Central Halifax PCN has its daily fresh challenges but also exciting opportunities. Service users have plenty of ups, downs and curveballs and we are looking for someone to help them on this journey. An opportunity to do meaningful and rewarding work that makes a real difference to our clients' lives and your career. If you feel you are someone who can utilise clinical expertise and experiences to complete both acute and non-acute work with service users and want to be part of a wider primary care team, please go ahead and apply!
Main duties of the job
A Paramedic will:
1. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within Pennine GP Alliance.
2. Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team.
3. Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to the organisations social prescribing service and, where appropriate, other community or voluntary services.
About us
Pennine GP Alliance is a member-led organisation made up of 19 GP practices in Calderdale who form 5 Primary Care Networks (PCNs), collectively serving over 223,000 registered patients.
We work extremely closely with general practice but also in partnership with other local healthcare providers with a purpose to ensure viable GP services remain at the heart of local communities, providing sustainable and high-quality patient-focused healthcare.
Join our team and experience a workplace that truly values growth, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where every team member is encouraged to listen, learn, and lead. Together we are dedicated to delivering better outcomes for GP practices, and ultimately for the people of Calderdale.
At our organisation, your professional growth matters; we are committed to providing the resources and opportunities you need for continuous development, ensuring you thrive both in your role and your career.
We look forward to receiving your application to join our team of over 100 employees.
Job responsibilities
1. Perform specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in line with local and national guidance.
2. Perform and interpret ECGs.
3. Perform investigatory procedures as required and undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs and other samples within their scope of practice and within line of local and national guidance.
4. Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain services (e.g., monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients).
5. Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for the practice.
6. Communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, person-centred service is delivered.
7. Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the MDT, attending and contributing to meetings as required.
8. Maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to the consultation, ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient healthcare and registration with the organisation.
9. Communicate effectively with patients and, where appropriate, family members and their carers, complex and sensitive information regarding their physical health needs, results, findings and treatment choices.
10. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the specific client group, mental health and community care delivery.
11. To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.
12. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.
13. To comply with all relevant organisations policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.
14. To comply at all times with the PGPAs Information Governance related policies. Staff are required to respect the confidentiality of information about staff, patients and PGPA business and in particular the confidentiality and security of personal identifiable information in line with the Data Protection Act. All staff is responsible for ensuring that any data created by them is timely, comprehensive, accurate, and fit for the purposes for which it is intended.
Person Specification
Other requirements
* Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands.
* Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home.
* Clear polite telephone manner.
* Flexibility to work outside core office hours.
* Maintain confidentiality at all times.
* Full UK driving licence.
* Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
* Has previously worked in a primary care setting or a Primary Care Network.
Experience
* Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period when a newly qualified paramedic.
* Experienced in triage.
* Experienced in dealing with a range of clinical conditions.
* Experience of working in a primary care environment.
* Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way.
* Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times.
* Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, 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 others to reach their potential.
* Ability to use discretion and sensitivity.
* Ability to work on own initiative.
* Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
* Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
* High levels of integrity and loyalty.
* Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.
* Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
* Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional.
* Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues.
* Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
* Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines.
* High level of written and oral communication skills.
* Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level in paramedicine or equivalent experience.
* Registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council as a paramedic.
* Post graduate qualifications in minor injury/illness and advanced patient assessment.
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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