CSH Surrey is a not-for-profit community services provider with a passion for helping people live the healthiest lives they can in their communities. They provide a wide range of adult community health services in northwest Surrey and children's NHS community services across the whole of Surrey.
By joining NHS Professionals and working on the bank at Central Surrey Health, you can instantly help CSH Surrey to continue to improve the life chances and wellness of the diverse communities across Surrey and its surrounding areas. So, read on to find out more about why joining NHS Professionals and working on the bank at CSH makes perfect sense for you, your career, for CSH and its patients and families.
We have long-term placement opportunities available for Paramedics at Woking Community Hospital.
Are you passionate and experienced in providing quality care to patients and colleagues? Would you like to be part of a highly qualified team providing support for patients, working in an integrated hospital and community service? If so, we would like to hear from you today!
Main duties of the job
Skills/Responsibilities:
1. Provide assessment of patients, using analytical and judgment skills.
2. Provide appropriate patient-centred treatment using evidence-based practice wherever possible.
3. Work closely with the urgent community response (UCR) services to assist in proactively identifying and managing patients.
Minimum Requirements
To apply for this post, you will need:
* Health and Care Professions Council Register as a Paramedic
* Post registration qualification or University Degree
* A minimum of two years post registration experience
* Experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people
* Experience of working with long-term conditions and frailty
* Ideally some knowledge of the urgent care system in Northwest Surrey
About us
Putting People in Places to Care be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.
Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider.
First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
Our team is always happy to help - access our support line anytime.
Working options to suit your lifestyle being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed-term placements.
Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.
Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.
Job responsibilities
To work closely with the UCR team & Clinical Leads for frailty, Community Nursing, Frailty GPs, Adult Social Care, community services and the third sector to provide fast reactive services for patients with decompensated frailty and ensure rapid delivery of treatment, care planning to support acute hospital admission avoidance where appropriate with a focus on the 9 Common Critical Conditions.
1. Falls
2. Decompensation of Frailty
3. Reduced Function/Decondition/reduced mobility
4. Urgent equipment provision
5. Confusion / Delirium
6. Palliative / EOL crisis support
7. Urgent Catheter Care
8. Urgent support for diabetes
9. Unpaid Carer breakdown
To provide advanced assessment and care planning, including history taking and physical assessment for patients with frailty.
To work closely with the frailty GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners & Clinical Leads for UCR & Frailty, adult social care and the third sector carers and patients to assist in proactively identifying and managing patients with frailty and supporting them and their carers in the development and delivery of personalised care plans.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Health and Care Professions Council Register as a Paramedic
* Post registration qualification or University Degree
Experience
* A minimum of two years post registration experience
* Experience of caseload management including responsibility for complex care packages for vulnerable people
* Experience of working with long-term conditions and frailty
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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