Paramedic

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

The Paramedic or Advanced Practitioner post sits within the Proactive Care Team (PACT) at Bury Knowle Health Centre, serving Hedena Health's highest-need patients. It is a fixed-term role of up to three sessions a week until the end of March 2027, with a significant home-visiting element.

The role involves telephone and face-to-face assessments, working with GPs, pharmacists, social prescribers and external services to provide timely, person-centred care and to prevent hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Meets DBS reference standards with a clear record.
• Experience managing diverse caseloads in primary care.
• Proficient in using MS Office for patient records.
• Experience in proactive community-based care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care via telephone and face-to-face assessments.
• Conduct home visits to support patients in their own environment.
• Assess, diagnose, treat and refer patients with daily GP input.
• Deliver person-centred care for patients with complex health and social needs.
• Support patients through acute illness, frailty and end of life care.
• Attend weekly multi-disciplinary meetings within the PCN.
• Collaborate with health and social care agencies to link primary and secondary care.
• Work with the Proactive Care Team Coordinator and Clinical GP lead.
• Prioritise tasks and maintain confidentiality and safeguarding standards.

Skills

Effective communication

Risk assessment

Clinical decision making

Referral to agencies

Empathy and patient-centred care

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

HCPC Paramedic registration

NMC ANP registration

Tools

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Office

Job description

This Paramedic or Advanced Practitioner post sits within the Proactive Care Team (PACT) at Bury Knowle Health Centre, serving Hedena Health's highest-need patients. It is a fixed-term role of up to three sessions a week until the end of March 2027, with a significant home-visiting element. The work centres on telephone and face-to-face assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral, working alongside GPs, pharmacists, social prescribers and external health and social care services. Full HCPC or NMC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Providing direct patient care through telephone and face-to-face assessments
• Home visiting to support patients in their own environment
• Assessing, diagnosing, treating and referring patients, with daily GP clinical input
• Delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients with complex health and social needs
• Supporting patients through acute illness, chronic condition management, frailty and end of life care
• Helping to prevent hospital admission and short-term health and social care crises
• Attending weekly multi-disciplinary meetings within the PCN with external services
• Collaborating with health and social care agencies and linking primary and secondary care
• Working closely with the Proactive Care Team Coordinator and Clinical GP lead
• Complementing, not replacing, the acute PCVS home visiting and district nursing services
• Supporting the practice with other tasks as needed

Registration & licences

• Full HCPC registration as a Paramedic, or NMC registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Experience

• Managing a diverse and constantly changing caseload, recognising unwell patients
• Working with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating effectively, verbally and in writing, with a wide range of people
• Listening, empathising and building trust through non-judgmental, person-centred support
• Identifying, assessing and managing risk when working with individuals
• Knowing when to refer people to other health professionals or agencies
• Analysing complex, incomplete information and recommending a course of action
• Respecting diversity and working to reduce health inequalities across all communities

Checks & eligibility

• Meets DBS reference standards with a clear criminal record, in line with spent convictions law

Other

• Interest in and commitment to proactive care for vulnerable individuals
• Commitment to professional and personal development
• Working flexibly within a team and on own initiative
• Working to policies on confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety
• Prioritising and finishing tasks, with emotional resilience under pressure
• Developing effective working relationships with colleagues inside and outside the practice

Nice to have

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Working towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
• Level 6 or 7 higher education modules in patient assessment and management of minor illness
• Additional primary or urgent care courses, such as the College of Paramedics Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care or the RCS Diploma in Urgent Medical Care
• Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience with primary care clinical record systems, such as EMIS
• Experience working in a primary care setting