The Consulting Rooms GP Surgery rMB6x5NV
Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team is essential, as the paramedic will work closely with healthcare professionals to ensure integrated care pathways. Responsibilities include conducting home and care home visits, making autonomous clinical decisions, referring patients to appropriate care settings, and contributing to the practice’s quality targets. Overall, the role emphasises high standards of patient care, effective communication, and teamwork to meet the needs of NHS patients.
The post holder is an experienced Paramedic who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking to clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care for patients within the general practice environment. They will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of NHS patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
To deliver a high standard of patient care as a Paramedic within the Practice using advanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad, in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
As a member of a varied clinical team, manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients needs within a primary care setting, ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services, including visiting patients at their home.
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The post-holder will:
Provide a first point of contact within practices for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
Undertake clinical reviews including diagnosis, treatment and management of both acute and chronic conditions.
Provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis at point of first contact, by attending to patients in a variety of clinical or non-clinical settings according to patients needs.
Undertake home visits and care home visits, in accordance with the relevant protocols.
Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable.
Refer patients to an alternative care setting or treat & discharge as appropriate.
Instigate necessary invasive/non-invasive diagnostic tests/investigations and interpret findings/reports.
Work with multi-disciplinary teams within the Practice and across the broader healthcare community, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
Contribute to the Practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery.
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