Paramedic Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Aylesford; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking healthcare professionals to identify and signpost patients at risk of long-term conditions, and to provide routine clinical care guided by evidence. The role involves examining, triaging, home visits, collecting specimens, and maintaining compliant medical records.

You will lead during emergencies, support medication use, liaise with external services, and promote health across patient groups in line with local policies.

Qualifications

• Identify, signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on health.
• Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinically based evidence.
• Examine, assess and diagnose patients and provide clinical care/management as required.
• Triage patients and provide the necessary treatment during home visits.
• Triage and treat or refer patients who attend the surgery or over telephone.
• Collect pathology specimens as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with extant legislation.
• Ensure that read codes are used effectively.
• Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary.
• Review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Act as the lead clinician when dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice).
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure that the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
• Ensure that they adhere to the relevant patient group directives and local clinical pathways at all times.
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Identify, signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on health.
• Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinically based evidence.
• Examine, assess and diagnose patients and provide clinical care/management as required.
• Triage patients and provide the necessary treatment during home visits.
• Triage and treat or refer patients who attend the surgery or over telephone.
• Collect pathology specimens as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with extant legislation.
• Ensure that read codes are used effectively.
• Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary.
• Review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes.
• Chaperone patients where necessary.
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• Act as the lead clinician when dealing with clinical emergencies.
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice).
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure that the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
• Ensure that they adhere to the relevant patient group directives and local clinical pathways at all times.
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

Job description

1. Job responsibilities a. Identify, signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
2. b. Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinically based evidence, NICE and the NSF
3. c. Examine, assess and diagnose patients and provide clinical care/management as required
4. d. Triage patients and provide the necessary treatment during home visits
5. e. Triage and treat or refer patients who attend the surgery or over telephone
6. f. Collect pathology specimens as required
7. g. Maintain accurate clinical records in line with extant legislation
8. h. Ensure that read codes are used effectively
9. i. Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary
10. j. Review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes
11. k. Chaperone patients where necessary
12. l. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
13. m. Act as the lead clinician when dealing with clinical emergencies
14. n. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
15. o. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
16. p. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure that the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
17. q. Ensure that they adhere to the relevant patient group directives and local clinical pathways at all times
18. r. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
19. s. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
20. t. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate