Paramedic Practitioner

NHS; Wallington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wallington is looking for an enthusiastic Paramedic Practitioner to join their primary care team. This role is offered on a full-time or part-time basis, with a focus on delivering high-quality patient care. The practitioner will provide a range of services, including face-to-face consultations, triage, and treatment plans, while collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team. Excellent support and development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Protected learning time

CPD opportunities

Support from a dedicated GP supervisor

Qualifications

• Must have experience in managing patients with common acute medical conditions.
• Registered with HCPC and working towards higher qualifications.
• Must have a valid UK driving license for home visits.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional healthcare, diagnosing and treating medical conditions.
• Participate in clinical meetings and continuous professional development.
• Provide care via consultations, triage, and referrals.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice skills

Clinical examination skills

Ability to use own initiative

Work independently and as part of a MDT

Up to date knowledge of NICE guidance

Education

Degree in paramedic science or apprenticeship degree

Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)

Tools

EMIS web

Job description

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Paramedic Practitioner to join our growing multi-disciplinary primary care team. You will work within our clinical team to deliver high quality patient care.

This is a fixed term or locum position for 4 months with a view to extend depending on the ARRS funding. The position is offered on a full-time or part-time. Protected learning time, CPD, and support from a dedicated GP supervisor will be provided to help you grow and enhance your skills within the role.

This opportunity offers an exceptional candidate the chance to develop their career within Primary Care working alongside a wide range of other healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Delivering exceptional healthcare to patients, diagnosing and treating a wide range of medical conditions

Collaborating within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure comprehensive, co-ordinated and high quality patient care

Participating in clinical meetings, case discussions, and continuous professional development activities

Adhering to best practice guidelines, ethical standards and regulatory requirements

Contributing to quality improvement initiatives and promoting a culture of excellence

Flexibility to provide a mix of telephone and face to face patient appointments

Please refer to the job description and person spec for full details.

About us

Manor Practice provides primary care services to a patient population of 12,500 patients based across 2 sites within Wallington. The Practice is currently experiencing rapid growth and is undergoing a transition period having recently merged with another practice.

Manor Practice is a friendly, well organised and thriving Practice that benefits from a growing patient list size. The GP partners are dedicated to providing the highest standard of care to their patients and are supported by an excellent team of salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, ANP, HCA, Clinical Pharmacists, receptionists and administrators. We also work closely with a number of other PCN ARRS roles such as FCP Physios, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribing Link Workers and Mental Health Practitioners.

The Practice is an active member of the Wallington Primary Care Network and is rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission. We are a forward thinking practice, who appreciates the need for work/life balance, clinical supervision and support and we also support flexible scheduling options. Our local Training Hub ensures our staff have access to excellent training and development opportunities and portfolio working arrangements.

We are fully engaged with our local Primary Care Networks, including provision of localised services and we host some of the Suttonborough extended access services at one of our sites.

Job responsibilities

The Paramedic Practitioner will work autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, by telephone consultation and via 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 and ensuring clinical safety and excellence at all times.

They will prioritise and triage the needs of patients and make any necessary referrals for advice, treatment or investigations in the appropriate manner.

The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a fully qualified prescriber paramedic in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads, referrals, admission to hospital if required and discharge from care as needed.

In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holder will undertake a variety of duties, including:

face to face consultations, telephone consultations and answering queries

visiting patients at home in relation to acute and chronic presentations

participating in triage and reviewing incoming pathology results and clinical letters

prescribe and review medication that is appropriate to the patient needs and in accordance with the latest evidence based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice

dealing with paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion

Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Providing counselling and health education and supporting health screening programmes

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Acting appropriately in relation to alerts, QOF, medicines management, local enhanced services and other reminders during a consultation

Undertaking special health care reviews such as SMI health checks, Learning Disability health checks and cancer care reviews.

Responding to medical problems presented including history taking, examination, organising referral and for investigation and treatment elsewhere as appropriate

Providing clear, confident explanations to patients about their clinical management plan and ensuring that the patient is aware and in agreement with this plan

Justifying the choice of medication recommended and understanding the impact of co-morbidities and other medications, poly-pharmacy on agent choice and prognosis

Adhering to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines

Ensuring that the use of EPS is maximised

The role may also require:

Urinalysis

Dressings

Routine and other adult and child immunisations and vaccinations

Contraception and fitting of IUDs

Routine and other adult and child immunisations and vaccinations

Removal of sutures/clips

Assisting with minor procedures

Please refer to the full JD/person spec provided

Person Specification

Experience

• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Clinical examination skills
• Management of patients with common acute medical conditions
• Management of patients with long term conditions
• Experience of primary care
• Management of patients with complex needs and co-morbidities

Qualifications

• Degree in paramedic science or apprenticeship degree
• Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
• Working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas.
• Has completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the paramedic FCP/AP roadmap to practice.

Other knowledge and skills

• Ability to use own initiative
• Work independently and as part of a MDT
• Up to date knowledge of NICE guidance and other national guidance
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise own workload
• Adaptability to a fast pace and rapidly changing environment

General

• Flexibility
• Organised
• Excellent personal presentation
• Commitment to equal opportunities
• Good team player
• Reliable and punctual
• DBS clear
• Valid UK driving licence and own car to facilitate home visiting
• Experience of EMIS web
• Working knowledge of GMS/PMS contracts and QoF

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.