Job summary
Do you want to work with patients where you can really make a
difference to those most in need? An exciting opportunity has arisen for
an experienced and highly motivated Paramedic at North Solihull PCN. With a population of just under 37,000
patients you will join our team in supporting the network's GP practices,
all rated as Good by CQC.
You will be a valued member of our multi-disciplinary team of Clinical
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technician, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Health and
Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribers, Care Coordinators, and Nurse
Associate. You will work alongside a range of local providers from
primary care, community services, social care and the voluntary sector to offer
more personalised, coordinated health and social care to their local patient
populations.
The role will also require you to visit patients in their own home or
in a care home environment, therefore applicants must have a clean driving
license, along with their own car.
Main duties of the job
You must have a minimum of 5 years post-registration experience to apply for this role in order to meet the mandatory ARR requirements. As a PCN Paramedic you will work as an autonomous and highly skilled clinician within a supportive
multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across
North Solihull PCN practices. You will assess,
diagnose and manage a wide range of undifferentiated acute and chronic
conditions, including minor illness and injury, through face-to-face
consultations, telephone triage and home visits.
The role involves prioritising urgent care needs,
developing and implementing treatment plans, and supporting patients to manage
their health through education and self-care. You will also contribute to long-term
condition management, preventative care, and health promotion, while working
collaboratively with GPs and the wider team to ensure safe, effective and
timely care. In addition, you will
support service development, clinical audits, and quality improvement
initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.
About us
North Solihull Primary
Care Network brings together 5 GP practices working collaboratively to deliver
high-quality, patient-centred care to our local community.
Together we serve a
population of approximately 37,000 patients.
Our purpose is to support our member practices in developing and
delivering innovative, network-based services that respond to the needs of our
local community. Through this
collaborative approach, we aim to achieve meaningful and sustained improvements
in both patient care and the working lives of our staff.
We are proud of the
strong clinical support we provide to both our patients and colleagues, and we
are committed to the ongoing development of our multidisciplinary team.
As part of our
continued growth, we are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Paramedic to join and
strengthen our team. If you are
passionate about delivering excellent care and want to be part of a supportive
and forward-thinking organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role Summary:
-
To assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost
patients and service users who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or
undiagnosed condition relating to minor illness or minor injury.
-
To coordinate
telephone triage, taking clinical responsibility for all patients who have
requested an urgent appointment.
-
The role will provide a specialist Paramedic resource
for health care professionals and service users, working in collaboration with
other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
-
To work within practices as an autonomous, accountable
Paramedic, in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including
assessment, diagnosis and treatment to deliver quality patient services.
-
The post holder will use advanced clinical skills to
provide education to patients and service users, promoting self-care and
empower them to make informed choices about their treatment.
-
To perform any
other clinical and clinical administrative duties where trained and determined
safe to do so by the partners. This may include assisting with medical reports,
safeguarding, and clinic support.
Authority:
The Paramedic is authorised to undertake
treatments and procedures as directed by the GPs for which they are trained in,
and which are within the College of Paramedic Guidelines and in line with the
HCPC standards framework.
Job responsibilities:
- You will act
as an autonomous clinician, with the support and guidance from the GPs
-
Assess,
diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and treatments for patients
with complex needs
-
Proactively
identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of
developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)
-
Diagnose and
manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug
based treatment methods into a management plan
-
Prescribe
and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient
needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice
protocols, and within scope of practice
-
Manage
caseload of housebound chronic disease management patients
-
Work with
patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed
treatments. Provide information and
advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens,
side-effects and interactions
-
Telephone
triage as appropriate for clinics and home visits and provide access to GPs as
necessary.
-
Take part in
clinics if and when needed and appropriate.
-
Undertake
home visits, manage referrals and admit patients when required.
-
Take an
active part in QOF management
-
Prioritise
health problems and intervene appropriately to assess the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency
care
-
Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles
and apply principles of self-care. To give advice on Health Promotion and
Health Education
-
To undertake
Audits, Appraisals, Health Promotions and Teaching/Mentoring Staff
-
Implement
and participate in vaccination programme as appropriate.
Be
able to:
- perform
specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in line
with local and national guidance;
- perform
and interpret ECGs;
- perform
investigatory procedures as required; and
- undertake
the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples,
swabs, and other samples within their scope of practice, and within line of
local and national guidance;
-
Support
the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services
(e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in
sheltered housing)
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 carers,
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
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, to 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
-
Reporting
potential risks identified
Incident Reporting:
To assist the partners with
investigating untoward incidents or near misses in accordance with the internal
Significant Events policy and procedure.
