Job description
Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day. #WeAreEEAST #WeAreTheNHS
Do you have experience in an acute setting such as ED / Primary & Urgent care / critical care?
Do you have high levels of autonomy and experience in managing a complex range of patient presentations? Then this role is for you.
As a bonus to joining our growing team and we are also delighted to be able to offer you the following in addition to the advertised salary to join the team on a course from July 2023 onwards and applicable to this advert only:
- £500* payment in your first months’ pay
- In addition, a further payment of £750* after 12 months in post**
- In addition, a further payment of £750* after 24 months in post**
- All payments are subject to usual deductions of Tax and NI
- Three week face to face induction (8.30-4.30 Monday-Friday)
- Two week supernumerary placement (shift based, supported by a registrant, 75 hours total, 24 7 pattern)
- Three week face to face (as above)
- Two week supernumerary placement (as above)
- 8-week consolidation including Driver Training
- Module 5 competency completion whilst working as a lead clinician (with supervision
Following an initial period of transition with our education teams the Clinical Practitioners will support delivery of our frontline service working alongside Paramedics and other pre-hospital clinicians. Key responsibilities of the role include:
Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supplying and administering of medicines, managing, discharging, and referring patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.
Provide effective clinical leadership, development and mentorship to operational personnel, including newly qualified paramedics and students to support the delivery of a high-quality patient centered service.
Contribute to the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of unscheduled/out of hours care involving all relevant stakeholders including health and social care organisations.
A shift on an ambulance is like no other workplace. You will operate in a wide range of environments, across both urban and rural areas managing everything from birth to end of life, chronic conditions to critical illness or injury.
EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.
Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.
We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.
The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.
Our core values:
Care - We value warmth, empathy and compassion in all our relationships
Teamwork - Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision
Quality - We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement
Respect - We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.