Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paramedic)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Paramedic within a committed team working across two sites in Chislehurst. Paramedics now provide much more than just emergency care and are expected to manage a broad range of conditions. This role has emerged out of necessity, as patients seeking assistance from ambulance services may have conditions that can be assessed and managed within the community.

Main duties of the job:

• We are looking to employ an experienced paramedic to support our large patient list.
• This role will work Monday and Wednesday (16 hours per week) alongside our current Paramedic who will work alternate days so that every day of the week is covered.
• You should feel comfortable working independently as well as alongside our multi-disciplinary medical team, managing routine and urgent appointments, telephone triage (including assessment of urgency of illness/injury), and home visits.
• You will be seeing patients with long-term medical conditions, including same-day urgent home visits as well as routine visits to housebound patients for pro-active care to prevent avoidable emergency admissions.
• You will be patient-focused and responsible for delivering safe, effective, and appropriate treatment to patients with urgent, emergency, and unscheduled healthcare needs.
• You will possess the necessary skills, knowledge, and behaviour by promoting and protecting the interests of service users and carers, communicating appropriately and effectively, working within the limits of your knowledge and skills, referring and delegating appropriately, respecting confidentiality, managing risk, reporting concerns about safety, being honest and trustworthy, and keeping records of your work.

About us:

The Chislehurst Partnership formed in July 2022, merging The Woodlands Practice and Chislehurst Medical Practice, supporting the Chislehurst community of 24,000 patients. Both are high performing, well-established GP practices in Bromley who are passionate about providing a friendly, supportive, and caring medical service to our population. The Partnership aims to move into one premises in the future; however, for the time being, we are operating from three premises all located within a 1-mile radius.

Job responsibilities:

The Paramedic is to work within the team to deliver the best healthcare service to our patients. More specifically, the Paramedics are primarily responsible for second-line triage, support, and diagnosis of patients with same-day queries. You will also be involved in other aspects of patient care including home visits, vaccinations, and more.

Please see attached job description for full duties.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Experience and an awareness of the breadth of common acute and long-term conditions that are likely to be seen in general practice.
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
• Previous experience working in a GP surgery, urgent care centre, or community-based service.
• Experience managing minor illness and patients with undifferentiated presentations.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web clinical systems.

Skills:

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload efficiently.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement when faced with conflicting pressures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fully IT literate.
• Ability to formulate and implement policies, procedures, and protocols with the partners.
• Able to work both independently and in a team.
• Able to work with external service providers to ensure seamless delivery of care.
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Time management and ability to prioritise workload.
• Able to analyse data and information, drawing out implications for the individual patient/impact on care plan.
• Able to establish and maintain effective communication pathways within the organisation, the local PCT, and with key external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation in audit/Quality Improvement projects.
• Experience of applying evidence to clinical practice.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Completed two-year Consolidation of learning period as newly qualified paramedic.
• Has a further three years experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic.
• Is working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in paramedic areas of practice and, within six months of commencement for that individual (or a longer time period as agreed with the commissioner), has completed and been signed off formally within the clinical pillar competencies of the paramedic FCP/AP roadmap to practice.

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.