Paramedic

Location

Solihull, West Midlands | United Kingdom

Job description

SOLIHULL HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP

Paramedic

Contract: Permanent

Would you like to part of an innovative multi-disciplinary team, at the largest Primary Care provider in Solihull? If yes, we would love to hear from you!

About us

Solihull Healthcare Partnership is a primary care network formed of seven surgeries. We provide quality care to over 55,000 patients in the Shirley / Solihull area.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an expanding team, which is friendly and supportive and focused on providing the best service to our patients.

Solihull Healthcare Partnership are looking for a committed, enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join us.

Our teams are made up amazing people and we hear all the time from them about the levels of support, spirit and togetherness in their local teams. We are not afraid to say we work in a challenging environment although our people genuinely help one another every step and every day.

SHP recognises its staff as being fundamental to its success, and all roles play their part and with real job satisfaction.

Our teams benefit from some fantastic support from our team leaders and managers, who are accessible, experts in the job, supportive personalities and spend time with you to understand how you feel about your role.

Advanced paramedic practitioners work autonomously within the community, using their enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills, to provide first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems relating to minor illness or injury, abdominal pains, chest pains and headaches. They are health professionals who practice at an advanced level having the capability to make sound judgements in the absence of full information and to manage varying degrees of risk when there are complex, competing or ambiguous information or uncertainty.

The Role & Responsibilities

The following sets out the key role responsibilities for advanced paramedic practitioners:

• They will assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team.
• They will advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntary services.
• They will be able to:
  • perform specialist health checks and reviews;
  • perform and interpret ECGs;
  • perform investigatory procedures as required, and;
  • undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc.
  • perform investigatory procedures needed by patients and those requested by the GPs
• They will support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in sheltered housing)
• They will provide an alternative model to urgent and same day home visits for the network and undertake clinical audits
• They will communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, patient centred service is delivered
• They will communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings as required
• They will maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to the consultation, ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
• Prescribe/issue medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways
• Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.

To apply for this vacancy, please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected]

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Solihull Healthcare Partnership; we look forward to hearing from you soon!

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