Community Paramedic Altrincham, England
Job description
Altrincham Healthcare Alliance Primary Care Network (PCN) is providing an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced Paramedic to work across our five local GP practices in South Trafford to deliver excellent care to our patient population.
The ideal candidate will be a forward-thinking, enthusiastic individual with initiative who is keen to embrace new challenges and work within a team of like-minded people to deliver first-class patient care.
We are looking for someone with advanced clinical skills, confident in managing medical complexities to provide education to patients and service users, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment. The post holder will assess, diagnose, treat, refer, or signpost patients with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to minor illness or minor injury.
Working across the five GP practices within Altrincham Healthcare Alliance PCN, the successful addition to our Network will work closely with GPs, nurses, social prescribers and clinical pharmacists as part of a multi-disciplinary team while also building strong effective working relationships to establish and deliver quality care to our Care Home patients.
Primary Responsibilities
1. Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide
definitive treatment or make necessary referrals to other members of the PCN or
practice team.
2. Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where
appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntary services
and to self-care.
3. Be able to:
i. perform specialist health checks and reviews
ii. perform and interpret ECGs; alongside other results as appropriate
iii. perform investigatory procedures as required
iv. undertake the collection of pathological specimens including
intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc.
v. perform investigatory procedures needed by patients and those
requested by GPs and the wider PCN
vi. perform a domicillary (home) visit
4. Support the delivery of anticipatory care and end of life care plans and lead certain
community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly
patients living in sheltered housing).
5. Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day home visits for the PCN and
undertake clinical audits.
6. Communicate at all levels across PCNs and other organisations, ensuring effective,
patient-centered service.
7. Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings asrequired and accepting
referrals and referring to specialist services where appropriate.
8. Prescribe, issue and review medications as appropriate following policy, patient group
directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local carepathways. This will
be done in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice
protocols, and within scope of practice N.B relevant if possesses prescribing
qualification only.
9. Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment and or interventions and
care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, and patients with
complex needs within the clinical and domiciliary setting.
10. Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological
perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly
11. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,
urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
12. Take an active part in achievement of contractual markers.
13. Implement and participate in vaccination programmes as appropriate.
Quality Requirements
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the PCN, and will:
14. Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, keep up to
date with current evidence-based practice, and impart own knowledge and skills to PCN
colleagues to meet the needs of theservice.
15. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as
regulated by the HCPC and College of Paramedics.
16. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and
formal evaluation.
17. Participate in research and utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of
the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
18. In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health
care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
19. Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
Administrative requirements
20. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation,
consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
21. Work in accordance with internal administrative systems relating to but not limited to
the management of clinical data.
22. Send and receive written information on behalf of the patient, practice and PCN relating
to the physical and social welfare of patients.
23. Work closely with other members of the MDT in the setting up and or improving of
systems for monitoring and measuring performance against the PCN DES, QOF and any
other relevant targets.
24. Ensure that all practice and organisational policies are fully implemented.
Training and Development
25. Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to keep up-to-date
with evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical
governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal
Development Plan (PDP) utilising a reflective approach to Practice.
26. Undertake a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with the improvement of
clinical care, medical diagnosis and treatment where appropriate using the following
means.
a. Audit of clinical practice
b. Significant event review / root cause analyses
c. Review of relevant literature
d. Research unusual symptoms and treatment options through consultation with
general practitioners, and the wider MDT.
27. Promote and support a learning culture within the PCN MDT and assist in clinical
instruction, mentoring and supervision of medical, nursing or physician associate
students and other learners that may periodically be attached to the PCN and partner
practices.
28. Contribute to regular multi-disciplinary, PCN and OHP educational meetings.
29. Undertake Audits, Appraisals and teaching and mentoring staff.
30. Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Protocol guideline development as appropriate.
31. Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and
or improving of PCN and practice systems for monitoring and measuring performance
against PCN DES targets.
Professional
32. Registration with Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) to be renewed every 2 years
to maintain registration.
33. Undertake statutory and mandatory training as required by the organisation.
34. Demonstrate clinical leadership.
35. Pro-actively promote the role of the Paramedic within the PCN, practices and OHP and
externally to key stakeholders and agencies.
36. Respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless
sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
37. Membership of the College of Paramedics Voluntary Register is not mandatory but
desirable.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: £43,742.00-£50,056.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Altrincham, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 11/06/2023
Reference ID: Paramedic
