Job summary
Paramedic Practitioner - Urgent Care
- Full time / Part time positions available
- Vacancies available in Gillingham, Kent or Crawley, West Sussex
- Opportunity to work in 999 and 111
Are you an experienced and clinically driven Paramedic Practitioner looking for a new challenge?
An opportunity has arisen for Specialist Paramedics to join our Integrated Care (999 & 111) clinical team, based across the South East region. This is an exciting time to join South East Coast Ambulance Service, as we continue integrating patient access to urgent and emergency care.
You will need excellent telephone communication skills, be self-motivated and able to manage your own work load.
Positions available in Crawley/Gillingham.
Main duties of the job
As an Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP) you will provide enhanced clinical assessment and signposting, through telephone consultation, to patients who have contact with the 999 /111 service. You will also offer clinical advice, support and leadership to the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) multi-disciplinary team, including Emergency Medical Advisors (Call Handlers), Nurses, Paramedics, Mental Health Practitioners and Midwives.
Furthermore, you will provide support across the Trust's wider Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) clinical team within NHS 111 - including Health Advisors, Dental Nurses, Paediatric Nurses, Palliative Care Nurses, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Paediatricians and GPs.
In addition to supporting the on-site EOC clinical team, you will also be available to provide clinical support and advice to Healthcare Professionals within the community, including ambulance clinicians, community nursing teams, allied health professionals and care home staff.
About us
We are looking for the following:
- Permanent part-time contracts
- Permanent full-time contracts
- Rotas that include working weekdays, late afternoon into evenings, Saturdays and Sundays
- You will be required to successfully pass a two week PaCCs Training Course which will be held at Crawley HQ.
Please note, this is a 7-day per week role and there is a requirement to work a variety of shifts including earlies, evenings (until 2am), weekends and bank holidays. Unsocial hours is payable in addition to the salary quoted, dependent upon working pattern.
Most Urgent Care Practitioners self-roster, planning shifts 6-weeks in advance, to provide individual flexibility.
Training - 2 weeks full time PaCCs course
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to be a registered Paramedic with significant experience of clinical practice and evidence of specialist practice in the field of urgent and emergency care. You will have also operated in an autonomous capacity within a primary or urgent care setting such as an Urgent Treatment Centre, Minor Injury Unit, Walk-in Centre, GP practice or Emergency Department. You will have sound assessment and decision-making skills, the ability to plan and prioritise clinical workloads and ability to negotiate appropriate treatment and referral strategies.
Good communication skills and the ability to work under pressure are also prerequisites for this role.
Please be aware, the position is across our Crawley EOC and the new premises in Bredgar Road, Gillingham.
This new multi-purpose ambulance centre will comprise of a Make Ready Centre - a vehicle preparation system which sees specialist teams of staff employed to clean, restock and maintain the Trusts fleet - and our 999 EOC East and NHS 111 IUC operations teams, currently based in Coxheath and Ashford, on the upper two floors of a modern, open-plan office complete with training, rest and wellbeing facilities.
This is a really positive, cooperative change whereby we will be operating Field Operations, 999 and our 111 services from the same building - we will be only the second Ambulance Trust in the country to unite both our 999 and 111 services in this way.
The move will vastly improve the working environment for our East EOC and 111 colleagues and mirror the Trusts West Emergency Operations Centre, based in Crawley, which opened in 2017.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to be a registered Paramedic with significant experience of clinical practice and evidence of specialist practice in the field of urgent and emergency care. You will have also operated in an autonomous capacity within a primary or urgent care setting such as an Urgent Treatment Centre, Minor Injury Unit, Walk-in Centre, GP practice or Emergency Department. You will have sound assessment and decision-making skills, the ability to plan and prioritise clinical workloads and ability to negotiate appropriate treatment and referral strategies.
Good communication skills and the ability to work under pressure are also prerequisites for this role.
Please be aware, the position is across our Crawley EOC and the new premises in Bredgar Road, Gillingham.
This new multi-purpose ambulance centre will comprise of a Make Ready Centre - a vehicle preparation system which sees specialist teams of staff employed to clean, restock and maintain the Trusts fleet - and our 999 EOC East and NHS 111 IUC operations teams, currently based in Coxheath and Ashford, on the upper two floors of a modern, open-plan office complete with training, rest and wellbeing facilities.
This is a really positive, cooperative change whereby we will be operating Field Operations, 999 and our 111 services from the same building - we will be only the second Ambulance Trust in the country to unite both our 999 and 111 services in this way.
The move will vastly improve the working environment for our East EOC and 111 colleagues and mirror the Trusts West Emergency Operations Centre, based in Crawley, which opened in 2017.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Regulated Health Care Professional (HCP) with existing registration - NMC or HCPC
- Higher Education Award relevant to area of specialist practice recognised as suitable for attracting specialist practice designation, including: Specialist Practice Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care or equivalent
- Have or be working towards Masters module in Advanced Clinical Assessment and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of undertaking regular update training and continuous personal/professional development in accordance with NMC/HCPC regulations
- Supervision/mentoring training or qualification
- Leadership/management training or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial consolidated experience of clinical practice in a range of setting including assessing minor illnesses/injuries face-to-face
- Minimum of two years' post registration qualification as a paramedic or nurse (or equivalent relevant experience equating to 7,000 hours in front line acute or chronic care
Desirable
- Experience within telephone triage utilising a Clinical Decision Support System
- Previous experience working remote consultation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Regulated Health Care Professional (HCP) with existing registration - NMC or HCPC
- Higher Education Award relevant to area of specialist practice recognised as suitable for attracting specialist practice designation, including: Specialist Practice Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care or equivalent
- Have or be working towards Masters module in Advanced Clinical Assessment and Management
Desirable
- Evidence of undertaking regular update training and continuous personal/professional development in accordance with NMC/HCPC regulations
- Supervision/mentoring training or qualification
- Leadership/management training or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial consolidated experience of clinical practice in a range of setting including assessing minor illnesses/injuries face-to-face
- Minimum of two years' post registration qualification as a paramedic or nurse (or equivalent relevant experience equating to 7,000 hours in front line acute or chronic care
Desirable
- Experience within telephone triage utilising a Clinical Decision Support System
- Previous experience working remote consultation
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).
