Job Description

Applicants must be FIVE YEARS post registration

This is a permanent full time vacancy

37.5 hours per week

Monday to Friday 09:00am - 5:00pm

Location: West Heath Surgery, 194-196 West Heath Road, Birmingham, B31 3HB

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of the largest and most innovative GP Federations in England. We support 10 Primary Care Networks covering a population of over 425,000. Historically we have set up new ways of working in areas such as Diabetes, CKD, Mental Health, Prescription Management etc. These services have received local and national recognition via Primary Care awards, HSJ award finalists and a CQC outstanding rating for one of our flagship services.

From the PCNs we support there is a growing demand for the rollout of the national PCN additional roles, Paramedics being one of these roles. SDSmyhealthcare is looking to recruit a team of Paramedics who will work within our Primary Care Networks.

https://www.sdsmyhealthcare.com/

The successful candidates will join an innovative thinking and growing Multi-Disciplinary team providing excellent service to our most vulnerable patients. We are seeking individuals who will focus their skills on providing a specialist Paramedic resource for health care professionals and service users, working in collaboration with other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team. The post holder will work within the surgery, as an autonomous, accountable Paramedic, in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including assessment, diagnosis and treatment to deliver quality patient services.

Main duties of the job

The Paramedic is authorised to undertake treatments and procedures as directed by the GPs for which they are trained in, and which are within the College of Paramedic Guidelines and in line with the HCPC standards framework.

To assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients/service users who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed condition relating to minor illness or minor injury. To coordinate telephone triage, taking clinical responsibility for all patients who have requested an urgent appointment. The role will provide a specialist Paramedic resource for health care professionals and service users, working in collaboration with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team. To work within the surgery, as an autonomous, accountable Paramedic, in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including assessment, diagnosis and treatment to deliver quality patient services. The post holder will use advanced clinical skills to provide education to patients and service users, promoting self-care and empower them to make informed choices about their treatment. To perform any other clinical and clinical administrative duties where trained and determined safe to do so by the partners. This may include assisting with medical reports, safeguarding, and clinic support.

Key responsibilities

You will act as an autonomous clinician, with the support and guidance from the GPs. Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate). Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan. Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice. Manage caseload of housebound chronic disease management patients. Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions. Telephone triage as appropriate for clinics and home visits and provide access to GPs as necessary. Take part in clinics if and when needed and appropriate. Undertake home visits, manage referrals and admit patients when required. Take an active part in QOF management. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assess the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care. To give advice on Health Promotion and Health Education. To undertake Audits, Appraisals, Health Promotions and Teaching/Mentoring Staff. Implement and participate in vaccination programme as appropriate.

The Candidate

Experience

Essential

Experience within the NHS Ambulance Service or Primary Care Minor Illness Management
Desirable

Telephone Triage Chronic Disease Management Audit Urdu and Punjabi languages would be desirable

Qualifications

Essential

BSc in Paramedic Science or IHCD Paramedic Paramedic Registration with the HCPC

Five years post registration

Evidence of CPD
Desirable

Non-Medical Prescriber Long Term Conditions Qualifications Vaccination Qualifications Membership of College of Paramedic
If you meet the person specification and have flexibility and a can do attitude, attention to detail and the ability to work with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders involved in the patients care then we want to hear from you.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are able to speak Urdu and/or Punjabi.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.

COVID Vaccination Statement

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Data Protection - Privacy Notice for Applicants

How you information will be used

1. During the recruitment process South Doc Services Ltd needs to keep and process information about you for normal employment purposes. The information we hold and process will be used for our management and administrative use only. We will keep and use it to enable us to run the business and manage our relationship with you effectively, lawfully and appropriately during the recruitment process. This includes using information to enable us to comply with the employment contract, to comply with any legal requirements, pursue legitimate interest of the Federation and protect our legal position in the event of legal proceedings. If you do not provide this data, we may be unable in some circumstances to comply with our obligations and we will tell you about the implications of that decision.

2. As an organisation pursuing healthcare activities, we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interest, for example to prevent fraud, administrative purposes or reporting potential crimes. The nature of our legitimate interests is healthcare. We will never process your data where these interests are overridden by your own interests.

3. Much of the information we hold will have been provided by you, but some may come from other internal sources, or in some cases, external sources such as referees.

4. The sort of information we hold includes your application and references, correspondence with or about you, for example sickness and other absence; information needed for equal opportunities monitoring policy; and records relating to your career history, such as training records, appraisal, other performance measures and where appropriate disciplinary and grievance records.

5. Where necessary, we may keep information relating to your health, which could include reasons for absence if your referee has provided this to us.

6. Where we process special categories of information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious and philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, biometric data or sexual orientations, we will always obtain your explicit consent to those activities unless this is not required by law or the information is required to protect your health in an emergency. Where we are processing data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

7. Other than as mentioned below, we will only disclose information about you to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so or where we need to comply with our contractual duties to you, for instance we may need to pass on certain information in relation to pension or the CCG. Where possible, we will only share what is necessary.

8. Your personal data will be stored for a period of 6 months after you have applied for a position with South Doc Services and have been unsuccessful or declined our offer of employment.

Your rights

12. Under The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to restrict processing, object to processing as well as in certain circumstances to the right to data portability.

13. If you have provided consent for the processing of your data you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.

14. You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioner Office if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 with regard to your personal data.

Identity and contact details of controller and data protection officer

15. South Doc Services Limited, 194-196 West Heath Road, Birmingham, B31 3HB. UK

16. If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed, you can contact our data protection officer:

Umar Sabat - Data Protection Officer at myhealthcare.ig@nhs.net

Please ensure that you have uploaded an up-to-date CV showing your most recent employment when applying for this role.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 42,861.15-48,206.33 per year

Work Location: In person