Paramedic/ Advanced Nurse Practitioner/ Minor Illness Nurse
An exciting opportunity has become available at Hedena Health to join our acute hub team in a fast-growing and innovative practice for a Paramedic, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, or Minor Illness Nurse. We can be flexible on hours for the right candidate.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Practitioner to join our well-established, friendly, and supportive team. We aim for the highest standards of care for our patients and work in a diverse multi-disciplinary team consisting of GPs, ANPs, GP trainees, Practice Nurses, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Social Prescribers, Community Health and Wellbeing Workers, and a Mental Health Nurse. Equally important is our innovative approach to patient care, and our ethos of team working and personal/career development.
We are a training practice and provide support for you with annual study leave, CPD sessions, and regular team training. We value the right attitude, personality, and your ability to demonstrate commitment, intelligence, and forward thinking. If this is you, then we'd love to meet you.
Main duties of the job
In the course of their work, the Practitioner will:
1. Maintain contemporaneous clinical records for all patient assessments ensuring timely documentation.
2. Deliver evidence-based and patient-focused care, ensuring the patients' care, dignity, confidentiality, and wishes are always respected, working autonomously within their scope of practice and seeking support when needed.
3. Ensure the safety of themselves, colleagues, and patients by staying vigilant about infection prevention and control, following practice policies.
About us
We are in an ideal location in Oxford next to the beautiful Bury Knowle Park, with free onsite parking for staff. We have a focus on staff wellbeing through initiatives such as an annual Away Day, staff outings, and a Hedena running club. Fresh fruit deliveries and homemade cakes and goodies are a staple in our staff room and morning coffee is in our sunny Quad!
As well as being a well-established training practice, we regularly support Student Nurses and Student Paramedics in clinical practice.
We work collaboratively with other services in Oxfordshire to develop improved ways of providing excellent care for our patients. We have been successful in managing public health initiatives to improve the lives of the communities we serve and in promoting collaboration with neighboring practices to ensure the best for our patients.
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
The core focus of this role will be working within the Practices Acute team based at Bury Knowle Health Centre in Headington. The Acute team focuses on treating patients across the lifespan with acute illnesses ideally on the day and often acting as a first point of contact for patients to the practice.
Alongside the Acute Hub, you will work within our developing integrated neighborhood team supporting patients in the community and providing treatment at home to help prevent hospital admission alongside GPs and care coordinators.
You’ll need to provide and maintain a high standard of care to patients and support the Practice with other tasks as needed. This will include assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of patients depending on their needs.
Person Specification
* Able to listen, empathise with people, and provide person-centred support in a non-judgmental way.
* Able to get along with people from all backgrounds, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
* Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.
* Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating them to reach their potential.
* Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide range of people.
* Able to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
* Understanding of when it is necessary to refer people back to other health professionals/agencies.
* Able to prioritise and finish work tasks.
* Able to develop effective working relationships with colleagues within and outside the practice.
* Personal accountability, emotional resilience, and works well under pressure.
* Ability to analyse and interpret complex/often incomplete information, preempt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
* Able to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team and to one's own initiative.
* Able to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
Qualifications
* Full registration as a Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Nurse with the NMC.
* Working towards an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent.
* Completion of level 6/7 higher education modules in patient assessment/management of minor illnesses.
* Completion of additional primary/urgent care courses such as the College of Paramedics Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care or Royal College of Surgeons Diploma in Urgent Medical Care.
Experience
* N/A
* N/A
Knowledge, skills and experience
* Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
* Experience managing a diverse and constantly changing caseload, prioritising and recognising unwell patients effectively.
* Experience working with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications.
* Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions.
* Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience working with Primary Care clinical record systems (e.g. EMIS).
* Experience of working within a primary care setting.
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.
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