Job Description

Job Summary:

The post holder will be an experienced clinician, who, acting within their professional boundaries and scope of practice will provide an autonomous paramedic service to patients. The post holder will be responsible for the autonomous clinical assessment, treatment, management, referral and providing clinical advice as appropriate to patients within our Paramedic Acute Visiting Service. The post holder will be expected to provide and maintain a high standard of care for patients in their own homes as well as providing support to GPs and other members of the primary health care team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

? To practice as a Paramedic Practitioner within the Paramedic Acute Visiting Service. The Paramedic Practitioner will be expected to be able to work autonomously without direct supervision. Access to a senior clinician to provide support when required is available.

? To triage, assess, plan, treat, manage and refer patients appropriately, as part of a face to face or remote consultation. Performing specialist health checks, patient investigations, and collection of specimens, as determined by the scope of practice and standard operating procedures.

? Take responsibility for the overall planning of care for patients. This includes determining the most appropriate care pathway, liaising with other services and specialists, ensuring the patient has the best clinical outcome.

? To recognise the need for and initiate where appropriate relevant diagnostic investigations.

? Interpret diagnostic investigations and to take the corrective course of action where appropriate.

? Prioritise workload according to the needs of patients, and manage primary care demand for the service based on clinical need.

? To maintain appropriate contemporaneous clinical records, ensuring that documentation clearly demonstrates the relevant Standards and Guidelines for Records and Record keeping within the Health and Care Professions Council and CRGPA policy and procedures.

? To supply medication under patient group directives where appropriate, and where trained and permitted as an independent and/or supplementary prescriber.

? Ensure professional responsibilities are met maintaining knowledge of PGDs, medicines policy and legislation regarding the safe and secure management of medicines.

? To practice within the parameters of professional skills and knowledge, to recognise the limitations of own practice and to work within the bounds of their skills and competence according to the Health and Care Professions Council.

? To maintain an awareness of and share appropriate developments in clinical practice. Undertaking peer support of practice, education and development.

? Ensure practice is evidence based and maintain a record of continuous professional development.

? To work effectively as part of a multi professional team in collaboration with other members of the service, and across primary care, making referrals as necessary for patients.

? Support the delivery of 'anticipatory care plans' and take a lead in certain services and circumstances for patients.

? To work within the legislation of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) in respect of consent to examination and treatment and applying best interest decisions where appropriate.

? Be aware of the needs of vulnerable patients interacting with the service and understand professional responsibilities for safeguarding adults, children and young people according to national and local policies and procedures.

? Adhere to all infection control measures according to CRGPA policy.

? Make dynamic risk assessment of the environment and general situation, having due regard for the health and safety of patients, self and others.

? 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.

Clinical Governance

? To participate in the clinical governance requirements in line with the organisation, including audit and case reviews.

? Adhere to local and national policies, protocols and guidelines.

? To participate in quality improvement activity within the organisation e.g. audit, and taking a proactive approach to improve the service

? To assess and evaluate outcomes of own practice, service intervention and treatment and identify any shortfalls in service escalating to the Deputy Operations Manager or Head of Operations.

? To ensure the requirements of Health and Safety legislation appropriate legislative directives and COSHH regulations are followed.

Education Practice Development

? If you do not possess a level 7 qualification you will be required to commence a programme.

? To participate in the clinical supervision framework for Practitioners within CRGPA.

? To offer appropriate advice to other professions on clinical care, delivery and service development within the parameters of the role and scope of practice.

? To participate in ongoing individual and peer professional development within the organisation.

? To undertake the mandatory training programme, and online training as appropriate.

Professional

? To work within the regulatory requirements, codes and guidance of the Health and Care Professions Council.

? To maintain professional and clinical competence through mechanisms of continuing professional development, and collaborate with peers to undertake education and development.

? To act in such a manner at all times to promote confidence and public trust and uphold the reputation of CRGPA and the Paramedic profession.

? Ensure compliance with all relevant and appropriate legislation.

Communications and Working Relationships

? Staff within CRGPA.

? Staff within Practice

? Staff in other primary, community and secondary care providers

? Other related services within the local health economy

? Social Care and local intermediate Care Services

? To communicate highly complex information to patients, relatives and other health professionals ensuring sensitivity and compassion, and with due regard to their health needs, results, findings and treatment choices. This may also include dealing with contentious information where the patient, their family or carer may not be happy with the information presented, requiring the ability to manage any conflict through advanced negotiation and resolution skills.

This is not an exhaustive list and other reasonable duties may be required as directed by management.

The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: 23.50 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Coventry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: E0046-25-0059