Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paramedic to join Dartford Model Primary Care Network as part of their growing multi-disciplinary team. We pride ourselves on providing excellent patient centred care and wish to expand our paramedic team to deliver high quality paramedic services across our network.
Responsibilities
* The Paramedic will play an important role in supporting the PCN and member practices with managing urgent and unscheduled care. Your role will be to provide clinical assessment by remote (telephone or video) and face to face appointments, to diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients/service users who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to acute illnesses or minor injuries. You will use advanced clinical skills to provide education to service users, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment and provide a Specialist Paramedic resource for the Practice Team and service users. The post holder will work with the other members of the primary care team to support the management and decision making about care and service provision for individual patients.
* Work with our GPs and other primary care professionals in order to identify and manage a caseload of patients with specific needs, flagging any concerns to the relevant GP and referring to other health professionals as appropriate.
* Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical competence and a sound knowledge base.
* Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
* Provide clinical advice to Reception staff where required.
* Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.
* Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each and every patient contact.
* Work as an independent practitioner and as part of the multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patients needs are met.
* Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics (COP).
Qualifications and Experience
* Essential: Registered Paramedic with post graduate qualifications relevant to the position.
* Essential: Current registration on the HCPC register. Post-registration experience of which several years in primary care, A&E unscheduled care or related field.
* Desirable: General Practice and independent prescribing training; Minor Illness/injuries or Clinical skills qualification; Completion of or working towards an independent prescriber qualification; ACP.
Experience
* Essential: Experience of working to protocols or guidelines; ability to work autonomously, prioritise own workload, work under pressure and maintain high quality care; knowledge of unscheduled care practice; excellent clinical skills; knowledge of clinical governance; IT skills; ability to communicate complex information clearly; ability to build rapport with patients.
* Desirable: Experience in a primary care setting; willingness to undergo additional training and mentoring; flexibility to work across different sites; experience with GP systems (e.g., EMIS); experience of audits.
Compliance
* Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
* UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Locations
* Dartford West Health Centre, Tower Road, Dartford, DA1 2HA
* Lowfield Medical Centre, Lowfield Street, Dartford, DA1 1HP
* Dartford East Health Centre, Pilgrims Way, Dartford, DA1 1QY
Salary and Details
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Employer
The Wellcome Practice
Address: Dartford West Health Centre, Tower Road, Dartford, DA1 2HA
Employer\'s website: https://www.thewellcomepractice.nhs.uk/
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