Abbeyview Surgery is a semi-rural, part dispensing practice serving circa 9100 patients in Crowland, Lincolnshire. We are CQC Outstanding and our team have won several awards for patient care locally and nationally.
To complement our team of Doctors, ACPs, Nurses, and HCAs, our rapidly expanding team includes a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Physio, MSK, Clinical Pharmacists, Care Co-ordinator, and Social Prescriber.
We have a strong team ethos where all departments work collaboratively to provide the best patient-centered care possible.
The practice has won national and local awards for providing excellent patient care. These include the Carers Quality Award, MacMillan Award for Excellence in Cancer Care, General Practice of the Year, and Collaborative Working with Patients and Other Providers Award.
Main Duties of the Job
We aim to provide the best working environment, involving our staff to choose the best way of providing care to patients - flexible appointment length; face-to-face or remote appointment types. We are also happy to be flexible around routine start and finish times. The number of sessions and days worked are also flexible and negotiable.
You will work in a supportive, friendly environment with our integrated team of Doctors, ANP's, Clinical Pharmacist, Paramedic, Social Prescriber, Care Co-ordinator, Mental Health Nurse, Specialist Diabetes Nurse, and Nursing team.
The whole team works together to provide an innovative and caring service where patients are truly at the heart of everything we do.
About Us
This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team of dedicated professionals to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to our patients.
In the past, our innovative team has held patient education events, supported the opening of a dementia cafe, and attended the local school to teach children. We work as a team, and with our PPG, to identify ways to improve services for patients of the practice. The successful applicant will be integral in helping us to identify and further improve services for our patients.
Job Responsibilities
As a paramedic, you would be using your skills and clinical judgment to provide a first point of contact for our patients that present to us with minor illnesses and conditions.
Main Duties of the Job
To support and work alongside the GPs and clinical team to deal with acute/on-the-day patients including triage. This role includes assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of these patients who present with undiagnosed conditions. Patient contacts may be face-to-face, over the telephone, or electronic.
The post holder will provide and maintain a high standard of care for patients as well as providing support to the GPs and other members of the primary health care team.
This position may occasionally also include visiting housebound patients to assess, diagnose, and treat when they are unable to access their practice.
Person Specification
Experience
* It is desirable, though not essential, to have previous experience of working in General Practice.
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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