Paramedic

The post-holder is a Paramedic who acts within their professional boundaries. Paramedics work independently within their scope of practice, using their enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills to assess and manage patients presenting with acute presentations which include minor illness or injury, abdominal pains, chest pains and headaches. The post-holder will be an integral part of the general practice team.

Main duties of the job:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide treatment including prescribing medications, or making referrals
• Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to social prescribing services and other community or voluntary services
• Perform specialist health checks and reviews within your scope of practice
• Perform and interpret ECGs
• Perform investigatory procedures and undertake the collection of pathological specimens including blood samples, swabs, etc.
• Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain services
• Communicate at all levels ensuring effective, person-centred care
• Maintain accurate and detailed health records of your consultations
• Communicate effectively with patients, their family members and carers
• Receive referrals and patients from triage
• Develop yourself and the role through participation in clinical supervision, training and service development activities
• Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional
• Keep up to date with the latest guidance, ensuring conformity to NICE, CQC etc.
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities relating to current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on safeguarding

About us:

We are a Practice of 9000 patients in Bampton, West Oxfordshire. We serve the community of Bampton and surrounding villages. We are in a beautiful location, nestled between the Cotswolds to the west and Oxford to the east.

Job responsibilities:

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Paramedic has the following wider responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, and other quality or cost-effectiveness initiatives
• Deliver training, mentoring and guidance to other clinicians and staff on medical emergencies
• Support virtual and remote models of consultation
• Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Completed your two-year Consolidation of Learning period when a newly qualified paramedic
• Completed a further three years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
• Attained Level 7 capability in paramedic areas of practice
• An appreciation of the new NHS landscape, including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
• Experience of working autonomously

Clinical knowledge and skills:

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people by telephone, email and face to face
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to another healthcare professional
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the views and practices of managers and clinicians
• Good EMIS and other clinical systems knowledge
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Working towards Level 7 capability in paramedic areas of practice
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Paramedic
• Working towards Masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice and has completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the NHS E Paramedic FCP/AP Roadmap to practice
• Completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the Advanced Clinical Practice Framework.

Additional Skills:

• Effective time management
• Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way
• Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/local policies/procedures and codes of conduct
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.