Primary Care Network Paramedic

• Principal Roles And Responsibilities
• Assessing patients and treating minor illness in the practices daily walk in clinic Using specialist equipment including nebulisers and ECG machines and reading ECGs
• Undertake routine assessments of patients with acute health problems and/or long term conditions in their home working in collaboration with the duty GP where necessary
• Providing advice and treatment in collaboration with the duty GP where necessary to manage acute symptoms or long term conditions within their own home in order to avoid unnecessary visits to hospital
• Where a prescribing qualification is held, prescribing medications in line with personal clinical competence and local guidelines
• Take a holistic approach to patient care, bringing together medical, social and psychological needs
• Encouraging patients to take responsibility for managing their own care and treatment where it is safe and appropriate to do so and providing health education
• Referring patients to alternative health and/or social services
• Undertake any other additional duties appropriate to the post as requested by the Partners or the Practice Manager
• Generic responsibilities for all clinical staff in the Practice
• 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 in accordance 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 including asking colleagues for advice or support when working at the limit of personal knowledge and/or competence.
• Personal/Professional Development
• The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
• Quality
• The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Communication
• The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
• Contribution to the Implementation of Services
• The post-holder will: Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

We are happy to offer this as a full time, 40 hour per week position. However, flexibility can be considered for the successful candidate if needed.

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