POST TITLE: Paramedic BASE: Dartford MODEL PCN (Dartford East Health Centre) RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Director Job Summary The Paramedic will play an important role in supporting the PCN and member practices with managing urgent and unscheduled care. Your role will be to provide clinical assessment by remote (telephone or video) and face to face appointments, to diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients/service users who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to acute illnesses or minor injuries. You will use advanced clinical skills to provide education to service users, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment and provide a Specialist Paramedic resource for the Practice Team and service users. The post holder will work with the other members of the primary care team to support the management and decision making about care and service provision for individual patients. Duties and responsibilities Work with our GPs and other primary care professionals in order to identify and manage a caseload of patients with specific needs, flagging any concerns to the relevant GP and referring to other health professionals as appropriate. Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical competence and a sound knowledge base. Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols. Provide clinical advice to Reception staff where required. Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner. Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each and every patient contact. Work as an independent practitioner and as part of the multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, in order to ensure patients needs are met. Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within the guidance of the Department of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the College of Paramedics (COP)