Paramedic jobs in United Kingdom

As an Advanced Emergency Care Practitioner (AECP) / Paramedic you will deliver high quality care, ensuring standards are consistently high. You will do this by being competent and having the knowledge to deliver comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. You will provide high quality emergency care and minor injury treatment to patients with both primary care and acute care needs in a prison setting by playing an active part in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients care. You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, seeing them holistically, being sensitive to their needs and escalating that risk to senior staff where necessary. We will expect you to lead person centred care with plans that people are encouraged to be involved with and which you seek feedback on to make sure they are meeting their needs. You will also develop and implement individualised care plans that will deliver high quality care that is evaluated and continually improved. You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough physical health assessments and regular monitoring of the people in your care, ensuring that their fundamental care needs are assessed and attended to including nutrition, hydration, comfort and hygiene and producing excellent quality documentation which follows the trust record keeping standards.

• Management responsibilities: To be responsible for primary care staff rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs.
• Management responsibilities: Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisal
• Management responsibilities: To lead in the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools / Care Programme Approach (CPA) and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons and forensic units within the service.
• Management responsibilities: Involve HR policies e.g. disciplinary.
• Management responsibilities: The post holder will participate in all service reviews as required.
• Management responsibilities: Act as an Authorised Signatory as well as being responsible for the booking of temporary staffing.
• Leadership: To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff with a sound understanding of evidence based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
• Leadership: To lead in the professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
• Leadership: Lead in the identification of all aspects of specific service, training and personal development needs.
• Clinical: As an Oxleas AECP / Paramedic you will ensure that care is always delivered in collaboration with the key people involved and will provide support and information to the people in your care and to their carers where appropriate.
• Clinical: You will be directly involved in handling and administering prescribed medication and controlled drugs and involved in procedures where you are expected to be appropriately trained and competent i.e. suturing and wound care.
• Clinical: You will monitor physiological observations by undertaking a full assessment using a structured and prioritized approach and the recognition of the acutely ill patient e.g. ABCDE approach, ECG recognition, pathways for CVA and the diagnosis and referral of a range of cardiac conditions.
• Clinical: You will complete all patient documentation associated with an episode of patient using Systmone clinical record.
• Clinical: The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the management of the Primary Care Clinical Lead and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.
• Research: To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed. This will include acute care, long term conditions management and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health and National Service Frameworks.
• Research: To participate in all monitoring systems to promote the development of evidence based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
• Communication: You will be committed to establishing good working relationships with other professionals and partner organisations involved in providing that care and will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, providing excellent written and verbal feedback on the people in your cares progress.
• Communication: You will be a competent and skilled communicator, listening and being involved in shared decision making and will appreciate the cultural diversity of your client group and the stigma that can be related to health issues.
• Communication: This role requires a Registered Nurse / Paramedic to work as part of a team delivering care to patients within the prison.
• Communication: You will communicate report and document the patients\' history, condition and treatment to a full range of medical staff including colleagues, nurses and doctors as appropriate.
• Communication: You will be expected to liaise with local hospital wards where prisoners are admitted as well as undertaking hospital ward visits to support discharge and continuity of care within the prison.

Please note: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation; Proof of ID (one photographic ID); Proof of address documentation; Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home Office Share code; Address history: 5 years; Police Certificate if required; Guidance and contact details are provided in the original text. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview to discuss questions about the role or process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

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As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS Trust in 2022, we are expanding recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Advanced Emergency Care Practitioner (AECP)/Paramedic to join our team at HMP Bristol on the Bank. The role supports the delivery of integrated Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse services within a prison setting. Oxleas provides services across community and secure settings and is a large NHS provider of prison health services, with a focus on improving lives and outcomes for patients and their families.