We are looking for a Locum Paramedic to cover an assignment with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), at RAF Brize Norton Medical Centre, in Carterton, Oxfordshire.
Work pattern: Monday - Friday (37 Hours per week)
The successful applicant will deliver an exceptional standard of care to the MoD service personnel and their families.
Pay Rate:
Paye – £22.68 per hour
Umbrella - £26.08 per hour
Job description:
* To undertake Pre-Hospital Emergency Care by working alongside military medics to provide clinical level 5 emergency response care to both military and civilian patients.
* To work on a 12 or 24-hour shift depending on local requirement. The duty period is classed as a working/sleeping duty depending on if a 12 or 24hr shift, with all on-call staff sleeping and remaining within the Medical Centre.
* To respond to all Front-Line Ambulance incidents as required and in agreed timeframes of emergency response providing high standard Pre-Hospital Emergency care to casualties.
* To assess clinical situations, determine the nature and severity of the problem and call upon the required knowledge and experience to deal with the problem (within scope of practice).
* Be accountable for the assessment, treatment, diagnosis, supply and administering of medicines, managing, referring to appropriate healthcare professionals within the clinician’s scope of practice.
* To conduct thorough and comprehensive assessments and treat patients who present to the Medical Centre when directed as part of their duties and within their scope of practice.
* To initiate resolution of problems and be able to exercise personal initiative.
* To recognise limits of practice and when to seek advice or refer to another professional.
* To be personally responsible for and able to justify decisions.
* To undertake pre-use Emergency Equipment checks of all Front-Line Ambulance equipment at the beginning of each shift.
* To assess and treat patients who present to the Medical Centre.
* To undertake and legibly record a thorough, sensitive and detailed assessment, using appropriate techniques and equipment.
* To conduct thorough and detailed physical examinations of patients using observations, palpation, auscultation, and other assessment skills to inform clinical reasoning and to guide the formulation of a diagnosis across all age ranges, including calling for specialist help where available.
* To use observation to gather information about the functional abilities of patients.
* To understand the need to consider the assessment of both the health and social care needs of patients and carers.
* To provide subject matter expert (SME) advice to clinicians of all levels as appropriate and where necessary.
* To undertake regular in-house “trade” training, either as a participant or in an instructional capacity.
* To have or gain an understanding of the Defence Medical Information Capability Program (DMICP) and use it to complete patient records.
* To ensure accurate and timely sharing of information in compliance with local health care governance policy.
* To ensure consent is obtained and documented prior to any assessment and/or intervention in line with the MCA (2005).
* To respond, where required, to emergency 112 calls using Service vehicles under emergency response driving conditions, in line with local policy and scope of practice.
* To be responsible for completing local induction procedures and mandated training requirements.
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