Emergency Care Practitioner / Paramedic

Job summary

Walton Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a paramedic practitioner to join our practice, on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week.

You will be required to provide a high-quality, cost effective service to the patients of the practice, diagnosing and prescribing treatments and drugs, working within defined procedures and protocols as laid down by the GPs.

Main duties of the job

• Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with acute medical and minor illness or requesting home visits.
• Communicating to patients/parents/carers and provide appropriate ongoing support to meet identified needs.
• Ensuring clinical practice is safe and effective.
• Advising patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other members of the primary and secondary healthcare team.
• Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Providing general/specific health screenings to patients, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team.
• Undertaking the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc.
• Ensuring the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended.
• Ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.
• Participating in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate.

About us

The Colte Partnership is very much at The heart of Primary Care, being the largest GP Partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 8 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 80,000 patients and our head office is in Feering.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of primary care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon. Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes, armed forces support and even child first aid classes for parents.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.