Paramedic

One Wight Health Ltd; Cowes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cowes seeks a Paramedic to provide patient care in the community, primarily for housebound patients. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, diagnosing, and providing treatment for acute and chronic conditions. The ideal candidate should possess a HCPC registration, a full UK driving license, and relevant experience, and be adaptable in a fast-paced healthcare environment. This role offers 30 to 37.5 hours per week in a supportive team aiming to deliver excellent patient-centered care.

Benefits

Free parking

Modern, purpose-built building

Access to independent pharmacy on-site

Qualifications

• Completed two-year consolidation learning period as a newly qualified paramedic with further 3 years at Band 6.
• Working towards developing master's level or equivalent capability.
• Experience working to protocols and excellent clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct visits to housebound patients for acute and chronic illnesses.
• Assess, diagnose and treat patients for medical conditions.
• Support vaccination programmes for housebound patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good keyboard skills & Microsoft office

Ability to manage time and workload effectively

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to build therapeutic working relationships

Education

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration

Full UK driving licence

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Please note: This vacancy is being advertised by One Wight Health Ltd - GP Federation, on behalf of Cowes Medical Centre.

Cowes Medical Centre will be the employer for this post.

Hours: 30 to 37.5 hours per week

Salary: D independent on experience - general practice pay rates

This is a chance to work in a caring environment where yourcontribution truly matters. We are looking for someone who finds patientcare in the community and working as a team rewarding. The role can bevery demanding at times so we are looking for someone who is alsoresilient. You will need to have the qualifications and technicalexperience as detailed in the person specification. Prior experience ofworking in general practice is not essential, but a keen interest in developingclinical skills in this area is. We will help you to gain the skills andattributes needed to become an excellent primary care paramedic.

Main duties of the job

As a paramedic you will be at the heart of the care providedto our housebound patients. This may involve acute and chronic illnessand proactive care for our moderately frail patients, often working togetherwith their family or carers. To do this you will work to protocolsensuring best and safe care.

About us

We are a multi-disciplinary team of GPs, ANPs, MHP,paramedics, nurses, GP (healthcare) assistants, pharmacist, social prescriber,dietitian, wellbeing coach, MSK practitioners, phlebotomists and administrativeand cleaning staff who all work closely together to deliver excellentpatient-centred care. Every team member is valued, and we encourage opencommunication, mutual respect and shared learning.

We provide care to just over 15,500 patients from a modern,purpose-built building with free parking, disabled access and an attached(independent) pharmacy on-site. The work environment is fast-paced, wherechange and continuous improvement is the norm. Our next exciting changeis that we will merge with Newport Health Centre. This merger will bringtogether two well-established practices into a single, stronger organisationbetter positioned to meet the challenges we all face. We believe this step willstrengthen our ability to deliver high quality, sustainable care for ourpatients and supportive working environments for ourteams.

We value homemade cake, teamwork, innovation, and continuousimprovement in a supportive atmosphere. Joining us means being part of apractice that makes a real difference in the health and wellbeing of ourcommunity.

Job responsibilities

Themain responsibility of the paramedic team is to conduct visits to house boundpatients living in their own home or in a care home, in a way that supports thebest use of available resources. Thiswill predominantly be for acute and chronic illness, and for proactive care formoderately frail patients. Dependent onexperience this may also include your own clinic(s) at the practice for acutepresentations. Experience in a primarycare setting is desirable, not essential, with induction and training supportedby the Practice.

To thrive in this role, you will enjoy allaspects of patient care and working in the community with lots of patientcontact. All candidates must have the qualifications and technical experience requiredas detailed in the person specification.

• Assess, diagnose and treatpatients (over 16 years of age) for a range of acute, and chronic medicalconditions as appropriate.
• Make careful clinical judgementseg first contact with patients presenting acutely and manage care in thepresence and absence of protocols.
• Conduct home visits to the houseboundin the community.
• Conduct weekly ward rounds forcare homes, liaising with GPs as appropriate.
• Make decisions where precedentsdo not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others e.g. directly admitpatients you have seen to secondary care hospital in acute medical need.
• Refer patients you have seen toother members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to otherstatutory and voluntary organisations as appropriate, including referral forx-ray.
• Interpret a range of diagnostictests and routine clinical procedures, informing or referring to a GP asappropriate.
• Work with patients, and theirfamilies as appropriate, on anticipatory care (if not under register for theProactive Care team) through to end of life support.
• Work within professional boundaries,guidelines and codes of conduct.
• Work within all relevant practicepolicies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, riskmanagement and support improvements to service delivery.
• Undertake extended andsupplementary prescribing, providing you have the necessary qualifications.
• Communicate highly sensitivecondition related information to patients, relatives and carers.
• Initiate the process of diagnosiswith patients suspected to have a chronic disease eg. diabetes, COPD, asthma,IHD referring to other clinical staff as appropriate.
• Contribute to Practice targetsboth local and national within the disease management agenda eg QOF,prescribing incentive scheme, and support the review and management of diseaseregisters.
• Support vaccination programmes(flu and Covid) for housebound patients.
• Audit outcomes of care againststandards and initiate changes as necessary.
• Undertake annual review ofpatients understanding and ability to self-manage, and medication reviews (ifqualified to do so).
• Actively implement safeguardingprotocols for vulnerable adults and know who to refer to and how to elevateconcerns.
• Make effective use of theclinical system by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data anduse of Read Codes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
• A full UK driving licence is required.

Experience

• Completed two-year consolidation learning period as a newly qualified paramedic & has a further 3 years experience at Band 6 paramedic.
• Working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice, and within 6 months of commencement of reimbursement has completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the paramedic FCP/AP roadmap to practice.
• Have experience of working to protocols / guidelines and patient groups / patient specific directives.
• Excellent clinical skills.
• Good keyboard skills & Microsoft office.
• Experience in a primary care setting.
• Previous knowledge of SystmOne.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage time and workload effectively.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Develops own knowledge and practice to meet objectives/changes in service, through attendance on study days, self-directed learning and reflection on practice.
• Integrates theory into practice and establishes formal links with educational institutions.
• Operates high standards of probity.

Qualities & Attributes

• Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.
• Excellent communication skills across the range of stakeholders and patients.
• Enthusiastic and adaptable to change.

Other requirements

• Work autonomously / accountable for own professional actions.
• Makes operational judgements, manages conflicting views and reconciles inter and intra professional differences of opinion.
• Builds and communicates therapeutic working relationships with a wide array of statutory and voluntary organisations for the benefit of patient care and facilitates good working relationships.
• Partakes in clinical supervision for own development.

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.