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Paramedic
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £50,000.00 to £55,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50000.00 - £55000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L26 1TT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | W0021-24-0002 |
Summary
Key duties and responsibilities Be able to work as part of a team to achieve complex and difficult tasks; Conduct dynamic risk assessments when attending to patients and call for support when required; Carry out triage assessments of patients and provide the appropriate level of care; Be prepared to carry out mundane and repetitive tasks Carry out ongoing Continuous Professional Development throughout your career and be able to take onboard constructive criticism. Duties include (but are not limited to) 1. Provide advice to patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntary services. 2. Be able to competently & confidently: a. perform specialist health checks and reviews b. perform investigatory procedures as required c. undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs, etc. d. perform investigatory procedures needed by patients and those requested by GPs and the wider PCN e. prescribe appropriate medications in line with patient need and following consultation 3. Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services 4. Undertake clinical audits using the EMIS clinical system 5. Communicate at all levels across PCNs and other organizations, ensuring effective, patient-centred service 6. Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings as required 7. Collaborate with other members of the PCN including doctors, nurses and other AHPs, accepting referrals and referring to them for specialist care 8. 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 9. Prescribe, issue and review medications as appropriate following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways. This will be done in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice 10. Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments 11. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions 12. Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, and patients with complex needs 13. Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly 14. Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan 15. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care Quality Requirements 16. enhance own performance through continuous professional development, keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, and impart own knowledge and skills to PCN colleagues to meet the needs of the service 17. be verified against the paramedic primary care roadmap 18. recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the HCPC and College of Paramedics 19. assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation 20. participate in research and utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required 21. in partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate Administrative requirements 22. produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures 23. be aware of data protection (GDPR) and confidentiality issues particularly within a PCN 24. use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information 25. review and process data using accurate read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. Supervision The post holder will have access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the PCN to provide general advice and support on a day to day basis.