Paramedic Practitioner

Job summary

JOB TITLE: Primary Care Paramedic (Non-medical Prescriber preferred however not essential)

REPORTS TO: Paramedic Team Lead

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

BAND: 7

Job Summary:

The Paramedic will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, telephone consultations and home visits.

The postholder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring clinical safety and excellence.

The Paramedic will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified Paramedic in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admission and assisting in safe planning for patients as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice: Delivers safe, high-quality care as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Uses advanced clinical skills, critical judgement and evidence-based practice (NSF/NICE) to assess, diagnose and treat acute/chronic conditions, prescribe/review medications, request/interprete investigations, and make appropriate referrals. Provides care at home/care homes. Involves patients/carers in planning.

Care Management & Health Improvement: Communicates sensitively with patients/families. Provides specialist advice, monitors outcomes, initiates changes, and drives innovation. Improves population health through new initiatives, health education, screening, and referrals to relevant agencies.

Admin & Professional Duties: Maintains accurate, timely records, ensures systems are up to date, attends meetings, and contributes to PCN responsibilities.

Leadership & Quality: Leads on paramedic practice, supports team development, evaluates innovation, ensures safe staffing, and engages in recruitment and commissioning. Promotes quality by reflecting on performance, managing risk, collaborating with agencies, and using time/resources effectively.

Communication & Research: Ensures effective communication, supports accessible information-sharing, implements PCN policies, contributes to audits and research, and shares best practice.

About us:

We are Healthy Hyde, who work with the 8 GP practices in Hyde. We are a Primary Care Network (PCN) supporting 72,000 patients in Tameside. We have a team of wellbeing practitioners, nurses, paramedics, mental health nurses, first contact physios and care co-ordinators who work with your community in multiple ways. These staff provide in excess of 5000 appointments every month.

Our priority is to support our practices in any way we can, to ensure the best possible healthcare & access to local services. We endeavour to make the best use of our resources to ensure that every one of our patients gets the help and support that they need and deserve.

Date posted: 22 April 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £44,992.89 to £46,791.82 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: A3778-25-0001

Job locations: Healthy Hyde PCN, Clarendon Mall, Hyde, Tameside, SK14 2QT