Practice Paramedic
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Job Summary
Haven Health and Howard House surgery in Felixstowe have multi-disciplinary teams who are serious about healthcare and achieving the best for all their patients but who like to work in a supportive and fun atmosphere. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and flexible Practice Paramedic to work in the community treating both Haven Health and Howard House patients. The vacancy is for approx. 15 hrs a week; however flexibility is crucial to accommodate training holidays and occasional sickness.
Suitable candidates must be able to work flexibly autonomously and proactively in the community supporting both our housebound and care home patients.
- Treating both housebound and care home patients across 2 surgeries.
- Seeing patients across multiple practice sites care homes and for visiting patients in their place of residence who present with a wide range of minor illness urgent and same day requests for treatment and chronic disease management.
- Providing care for the presenting patient from initial history taking clinical assessment diagnosis
- 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.
- Accurately triage and prioritise patients including in emergency situations demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness including past medical and drug history.
- Recognise assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Telephone triage as appropriate for clinics and home visits and care home ward rounds and provide access to GPs as necessary.
- Evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and / or referral including admission to hospital if required.
- Signpost appropriately to other services.
- Treatment and evaluation of care.
- Leading on the various vaccination campaigns.
- Completing referrals where applicable.
- Working closely with GPs and debriefing following home visits.
- The home visiting team consists of 2 other paramedics and a community HCA.
About the Candidate
- Be a registered paramedic with current HCPC registration
- Be able to effectively assess plan treat and refer patients.
- Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.
- Have completed ENP/ ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course.
- Experience working in primary care.
- Phlebotomy.
- SystmOne trained.
About Us
- GP partners and salaried GPs
- Advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs)
- Practice nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs)
- A dedicated medicines management team (pharmacists and Technicians)
- A home visiting paramedic team
- A welcoming and supportive team environment
- Opportunities for career development and further training
- A competitive salary
- The option to join the NHS pension scheme
- A host of high street discounts and salary sacrifice schemes
- Free staff parking
- Were within easy access of Ipswich being just 20mins away minutes away by car
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Key Skills
- Practice Management
- Veterinary Experience
- Enterprise Architecture
- Office Manager Experience
- Enterprise Software
- Healthcare Management
- IaaS
- TOGAF
- Medical office experience
- Conflict Management
- COBIT
- Customer relationship management
About Company
NHS General Practitioner GP Medical Centre | Cavendish Health Centre | Marylebone, Central London, England
