical pharmacist partner, that supports all medication related work.
DHG has two large purpose-built sites with car and cycle parking. Our Christchurch site predominantly focuses on urgent care provision while Willow predominantly offers scheduled care (Chronic disease care).
Date posted
26 May 2022
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A4258-22-5310
Job locations
The Willow Surgery
Hill House Road, Downend
Bristol
BS16 5FJ
North Street
Downend
Bristol
BS16 5SG
Employer details
Employer name
Downend Health Group
Address
The Willow Surgery
Hill House Road, Downend
Bristol
BS16 5FJ
Employer's website
https://www.downendhealthgroup.com (Opens in a new tab)