Paramedic Practitioner
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Battle, TN33 0GB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4511-25-0005 |
Summary
Rural Rother Primary Care Network Job description & person specification for Paramedic Practitioner Job Title Paramedic Practitioner Line Manager Clinical Operations lead Accountable to Clinical Operations lead, Business Manager and Clinical Directors Salary dependent on experience Hours per week 1 WTE equivalents, 37.5 hours per week or part time job share would be considered. Job Summary Support of Vulnerable patients within our care homes and their own homes. You will be at the heart of our primary care network program to support vulnerable patients. Proactively working with practices, other voluntary agencies and our care coordinators to identify and care for vulnerable patients in care homes and the local community. Such as those who have complex medical issues, palliative care patients, those who have Learning disabilities, Autism , Serious mental health illness and those who struggle to access medical services directly from a GP practice and would benefit from support around managing their ongoing care. You will visit patients in care homes, review and assess their health and well-being needs, design and agree with the patients a personalised care plan. Then work with patients, their families, carers and the wider Multi-disciplinary team within community and secondary care to ensure that they can live the best possibly life within the boundaries of their medical limitations. Primary Responsibilities The following are the core responsibilities of the Clinical operation lead. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels: Supporting and caring for patients in the community Assess, create or update personalised care plans for vulnerable patients living out local primary care network area of Rye, Camber, Winchelsea Sedlescombe, Westfield Northiam, Broad oak Robertsbridge and Burwash Triage and manage acute and non- complex medical needs of patients who are housebound, palliative care and vulnerable, within your scope of practice and knowledge. Where other clinical support is needed refer to GP or seek appropriate support of other community basis services. In conjunction with our Advanced Nurse Practitioners, work with other local service providers such as GP surgeries, community services, secondary care and voluntary sector to ensure that there good communication between the multi-disciplinary services. Manage patients presenting with a range of chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice or support patients to access care for these issues Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions with the aim of preventing and managing the adverse effects these disease may have on the patients health Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with evidence based evidence, NICE and the NSF Support the undertaking of simple diagnostic procedures such:- Undertaking of ECGs and blood pressure monitoring Undertaking observations including monitoring for sepsis Undertake the collection of pathological specimens Request pathology services as necessary Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with NHS guidelines for good practice