Clinical Pharmacist or Paramedic Practitioner in Coventry

Job responsibilities

• Clinical:
• Undertake home visits as assessed and when appropriate.
• Assessment and triage of acute presentations including telephone triage.
• Contributing towards the running of a minor illness/injury walk-in service.
• Assisting in the training of frontline staff.
• Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
• ECG interpretation (Paramedic).
• Assisting with other ad hoc clinical tasks.
• Ensure complete and accurate documentation of every patient contact.
• Professional:
• Participate in an annual individual performance review, taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and professional development.
• Undertake professional development as required by the role to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained.
• Monitor the effectiveness of your clinical practice through quality and assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
• Participate in Practice Meetings.
• Adhere to practice policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness.
• Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team.
• Patients with problems needing referral to secondary care should be discussed with the registered GP before making such referral.
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
• Works from the surgery and within communities as an autonomous practitioner caring for patients and families.
• Works as an autonomous practitioner, in accordance with the Health Professions Council.
• Ensure that personal and professional clinical standards are maintained.
• To undertake assessment for patients within the community and those attending the surgery, using diagnostic skills and initiation of investigations where appropriate.
• Prescribe/issue medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives and local pathways.
• To formally and informally impart knowledge and skills to colleagues promoting peer review and best practice within the work environment.
• To communicate at all levels within the team ensuring an effective service is delivered.
• To maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
• Ensure evidenced-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high quality patient care.
• Works with local policies and procedures.
• Enhance own performance through Continuous Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
• To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service.
• To participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.
• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.
• Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures.
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc.
• Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.