Practice Paramedic JOB SUMMARY As a member of the clinical team, to be responsible for providing high quality care and services, including minor illness, acute care, chronic disease management, and health promotion within the surgery and to those that are housebound. To work as an autonomous practitioner. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES To assess and diagnose patients that request an acute home visit. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the HCPC) Provide care for patients presenting in the minor illness clinic and those that are housebound with minor illnesses and urgent on the day appointments. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures Make professionally autonomous decisions Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports. Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care Refer to the duty doctor as necessary Refer patients to other agencies, secondary care as appropriate and complete the referral paperwork accurately, liaising with secretarial team if required Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality Manage, interpret and act on blood and other diagnostic test results onto the clinical system. Clinical To identify and undertake...