Description
The Coco PCN Home Visiting Paramedic is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Paramedic to make a meaningful difference to patients across the local community.
Working across patients homes and GP practices, you will provide high-quality, compassionate and patient-centred care, using your clinical expertise to assess, diagnose, treat and support patients with a wide range of health needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, examinations, diagnosis and treatment.
- Provide high-quality home visits to patients unable to attend the practice.
- Develop and review individualised care and treatment plans, including appropriate investigations and follow-up.
- Recognise and appropriately manage acutely unwell or deteriorating patients, escalating care when required.
- Work collaboratively with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated care.
- Support patients and families through clear communication, education and advice.
- Make appropriate referrals and onward care arrangements.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records.
- Participate in professional development, training and quality improvement.
- Work within all relevant clinical, safeguarding, confidentiality, health and safety and professional standards.
The role combines home visits and practice-based clinics, assessing, diagnosing, treating and appropriately referring patients to provide safe, effective and timely care.
Working alongside GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will support urgent and routine care, improve access to primary care, reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes.
You will be expected to demonstrate strong clinical decision-making, work autonomously within your scope of practice, contribute to service development and deliver evidence-based, patient-centred care.
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
- Registered Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or an equivalent qualification.
- Holds a current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certificate.
- Has successfully completed the two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic.
- Has a minimum of three years experience working at Band 6 or equivalent level as a paramedic.
- Holds, or is working towards, a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field, such as Advanced Paramedic Practice, Advanced Clinical Practice or Healthcare Management.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience in primary care, community healthcare or home visiting.
- Experience of clinical audit and quality improvement.
- Working knowledge of EMIS.
- Additional community healthcare qualifications.
- Experience of working within or contributing to multidisciplinary teams.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary depending on experience
- Permanent full-time position