PCN Community Paramedic

We are looking to recruit to the post of Community Paramedic, to work within our Primary Care Network multidisciplinary healthcare team. This role will be multi practice based. Therefore a driving licence & own vehicle are required.

Community Paramedics work autonomously within the community using their enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills, to provide first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems relating to minor illness or injury, abdominal pains, chest pains and headaches. They are health professionals who have the capability to make sound judgements in the absence of full information and to manage varying degrees of risk when there are complex, competing or ambiguous information or uncertainty., Paramedic has the following key responsibilities, in delivering health services:

a. work as part of a MDT within the PCN;

b. assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as

appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing

medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national)

and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary

referrals to other members of the primary care team;

c. advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management

where appropriate, including signposting patients to the PCN's social

prescribing service, and where appropriate, other community or

voluntary services;

d. be able to:

i. perform specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of

practice and in line with local and national guidance;

ii. perform and interpret ECGs;

iii. perform investigatory procedures as required; and

iv. undertake the collection of pathological specimens including

intravenous blood samples, swabs, and other samples within their

scope of practice, and within line of local and national guidance;

e. support the delivery of 'anticipatory care plans' and lead certain

community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of

patients living in sheltered housing);

f. provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for

the network and clinical audits;

g. communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an

effective, person-centred service is delivered;

h. communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the

multi-disciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings as

required;

i. maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to

the consultation, ensuring accurate completion of all necessary

documentation associated with patient health care and registration with

the practice; and

j. communicate effectively with patients, and where appropriate family

members and their carers, where applicable, complex and sensitive

information regarding their physical health needs, results, findings, and

treatment choices.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £48,000.00 per year

We are looking for a Community Paramedic who has completed their two year consolidation of learning and has a further three years' experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic. To clarify, this means you will be required to have 5 years post registration experience.

Qualification & experience required

a. is educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent

experience;

b. is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC);

c. has completed their two-year 'Consolidation of Learning' period as a

"newly qualified paramedic";

d. has a further three years' experience as a band 6 (or equivalent)

paramedic; and

e. is working towards developing masters level or equivalent capability in

paramedic areas of practice and, within six months of the

commencement of reimbursement 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.

Or

a. is working as part of a rotational model, in which they have access to regular supervision and support

from clinicians signed off at clinical practice masters level or equivalent.,

• Bachelor's (required)


Experience:

• Consolidation of Learning as a newly qualified paramedic: 2 years (required)


• Paramedic: 3 years (required)


Licence/Certification:

• HCPC Registration (required)


• Driving licence and own vehicle (required)
  
  Company pension


• Employee discount


• On-site parking


• Sick pay


• Store discount


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday