Prescribing Paramedic in Wigan

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Prescribing Paramedic to join our Wigan North PCN team.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in our PCNteam, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the bestoutcomes for patients. This position requires an individual who is passionateabout clinical excellence and committed to continuous professional development.

The job will involve being part of a care home teamproviding support to the care homes allocated to the 4 practices within thePCN.

The role will be employed under the Additional rolesReimbursement Scheme (ARRS) meeting the requirements outlines in the NetworkContract Agreement DES.

Please note, this advert may be closed early dependant on the amount of applications received

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the management of the care home team and oversea the delivery of the service.
• Provide a regular ward round to patients at care homes within the PCN
• Ensuring the care homes are following the correct procedures in raising daily queries to the appropriate teams to reduce the workload on the practices
• Complete and reviewing care plans for all patients within the care homes
• Responsible for all medication related queries and compliance for patients within the care homes
• Work alongside the pharmacy technician to review and complete medication reviews for patients within the care homes
• Attend meetings with the PCN to provide updates and discuss service
• Ensure continued compliance with indemnity cover
• Practice in compliance with respective code of professional conduct and within scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for decisions, actions and omissions
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and limits of own competence, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information
• Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make a positive change
• Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning
• Be a professional role model for the PCN

About us

We are a PCN of 4 practices in the Wigan North area (AspullSurgery, Beech Hill Medical Practice, Shevington Surgery and Standish MedicalPractice) and work closely together to deliver high-quality patient care.

Job responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Clinical Practitioner may be requested to:

• Undertake overall management of a clinical team, providing guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff
• Maintain an effective clinical staff rota ensuring all clinics are staffed appropriately
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the PCN
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
• Commensurate with their role, support the development of clinical services within the PCN, liaising with external agencies as required

All staff have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) creates an environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that they treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This PCN is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing, and safety.

The post holder is to manage and assess risk within their areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients, and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team, and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

All personnel are to comply with the:

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999

Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the postholders attention

Confidentiality

The PCN is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect that all staff will always respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality.

It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality and Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of the PCNs output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.

The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the PCN, to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice, and to discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

Our PCN continually strive to improve work processes that deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice.

All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Induction

We will provide a full induction programme and management will support you throughout the process.

Learning and development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental to ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in and complete mandatory training as directed. It is an expectation for this post holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

The post holder will undertake mentorship for team members, and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members, to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences).

Collaborative working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working, understand their own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.

Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments, and the post holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working, while working effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

Effective communication is essential and all staff must ensure they communicate in a way which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.

Plans and outcomes by which to measure success should be agreed.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care, and presenting and communicating information.

Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED/read codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval from monitoring and audit processes.

Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

The post holder must adhere to the information contained within the PCN/practice directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to.

Security

The security of the PCN is the responsibility of all personnel. The post holder must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.

Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks with anyone, and they are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured. Likewise, password controls are to be maintained and passwords are not to be shared.

Professional conduct

All staff are required to dress appropriately for their role.

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge and skills

• Relevant Clinical knowledge and skills
• Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

Experience

• Experience of practice within the four pillars
• Job plan that demonstrates advanced clinical practice and has equity with peers working at this level
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters degree as detailed within the HEE document titled Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England
• Qualified independent prescriber - V300
• Registered on their appropriate professional register
• Teaching qualification
• ALS and PALS

Other Requirements

• Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational health clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ACP
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours

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.