Job summary
This role will support the Coventry & Warwickshire Training Hub with the development of the paramedic workforce across GP practices in our ICS footprint across the Coventry & Warwickshire footprint. This post holder will act as a Paramedic Ambassador to support the development of the paramedic workforce within primary care.
This post holder will support the advancement of the paramedic role within primary care and will be responsible in delivering across a portfolio of projects relating to recruitment and development of primary care paramedics with key stakeholders including primary care employers, Primary Care Networks (PCN), C&W System, Health Education England (HEE), Health Education Institutes (HEI), HCPC and NHS England. The post is an interactive role, developed in response to the demands of primary care, new emerging roles for paramedics in primary care and the latest GP Contract Additional Roles Programme. Reporting to the Training Hub Leads, the Paramedic Ambassador will maintain responsibility to support other Paramedics and projects in relation to workforce development within the Coventry & Warwickshire system. The role may also require the postholder to support the development and recruitment of other Allied Health Professional (AHP) when required.
Main duties of the job
- To
participate in recruitment and training of undergraduate and qualified
paramedics
- Develop
and facilitate undergraduate paramedic placements in general practice
- Build
working relationships with Schools of Paramedic Science to facilitate the
development of the role
- Promote
the role of paramedics across the Coventry & Warwickshire system, in
accordance with local and national guidelines
- To offer
guidance, support and updates to paramedics and other staff working in
general practice
- Identify
areas for paramedic, AHP and non-AHP workforce development
- Train and
support other healthcare professionals to perform optimally in their roles
across the Coventry & Warwickshire system.
- Support
the Training Hub team to support practices across Coventry &
Warwickshire with workforce development
- Promote
additional services to all members of Coventry & Warwickshire system,
including training at practice and PCN level to support the uptake of
available services
- Seek
advice from other health professionals/ senior paramedics on matters
beyond level of competence
About us
Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub
(CWTH) was established in October 2020 as the two existing training hubs were
aligned. The Training Hub delivers its Health Education England commissioned
core aims to all four places in our system. These aims include supporting
recruitment and retention of primary care workforce, placement capacity and
quality and embedding of the additional roles.
We work in partnership with several
stakeholders including our CCG and Health Care Partnership to also support
workforce planning and delivery.
**NHS workers in England with face to face contact with patients must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Only those with medical exemptions will be excluded from this requirement. Please consider this a requirement when applying for this position**
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
post holder will support the advancement of the paramedic role within primary
care and will be responsible in delivering across a portfolio of projects
relating to recruitment and development of primary care paramedics with key
stakeholders including primary care
employers, Primary Care Networks (PCN), C&W System, Health Education
England (HEE), Health Education Institutes (HEI), HCPC and NHS England. The post is an interactive role, developed in
response to the demands of primary care, new emerging roles for paramedics in
primary care and the latest GP Contract Additional Roles Programme.
Reporting to the Training
Hub Leads, the Paramedic Ambassador will maintain responsibility to support
other Paramedics and projects in relation to workforce development within the Coventry
& Warwickshire system. Demonstrating a commitment to high standards of
service delivery and training, you will be a learning facilitator with
demonstrable enthusiasm for paramedic roles in primary care. The role may also require the postholder to
support the development and recruitment of other Allied Health Professional
(AHP) when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This
post holder will support the advancement of the paramedic role within primary
care and will be responsible in delivering across a portfolio of projects
relating to recruitment and development of primary care paramedics with key
stakeholders including primary care
employers, Primary Care Networks (PCN), C&W System, Health Education
England (HEE), Health Education Institutes (HEI), HCPC and NHS England. The post is an interactive role, developed in
response to the demands of primary care, new emerging roles for paramedics in
primary care and the latest GP Contract Additional Roles Programme.
Reporting to the Training
Hub Leads, the Paramedic Ambassador will maintain responsibility to support
other Paramedics and projects in relation to workforce development within the Coventry
& Warwickshire system. Demonstrating a commitment to high standards of
service delivery and training, you will be a learning facilitator with
demonstrable enthusiasm for paramedic roles in primary care. The role may also require the postholder to
support the development and recruitment of other Allied Health Professional
(AHP) when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered member of the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine
Desirable
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Knowledge of Local and national health policy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Ability to identify determinants on health in the patient population
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support good practice
- Clinical knowledge to implement in practice to design and deliver new services
- Significant experience of working in Primary Care at both practice and PCN level
- Significant knowledge and understanding of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda
- Knowledge and experience of programme and/or project management and delivery within a delegated budget
- Experience of communicating and engaging effectively with external agencies/stakeholders
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring and reporting on performance drawing on complex information from a variety of sources
- Strong knowledge of IT, and ability to utilise and interpret data from these systems
- Experience of achieving objectives by working with others not under direct line management control
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Sound knowledge of Paramedic ARRS including HEE framework, advanced practice framework and four pillars of advanced practice.
- Supervision of a broad range of Paramedics in extended roles previously.
- The ability to work well independently as well as part of a team.
- The knowledge and commitment to be able to contribute to the development of training opportunities for Paramedics in Primary Care.
- Strong leadership skills to support and provide guidance to help shape the Paramedic workforce programme in Primary Care.
- Experience of working across boundaries and with multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic to support the development of the Paramedic Programme and provide innovative insight on how offers can be improved for the Primary Care workforce.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered member of the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine
Desirable
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Knowledge of Local and national health policy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Ability to identify determinants on health in the patient population
- Demonstrates ability to identify where there is a gap in the evidence base to support good practice
- Clinical knowledge to implement in practice to design and deliver new services
- Significant experience of working in Primary Care at both practice and PCN level
- Significant knowledge and understanding of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda
- Knowledge and experience of programme and/or project management and delivery within a delegated budget
- Experience of communicating and engaging effectively with external agencies/stakeholders
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring and reporting on performance drawing on complex information from a variety of sources
- Strong knowledge of IT, and ability to utilise and interpret data from these systems
- Experience of achieving objectives by working with others not under direct line management control
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Sound knowledge of Paramedic ARRS including HEE framework, advanced practice framework and four pillars of advanced practice.
- Supervision of a broad range of Paramedics in extended roles previously.
- The ability to work well independently as well as part of a team.
- The knowledge and commitment to be able to contribute to the development of training opportunities for Paramedics in Primary Care.
- Strong leadership skills to support and provide guidance to help shape the Paramedic workforce programme in Primary Care.
- Experience of working across boundaries and with multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic to support the development of the Paramedic Programme and provide innovative insight on how offers can be improved for the Primary Care workforce.
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).
