Paramedic inBasingstoke inBasingstoke PUBLISHED 3 DEC 2023

Band 7: Depending on experience  PERMANENT 
Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details.

Work as part of our multi disciplinary care team alongside our GPs to deliver safe and high quality care.

Carries out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved.

Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice.

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.

Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.

Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.

Administrative:

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team

Accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes

Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required

General:

To maintain your own annual registration with the HCPC and adhere to its Code of Professional Conduct.

Maintain any other required registrations and certifications necessary to fulfil your role.

To promote a professional approach at all times by dress and attitude to patients and staff, both in and out of the Practice, setting an example for those under your direct authority and to the team as a whole.

To maintain you own continuous CPD and insure is kept up to date in line with the practice development plans.

To participate in and attend practice meetings and in-house training.

You may be required to perform other duties from time to time to meet the needs of patients and the practice.

Confidentiality:

  • In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
  • In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
  • Reporting potential risks identified

Crown Heights Medical Centre is a well-established GP surgery located in Basingstoke Town Centre with a list size of 27,000 + patients.

You will be working alongside our current team of Allied Health Care Professionals, 9 GP Partners, 11 Practice Nurses and HCAs, 7 Salaried GPs and a One Team

You will be provided weekly debriefs and support from our GP partners.

Essential: A minimum of 2 years paramedic experience at Band 6

Desirable: Experience working within a primary care setting or similar.

The Paramedic will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, Telephone Triage and home visits.

The post holder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified paramedic in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admission and discharging patients as appropriate.

Work as part of our Multi disciplinary team alongside our GPs, PCN ARRS colleagues, Nursing team and One team to deliver safe and high quality care.

Carries out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.

Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.

Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.

Work as part of our multi disciplinary care team alongside our GPs to deliver safe and high quality care.

Carries out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved.

Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice.

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.

Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.

Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.

Administrative:

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team

Accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes

Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required

General:

To maintain your own annual registration with the HCPC and adhere to its Code of Professional Conduct.

Maintain any other required registrations and certifications necessary to fulfil your role.

To promote a professional approach at all times by dress and attitude to patients and staff, both in and out of the Practice, setting an example for those under your direct authority and to the team as a whole.

To maintain you own continuous CPD and insure is kept up to date in line with the practice development plans.

To participate in and attend practice meetings and in-house training.

You may be required to perform other duties from time to time to meet the needs of patients and the practice.

Confidentiality:

  • In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
  • In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
  • Reporting potential risks identified

Crown Heights Medical Centre is a well-established GP surgery located in Basingstoke Town Centre with a list size of 27,000 + patients.

You will be working alongside our current team of Allied Health Care Professionals, 9 GP Partners, 11 Practice Nurses and HCAs, 7 Salaried GPs and a One Team

You will be provided weekly debriefs and support from our GP partners.

Essential: A minimum of 2 years paramedic experience at Band 6

Desirable: Experience working within a primary care setting or similar.

The Paramedic will act autonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, Telephone Triage and home visits.

The post holder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified paramedic in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admission and discharging patients as appropriate.

Work as part of our Multi disciplinary team alongside our GPs, PCN ARRS colleagues, Nursing team and One team to deliver safe and high quality care.

Carries out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.

Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.

Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.



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