Practice Paramedic/Home Visiting

Job responsibilities

To provide high-quality and clinical excellence to the patients of Haven Health and Howard House GP surgeries; diagnosing and prescribing treatments and medication while working within defined procedures and protocols as laid down by the GPs.

To work as part of a clinical team, with paramedic's, GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants across both practices. Working alongside non-clinical team members

To be responsible for seeing patients across two practice sites, care homes and for visiting patients in their place of residence, who present with a wide range of minor illness, urgent and same day requests for treatment and chronic disease management; providing care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.

The post holder will need to demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills. There will be the need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure all medical notes are written contemporaneously and succinctly

Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to their needs in the patients homes/Care homes. Act as an autonomous clinician, with the support and guidance from the GPs

Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).

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

Accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.

Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

Telephone triage as appropriate for clinics and home visits and care home ward rounds and provide access to GPs as necessary.

Evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and / or referral, including admission to hospital if required.

Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway and to refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.

Maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events.

Advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention.

Provide clinical advice to other members of the team where appropriate.

Possibility to work in the clinic setting as required

Any other duties within the scope of the post holder as requested by the management team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Paramedic

Desirable

• Minor Illness,
• Phlebotomy,
• Systmone Trained

Experience

Desirable

• Ideally with previous experience of working in Primary Care. Although this does not preclude those having worked in secondary care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Haven Health

Address

Grange Farm Avenue

Felixstowe

Suffolk

IP11 2XD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.havenhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)