Main area: Paramedic Practitioner
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week
Site: St Charles Urgent Care Walk in Centre
Town: London
Salary: £51,488 - £57,802 p.a inc. HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/08/2024 23:59
Job overview
Are you an autonomous Paramedic with experience of caring for patients who require on the day care?
Do you want to work in a forward thinking, diverse and rewarding environment?
We are seeking experienced and motivated Paramedic Practitioners with skills in advanced practice who can independently complete a full episode of patient care including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge for children and adults aged 2 years and over.
Sites:
• St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing, W10 6DZ
• Parsons Green Health Centre, SW6 4UL
• Soho Centre for Health and Care, W1D 3HZ
This is an exciting time to join our Clinical Practitioner led Urgent Care/ Walk in Services which deliver high quality unscheduled care.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of our dynamic team which has a broad scope of advanced practice. We embrace the variety and challenges which comes with the role, meaning we learn something new every day!
As a highly valued member of our team, the quality of care we provide starts with you. There is opportunity to work across the services. We pride ourselves on our clinical practitioners being up to date with the latest evidenced-based practices as well as being supportive of our staff in their professional development. The services have a dedicated practice educator.
• We provide an educationally focused environment, which will allow you to develop your clinical skills, and theoretical knowledge, through work-based education and training including courses related to advanced practice such as Non-Medical Prescribing.
• With the support of our team of highly experienced advanced practitioners including a practice educator, we will enable you to develop other skills, such as teaching, implementing, and undertaking audits and QI projects, co-ordinating the day-to-day operations of the department.
• Our St Charles UCC has X-ray facilities and rotational opportunities are possible to enhance and learn new skills.
• Free parking at St Charles and Parsons Green.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Registered Health Professional Paramedic with HCPC Registration
Evidence of continuing professional education and training at Masters level or completed level 7 module in advanced practice
Desirable criteria
Independent Prescriber (or on pathway to complete)
Qualification in prehospital care or community care
Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
University accredited Minor injuries Module
Paediatric advanced assessment module
Experience
Essential criteria
Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
Experience of caring for patients 2 years and older.
Experience in working autonomously in an emergency or other unscheduled care environment or working autonomously within a GP surgery.
Proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating, and liaising across organisational boundaries.
Experience in monitoring clinical standards.
Desirable criteria
Experience of team / service/ staff management.
Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so.
Experience of conducting research projects and audit.
Experience of change management and implementing change in practice.
Evidence of innovation in practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
Competent in physical examination of patients of all ages.
Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
Able to delegate work effectively and safely
Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
Able to manage difficult situations and address poor practice
Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Able to identify own and other’s learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email
Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment.
Advanced knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology of body systems.
Clinical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions.
Knowledge of current NHS organizational structures and policy initiatives.
Knowledge of recent developments in unscheduled care.
Knowledge of monitoring service outcome measures.
Knowledge of adult and children’s safeguarding procedures.
Knowledge of HCPC Code of Professional Conduct.
Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
Knowledge of current health care policy and legislation and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
Knowledge of the audit process and able to implement in practice
Knowledge of evidence based practice and able to implement in practice
Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk
Knowledge of clinical supervision
Knowledge of how to implement equal opportunities in practice
Desirable criteria
Able to lead and motivate a team and implement change
Ability to make formal presentations to a wide range of people
Knowledge of resource management.
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
Able to carry out the duties of the post
Health cleared by occupational health for the role specified
Able to work flexible shifts.
Able to work from more than one work base.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
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