Advanced Paramedic (paramedic or nurse) HARRC
NHS AfC: Band 7
EEAST is a great place to work, great people, great career opportunities and a career that can take you anywhere. No two days are the same, if you are looking for a varied and supportive environment EEAST can offer you that and more!
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Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day #WeAreEEAST.
East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) are welcoming applications from qualified Advanced Paramedics to work on our HARRC Scheme in West Herts.
A career as an Advanced Paramedic (paramedic or nurse) with EEAST offers many benefits, including:
* Working on a dedicated rapid intervention scheme mainly serving care homes
* Working with multidisciplinary teams
* A comprehensive training and development plan, including annual appraisal
* Clinical leadership opportunities
* Pre-hospital prescribing, where possible, when working on the scheme
Main duties of the job
To enable EEAST to meet the future needs of our patients, we are investing significantly in our urgent & emergency care services, developing a post registration career pathway for advanced practice.
This will create exciting opportunities for current Advanced Paramedics and career development for our clinical workforce.
Through this programme, we are now seeking a number of individuals with the drive, leadership skills and clinical excellence to take on the new, exciting and challenging role of Advanced Paramedic in Urgent for a rapid intervention scheme in West Herts.
In addition, Advanced Paramedics (paramedic or nurse) will provide clinical supervision and mentorship to our team of clinicians and contribute to the wider operational clinical team, through professional activities related to the four pillars of advanced practice, as well as providing excellent clinical care, on a number of new operational resources.
Working for our organisation
EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.
Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.
We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.
The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.
Our core values:
Care- We value warmth, empathy and compassion in all our relationships
Teamwork- Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision
Quality- We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement
Respect- We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction
Honesty- We value a culture that has trust, integrity and transparency at the centre of everything we do.
Our 4 goals are:
Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn
Provide outstanding quality of care and performance
Be excellent collaborators and innovators as system partners
Be an environmentally and financially sustainable organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Advanced Paramedic works across various clinical settings utilising a range of tools and models of practice. A highly proficient and autonomous Paramedic, the AP will provide care and treatment to patients presenting with undifferentiated urgent/critical and unscheduled care problems. They will manage patients in, or closer to home, that present with chronic and long-term conditions, as well as minor illness and minor injury. This AP will:
* Improve the patient's journey and experience by reducing the time to diagnosis/treatment and fast-tracking the patient through appropriate emergency care pathways.
* Enhance the focus on appropriate admissions and referrals through access to appropriate care at point of need.
* Provide an innovative service, underpinned by specialist knowledge and skills from a wide range of healthcare disciplines, offering the first point of contact at the appropriate place and time.
Clinicians at this level will exhibit an advanced breadth and depth of knowledge combined with critical thinking and expertise in patient assessment, point of care patient diagnostics and clinical interventions which will be supported by an extended scope of practice beyond that required for paramedic registration. In addition, the AP will be expected to develop knowledge and skills in identified areas of specialist practice and contribute to pan-service education, training, and research and audit activity.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Master’s degree or Post Graduate Certificate or Post Graduate Diploma qualification in a relevant field.
* Registered Health Professional
* Qualification incorporating extended clinical practice skills (eg Paramedic/Emergency Care Practitioner, Critical Care Paramedic).
* Qualified IHCD Emergency Driving (D2) or superseding award.
* A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and / or classroom situations.
* Mentoring and coaching; minimum of PPEd level 3 (certificate) or significant demonstrable development of mentoring and coaching skills through formal learning and application.
Skills
* Be expert in recording and evaluating a medical, social, and family history supported by extensive underpinning knowledge as detailed in the College of Paramedics (CoP) framework or equivalent.
* Formulate a plausible differential diagnosis supported by extensive underpinning knowledge.
* Apply expert professional judgement and specialist clinical knowledge and experience to make appropriate, safe, and reasoned decisions.
* Evidence of ability to develop training packages in response to identified clinical needs.
Experience
* Up to date portfolio including significant demonstrable relevant and recent CPD activity.
* Significant experience of clinical practice, including supervision, mentorship, and leadership (equivalent to at least five years post-registration experience).
* Demonstrable experience of providing clinical assessment and advice within Clinical Hub / Clinical Support Desk.
* Experience of working in other clinical settings.
Personal attributes
* Ability to manage both self and others and use initiative to problem solve based on sound rationale.
* Evidence of having provided mentoring and support to other staff.
* Understanding of and demonstrable commitment to diversity as an employee and as a provider of services to the public.
You will be required to hold a full UK manual driving licence with a minimum of 1 years driving experience (maximum of 3 penalty points for minor motoring offences only).
Occupational Health:
Applicants are advised that EEAST adheres to the recommendations of the Department of Health Medical Advisory Panel relating to health standards for frontline emergency response roles.
Disclosure and Barring Service check:
This position involves regulated activity which will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at enhanced level with child and adult barred list check.
References and Employment History: All references from current and previous employers, will be sought via their Human Resources Department and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment.
All appointments will be subject to currently having a clean disciplinary record.
Please be advised that a No Smoking Policy is in operation throughout the Trust.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Under the Trust's commitment 'Positive about Disabled People', if you consider yourself as having a disability and you meet the minimum selection criteria for any post, you will get an automatic interview.
We aim to represent and value the diversity of our local communities through our workforce and service provision. We therefore positively encourage applications, regardless of age, race, religion & belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity or disability.
If you have a disability and wish to send in an alternative format of the application form please contact the Recruitment Team on 01234 243200.
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if a large number of applications are received.
Please note that if you have not had a response from us after one month of submitting your application, you have not been shortlisted for interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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