Paramedic / Advanced Care Practitioner MATERNITY COVER

Job Overview

We are flexible in seeking a part or full time candidate - minimum hours 24 hour per week.

An opportunity exists for an ambitious Paramedic Practitioner/ACP to join our Surgery to cover a 12 month period of maternity leave. You will be coming into an established team, working with an experienced and highly motivated group of clinicians.

The post holder will work as part of the triage service, alongside the duty doctor, undertaking home visits, assessing patients needs through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of investigations to confirm diagnosis. Part of this role will be delivered through home visiting activities, as well as clinic based work. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to work autonomously in prioritising health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Duties
The primary focus of the role is to work as an autonomous practitioner providing high quality and timely patient centred care in a home visiting environment, as well as within the primary care setting. The post holder will be responsible as follows:

to assess, diagnose, treat and provide advice, care and management and onward referral for a diverse range of patients with minor injuries/acute and minor illness. This will be for patients within their own homes or in a care home. You will also help to manage urgent and primary care patients either via our on-line triage system, telephone or face to face, who may have long term conditions, with diagnosed or undiagnosed undifferentiated illness within the primary care environment.

Qualifications

Essential
Registered paramedic

Desirable
MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent
Non Medical Prescriber
Mentor/ Teaching qualification
Clinical supervision training and experience

Experience

Essential
Experience of working as senior clinician
Accountability of own role and other roles in a practitioner-led service

Desirable
Experience in
leading/managing a team
working in an unscheduled care service
providing care in the patients own home.
having worked in Primary Care
leading/managing quality improvement

Skills and Attributes

Essential
Advanced clinical practice skills
Management and treatment of patients with acute exacerbation of long-term conditions
Management of patients with complex needs
Clinical examination skills
Clinical leadership skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Negotiation and conflict management skills
Highly motivated
Flexibility
Enthusiasm
Team Player

Desirable
Change management
Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
Resource Management

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £44,371.00-£52,100.00 per year

Expected hours: 24 - 37 per week

Benefits:
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
On-site parking
Schedule:
Day shift
Monday to Friday
Overtime

Experience:
Patient care: 3 years (required)
Leadership: 1 year (preferred)
Basic life support: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 23/09/2024
Reference ID: Paramedic / ACP Maternity Leave
Expected start date: 07/10/2024