Senior Paramedic

Sussexcommunity; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community service provider in Sussex is seeking a dedicated Paramedic to join their Urgent Community Response team. This role involves delivering clinical interventions to prevent hospital admissions and support patients in their homes. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, providing care in a flexible environment while contributing to the development of the service. If you are passionate about patient care and have the necessary qualifications, we invite you to apply.

Benefits

Flexible Working Options

Excellent Training and Development Opportunities

Cost-effective Workplace Nurseries

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
• Experience working within the NHS and community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and problem-solving support.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary team and allocate visits.

Skills

Holistic Patient Assessments

Flexible Working

Education

Paramedic Qualification and Registration

Postgraduate Study

Job description

The UCR Service provides urgent support, seven days a week, to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. This is achieved by providing a two-hour crisis response delivered by a multi-skilled team of professionals. Support is provided at home or where they usually reside for people who are concerned their health or mobility is declining and are therefore at risk of admission to hospital. Our teams work closely with our local ambulance service to pull category 3 & 4 patients off the ambulance stack, supporting patients in receiving a rapid response in the community by teams with the skills to support them to remain at home.

The UCR service also provides a general virtual ward service, supported by digital technology and remote monitoring. Our multidisciplinary teams ensure that patients receive hospital-level care at home safely and in familiar surroundings, helping speed up their recovery while freeing up hospital beds for patients that need them most. As well as home visits, digital remote monitoring is utilized.

Teams are made up of GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Health & Therapy Assistants who work together to reduce hospital admissions. Patients are reviewed daily by a clinical team, and the 'ward round' may involve a home visit or take place through video technology.

Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service provides clinical interventions (including intravenous therapy) as part of a multidisciplinary team comprising Medics, Nurses, Paramedics, Physios, and Occupational Therapists for admission avoidance pathways (2-hour response and general virtual wards), in line with the national specification for UCR and virtual wards.

Operating 365 days per year, the service receives referrals from various health and care professionals, triages, assesses, and delivers care to ensure patients can remain safely at home.

The postholder will provide clinical expertise and problem-solving support for the clinical team, as well as direct clinical care for patients. They will support the coordination of the multidisciplinary team, allocating visits as appropriate. The role involves developing the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and audit. The postholder will identify suitable individuals for early discharge from hospital or for prevention of admission to the acute sector or long-term care.

Do you have a passion for admission avoidance? Are you committed to delivering an outstanding, fast-paced, and reliable service? Do you want to work with a caring and dedicated team?

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values -- Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence -- guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, especially from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will need to be able to drive with a full UK licence and have access to a vehicle due to the geographic area covered by the team.

Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.

If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Operational Team Leads (insert names, phone numbers, and email).

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached supporting documents.

We often receive a high number of applications for this role, so please be aware that the vacancy may close early.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Paramedic qualification and registration
• Evidence of postgraduate study

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience and documented evidence of completing a newly qualified paramedic (NQP) preceptorship program
• Experience in holistic patient assessments
• Experience working within the NHS
• Experience working within a community setting
• Evidence of management/supervision

Other

• Ability to work flexibly
• Car driver with access to a vehicle

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a disclosure check will be required through the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.