Paramedic Team Lead

Sutton Primary Care Networks; Sutton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in England is seeking a Lead Paramedic to provide professional leadership and support to the Paramedic team. The role includes clinical guidance, managing referrals, participating in audits, and enhancing team professional development. Experience in clinical leadership is essential for this role. The position is based in Sutton, supporting approximately 200,000 residents across various GP practices.

Qualifications

• Qualified to practice as a Paramedic, with the necessary credentials.
• Experience in clinical leadership within a healthcare setting.
• Ability to provide clinical guidance and support to a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management and clinical guidance to Paramedics.
• Support clinical triage and referrals, ensuring patient safety.
• Participate in clinical audits to assess service quality.

Job description

Overview

The Lead Paramedic is a new senior clinical role within the service, providing professional leadership, supervision and support to the HVS Paramedic team. The post-holder will work closely with the Clinical Educational Lead r to ensure the safe, effective and consistent delivery of the service., Clinical Leadership and Support

Responsibilities

• Provide line management and clinical guidance to Paramedics, supporting complex decision-making and patient management.
• Support coordinators and paramedics with clinical triage and referrals, ensuring appropriate patient selection and escalation.
• Cover triage in the absence of coordinators to maintain service continuity.
• Review and challenge referrals made outside the HVS inclusion criteria, ensuring safe, appropriate patient pathways.
• Offer advice and support to coordinators when uncertain about accepting referrals.
• Provide case-based learning and feedback following complex cases, incidents or audit findings.
• Support the integration of clinical governance principles into daily practice.
• Participate in and lead clinical audits to ensure safety, quality and effectiveness of the HVS.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentoring for both substantive and locum Paramedics.
• Identify training needs and develop learning events to support professional development across the team.

Location

Sutton has a population of approximately 200,000 residents registered across 21 GP practices within four Primary Care Networks (Carshalton, Cheam & South Sutton, Central Sutton, and Wallington). Each PCN serves a population of approximately 50,000 patients.