Home Visiting Paramedic in Hucknall

Whyburn Medical Practice are looking to recruit a full-time Home Visiting Paramedic to join their team. This is a new role that is essential in providing the best quality patient care to patients based in their own home, with on-the-day urgent/acute appointments. With a list of over 12,000 patients, this practice is one of the largest in Nottinghamshire and offers a wide range of primary care services including a home visiting service.

The post holder will be an experienced Paramedic who will support and work collaboratively with the Practice Team to carry out home visits that operate during the working day. The successful applicant will have the experience, knowledge and skills to provide holistic care for individuals including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management.

PICS are supporting our team of Paramedics to develop their skills and knowledge in line with Health Education England's First Contact Practitioners & Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care (Paramedic): A Roadmap to Practice. Reporting clinically to the Lead GP, the postholder will be a valued member of the team and lead the home visiting function to support the work pressures that are evident within GP Practices.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous and accountable paramedic
• Use advanced clinical and communication skills to provide education to patients, promoting self-care and empower them to make informed choices about their treatment
• Provide clinical sessions for minor illness/injury treatment

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Active and relevant professional registration with HCPC
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Extensive experience as a Paramedic

About us

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solutions through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks.

Benefits of working for PICS

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

Job responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients presenting with minor or acute illnesses in their own place of residence.
• Conduct urgent on the day appointments/acute appointments as required
• Triage and treat patients, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team or organise admission if required.
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.
• Advise patients on maintaining health and refer to allied services when a health promotion need is identified.
• Communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team ensuring an effective service is delivered.
• 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.
• Work within local policies and procedures.
• Enhance own performance through Continuous Professional Development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
• Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service.
• Participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.
• Actively participate in mentoring and supervision, plus practice derived CPD opportunities.
• Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.
• Take responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and work with other team members to ensure they are protected.

Training and personal development

• Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with the GP Practice and HCPC requirements.
• Personal development will be encouraged and supported by GP Practice. It is the individual's responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.
• Participate in the education and training of staff and students of all disciplines.
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development, ensuring CPD requirements are met.
• If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
• Work closely with the multi-professional, management and administration teams to ensure the smooth running of the GP Practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person and ensuring everyone is aware of the different roles within the team.
• Work closely with the GP Practice team.

Meetings:

It will be necessary to attend and contribute to various PCN and MDT meetings as requested. The only reason for not attending will be annual, study or sick leave or if a non-working day.

While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the PCN, 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 team's 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 people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications: Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary. Please provide your registration number of your HCPC professional registration.

Personal Qualities: Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

Experience: Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Knowledge and skills: Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

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.