Job responsibilities
PCN (FCP) Paramedic
Pay Scheme: Other
Band: 7
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, flexible working
Job locations: Avon Valley PCN
Job Description:
Clinical
To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs in patients home, care home or practice base.
To support and continue the development of an on the day emergency Home Visiting service for the network.
To accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.
To evaluate clinical information from examination, history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To apply clinical guidelines (e.g. NICE and local guidelines) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted.
To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events.
Communication
To liaise and interact with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services and secondary care providers according to patient needs and appropriate care pathways.
To maintain communication with all healthcare professionals and outside agencies to ensure seamless, patient-centred service provision.
To ensure effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of care and wherever possible avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
To take an active role in maintaining expert communication with all patients, carers and relatives which meets their individual needs.
To deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily on a local level.
To communicate effectively, even in demanding and challenging situations.
To assist in maintaining accurate data collection.
Professional
To utilise and input information into the SystmOne clinical information system.
To work collaboratively with other members of the health care team such as the District Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in Care Homes, Ambulance Service, Secondary Care etc.
To ensure that the wellbeing of patients and staff is maintained in accordance with Practice and network policies.
To undertake clinical audits in line with the organisation clinical audit plan, and to participate as required in equipment testing and other research.
To contribute to the analysis of information to inform future development of the service.
To participate and contribute to clinical meetings, particularly the regular care home and frailty MDTs.
To identify risks to service provision and highlight them to the Clinical Lead.
To work within the requirements of Data Protection legislation as it applies to patient records.
To maintain current professional registration.
To act at all times in such a manner as to promote confidence and public trust and to uphold the reputation of Avon Valley PCN, the practices represented by the Network and their own profession.
Organisational
To operate as an effective member of the Network team.
To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events, child protection issues or other notifiable matters.
To provide information to inform the evaluation and efficiency of the role and for performance management purposes as requested.
To engage in self appraisal and utilise reflective practice to enhance and develop personal and organisational practice.
To assist in marketing and promoting the role and organisation within the health community both locally and nationally.
Managerial
To ensure effective time management and prioritisation of workload.
To ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any allocated equipment and goods.
To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to- date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the appropriate clinical manager.
Professional Development:
Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research.
Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
Maintain their professional registration.
Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained.
Actively take part in mandatory and internalexternal training as requested including annual appraisal (both external and internal).