Paramedic

Hampton Medical Centre is located in Serpentine Green, We are a training practice and hosts medical students from various medical schools. We are actively involved in teaching and training and hold an academy status with Leicester Medical School. We would be happy to support the joining Prescribing Paramedic if they need to complete their any modules. Main duties of the job You Must be a prescribing Paramedic, competent in dealing with minor illnesses and working towards long term conditions review. You must have a prior experience of working in a GP surgery. About us Hampton Medical Practice has a list size of over 13,000. Its a training practice with 5 trainers in the practice. We have ANPs and ARRS roles helping us to run practice efficiently. We have 2 pharmacists and a prescription clark who help with medication reviews and deal with prescriptions of our care home residents. A General Practice Assistant helps in carrying out the bloods, ECGs and liaising with hospital team on advice of clinicians Job responsibilities You MUST have a past experience of working in a GP surgery. * Responsible for attending to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional; diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs. * Prioritising and triaging the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. * Work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES * Controls admission and discharge to own caseload through: * Appropriate comprehensive assessment to include physical, mental, emotional and social health including the use of invasive and non-invasive investigations to establish a diagnosis. * Prescription of evidence-based care including medication. * Developing with the patient and family when appropriate, an ongoing plan for health with an emphasis on prevention and self-care. * Follow-up and evaluation of care. * Direct referral to and liaison with consultants and other professional agencies. * Making and accepting referrals within the practice team. * If qualified to, prescribes according to formulary and competencies. * Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care. * Support and mange health needs of women presenting for family planning, or sexual health consultation. * Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health. * A collaborative, supportive and holistic approach. * To keep accurate patient records on computer system. Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures * Undertakes the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs. * Checks and processes results received via SystmOne as instructed by the GPs. Administrative Responsibilities * Disseminates learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments/courses. * Manages and assess risk within areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients. * Participates in the delivery Chronic Disease Management and in achieving QOF Targets. * Ensures good communication between you and the team and other members of staff and communicate any changes of ways of working to those affected as appropriate. * Attends and contributes to Practice Clinical Governance. * Encourages and ensure team working within the practice * To participate in practice clinical audits if required. Acts as a resource to other practice members. * Uses technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information. * Reviews and processes data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes. * To participate in developing protocols and clinical guidelines for use in the practice. Person Specification Experience * Must have a past experience of working in a GP surgery * Must be a good team worker Good knowledge of common medical conditions encountered in primary care * Communications skills needs to be excellent Qualifications * You must be a registered Paramedics and no ongoing complaints or probity issue * None Must be able to work in a pressured environment * Good knowledge and communications 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. £28 to £32 an hourHigher rate would be based on your experience J-18808-Ljbffr