Employer NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Employer type NHS Site Solihull Town Solihull Salary £44,962 - £49,306 per annum pro rata Closing 27/05/2025 23:59
PCN Paramedic
Not applicable - See below for Salary
Job overview
Do you want to work with patients where you can really make a difference to those most in need? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Paramedic to join North Solihull PCN. With a population of over 39,000 patients you will support 6 GP practices, all rated “Good” by CQC.
Main duties of the job
You will be a valued member of our multi-disciplinary team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technician, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribers, Care Coordinators, and Nurse Associate.You will work alongside a range of local providers from primary care, community services, social care and the voluntary sector to offer more personalised, coordinated health and social care to their local patient populations.
The role will also require you to visit patients in their own home or in a care home environment, therefore, applicants must have a clean driving license, along with their own car.
For questions relating to this post contact kate.burke@nhs.net
Working for our organisation
North Solihull Primary Care Network consists of 10 practices located in various sites across Chelmsley Wood, Smithswood, Kingshurst, Sheldon, Marston Green and Castle Bromwich.
As a PCN, we cover a total population of over 81000 patients with our purpose being to enable GP practices to work together in a collaborative way to develop and deliver network-based services that respond to the needs of the local population. Our aim is to sustain real improvements in both the care of our patients and our working lives.
We pride ourselves on providing excellent clinical support and care to our practice colleagues and patients and with this in mind we are committed to the development of our teams. Training and educational events form part of the support on offer to ensure you can reach your potential and our patients get the best care available.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Role Summary:
· 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 practices 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Paramedic Registration with the HCPC
* BSc in Paramedic Science or IHCD Paramedic
* Five years post registration
* Non-Medical Prescriber
* Long Term Conditions Qualifications
* Membership of College of Paramedic
Experience and Skills
* Experience within the NHS Ambulance Service or Primary Care
* Telephone Triage
* Chronic Disease Management
* Audit
General
* Commitment to quality and best practice
* Flexible and adaptable
* Self-motivated
* Willing to attend meetings as required
** Please Note **
From April 2022 all NHS workers in England with face to face contact with patients must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Only those with medical exemptions will be excluded from this requirement. Please consider this mandatory requirement when applying for this position.
In event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
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