First Contact Paramedic and PCN Home Visiting Lead

Job summary

Hounslow PCNs are looking for a Lead first contact paramedic to join Hounslow Health PCN and to work in collaboration with the other PCN Lead Paramedics. Our growing multi-disciplinary PCN teams working across the five PCNs in Hounslow: Brentworth, Chiswick, Feltham & Bedfont, Great West Road and Hounslow Health.

Hounslow is a diverse outer London Borough of approximately 324,000 registered patients supported by 47 GP Practices. The Hounslow Consortium brings together the borough's five Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to work collaboratively for the benefit of patients and their practices.

Hounslow is traditionally considered an underserved area, and several initiatives have been under way to increase the appeal of working in Hounslow through training and development of staff, technology and our partnership with Hounslow Community Healthcare in West London NHS Trust.

We are seeking individuals who are passionate about improving care for patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation, tackling health inequalities and increasing access to high quality multi-disciplinary general practice.

Main duties of the job

Operational lead role, working alongside clinical directors to establish new and innovative ways of working to maximise the opportunities that PCN working offers.

The role will give you a solid grounding in Primary Care, working across a PCN footprint and closely alongside other ARRS roles.

Our Lead Paramedics will work as a team to shape and deliver the future care for our patients who receive their care at home, working in collaboration with urgent and integrated community services who are leaders in admission avoidance and optimising patients lives within the community. The collective aim is to maximise our impact on the health and well-being of our local population.

You will have the opportunity to be involved in service improvement, implementing initiatives and directives locally with the support and supervision of your clinical leads within the PCN. As a Lead Paramedic you will be expected to contribute to the leadership of the PCNs but also work together to lead services in all the PCNs, provide leadership and mentoring to your team as well as develop effective relationships with the GP mentors for your staff.

You must have access to your own transport, as this role will require travelling both to visit patients in their homes but also to a number of PCN practices and colleagues across Hounslow.

Please refer to the job description and personal specification for full details of the role.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.