Training and personal development:
Training requirements will be
monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with PCN 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.
If it is necessary to expand
the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
Develop and maintain a
Personal Learning Plan.
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 recognises 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role Summary:
-
To assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost
patients and service users who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or
undiagnosed condition relating to minor illness or minor injury.
-
To coordinate
telephone triage, taking clinical responsibility for all patients who have
requested an urgent appointment.
-
The role will provide a specialist Paramedic resource
for health care professionals and service users, working in collaboration with
other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
-
To work within practices as an autonomous, accountable
Paramedic, in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including
assessment, diagnosis and treatment to deliver quality patient services.
-
The post holder will use advanced clinical skills to
provide education to patients and service users, promoting self-care and
empower them to make informed choices about their treatment.
-
To perform any
other clinical and clinical administrative duties where trained and determined
safe to do so by the partners. This may include assisting with medical reports,
safeguarding, and clinic support.
Authority:
The Paramedic is authorised to undertake
treatments and procedures as directed by the GPs for which they are trained in,
and which are within the College of Paramedic Guidelines and in line with the
HCPC standards framework.
Job responsibilities:
- You will act
as an autonomous clinician, with the support and guidance from the GPs
-
Assess,
diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and treatments for patients
with complex needs
-
Proactively
identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of
developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)
-
Diagnose and
manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug
based treatment methods into a management plan
-
Prescribe
and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient
needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice
protocols, and within scope of practice
-
Manage
caseload of housebound chronic disease management patients
-
Work with
patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed
treatments. Provide information and
advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens,
side-effects and interactions
-
Telephone
triage as appropriate for clinics and home visits and provide access to GPs as
necessary.
-
Take part in
clinics if and when needed and appropriate.
-
Undertake
home visits, manage referrals and admit patients when required.
-
Take an
active part in QOF management
-
Prioritise
health problems and intervene appropriately to assess the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency
care
-
Support
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles
and apply principles of self-care. To give advice on Health Promotion and
Health Education
-
To undertake
Audits, Appraisals, Health Promotions and Teaching/Mentoring Staff
-
Implement
and participate in vaccination programme as appropriate.
Be
able to:
- perform
specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in line
with local and national guidance;
- perform
and interpret ECGs;
- perform
investigatory procedures as required; and
- undertake
the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples,
swabs, and other samples within their scope of practice, and within line of
local and national guidance;
-
Support
the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services
(e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in
sheltered housing)
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 carers,
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
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, to 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
-
Reporting
potential risks identified
Incident Reporting:
To assist the partners with
investigating untoward incidents or near misses in accordance with the internal
Significant Events policy and procedure.
Training and personal development:
Training requirements will be
monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with PCN 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.
If it is necessary to expand
the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
Develop and maintain a
Personal Learning Plan.
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 recognises 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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience within the NHS Ambulance Service or Primary Care
- Experience in minor illness management
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Experience in telephone triage
- Experience in chronic disease management
- Experience of clinical audit
General
Essential
- Commitment to quality, patient-centred care and best practice
- Flexible and adaptable approach to working
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Professional, polite and approachable manner
- Reliable with a mature and responsible attitude
- High level of honesty and integrity
Qualifications
Essential
- Paramedic registered with the HCPC
- BSc in Paramedic Science or IHCD Paramedic
- Minimum of five years post-registration experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
- Long Term Conditions qualification
- Vaccination qualification
- Membership of the College of Paramedics
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience within the NHS Ambulance Service or Primary Care
- Experience in minor illness management
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy
Desirable
- Experience in telephone triage
- Experience in chronic disease management
- Experience of clinical audit
General
Essential
- Commitment to quality, patient-centred care and best practice
- Flexible and adaptable approach to working
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Professional, polite and approachable manner
- Reliable with a mature and responsible attitude
- High level of honesty and integrity
Qualifications
Essential
- Paramedic registered with the HCPC
- BSc in Paramedic Science or IHCD Paramedic
- Minimum of five years post-registration experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
Desirable
- Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
- Long Term Conditions qualification
- Vaccination qualification
- Membership of the College of Paramedics
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).
