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The Attenborough & Tudor Primary Care Network (PCN) in Bushey is offering a full-time position for a PCN Paramedic, requiring a commitment of 37.5 hours per week. The role involves working collaboratively with a team of paramedics, GPs, and other clinical staff to provide health services, including assessing and triaging patients, offering definitive treatments, making referrals, and advising on general healthcare to promote self-management.
Key responsibilities include performing specialist health checks, interpreting ECGs, collecting pathological specimens, and supporting anticipatory and end-of-life care plans. The paramedic will also utilize advanced clinical skills to educate patients, prescribe medications in accordance with guidelines, and empower individuals to make informed choices about their healthcare.
Key responsibilities include performing specialist health checks, interpreting ECGs, collecting pathological specimens, and supporting anticipatory and end-of-life care plans. The paramedic will also utilize advanced clinical skills to educate patients, prescribe medications in accordance with guidelines, and empower individuals to make informed choices about their healthcare.
Attenborough & Tudor PCN has an excellent opportunity for a paramedic to join out team and support out network of 4 practices, on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week.This is a supportive role, working in tandem with our team of paramedics, GPs and other clinical staff to deliver health services.
- Assess & triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment or make necessary referrals to other members of the practice team.
- Advise patients on general healthcare & promote self-management where appropriate.
- Be able to perform specialist health checks and reviews, perform and interpret ECGs, alongside other results as appropriate & perform investigatory procedures as required.
- Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc.
- Perform investigatory procedures needed by patients and those requested by GPs and the wider PCN.
- Support the delivery of anticipatory care and end of life care plans & lead certain community services.
- Use advanced clinical skills to provide education to patients & service users, promoting self-care & empower them to make informed choices about their treatment.
- Prescribe, issue and review medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways.
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