Community Paramedic Practitioner - Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Titan PCN

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About the Role

Titan PCN has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and enthusiastic community paramedic practitioner to join our network to support 5 care homes and complete acute home visits. This role is offered on a full-time basis, for hours per week.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

Work closely with primary care network clinical directors and take direction from them as to the needs of the service.

Support the PCN GP practices with care home workload and liaise with care home lead at practices.

Work as an autonomous practitioner working independently and with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions, initiating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into management plan.

Refer care home patients appropriately in timely manner, such as acute admission, referral to community team or secondary care.

Perform and interpret ECGs and perform investigatory procedures like phlebotomy service, swabs and doppler etc.

Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness in accordance with evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols.

Proactively manage care home patients to increase the quality of care provided to this vulnerable group of patients.

Accurate recording of data to agreed standards in patient records.

Ensure high standard of clinical practice is maintained based on current best practices, embarking upon further training if required and continuing to update clinical knowledge

Develop innovative concepts, models, methods, and practices which deliver new and improved primary care services to meet the changing needs of primary care for care home patients.

Undertake audit and research when required.

Promote healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention as applicable to care home patients.

About the Candidate If you are an experienced Paramedic wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Degree in Paramedic Science or equivalent.

Have completed or currently engaged on MSc level Advanced Clinical Practice education.

Professional registration with HCPC and no current issues under investigation.

Driving licence.

Have completed Level 3 Safeguarding (Children).

Knowledge of the implementation of Care Quality Commission standards.

Can demonstrate a broad base of competencies and skills.

Broad based experience of IT Systems including MS suite of applications.

Knowledge of NICE guidelines.

Understanding of legal and ethical issues/responsibilities relating to clinical practice.

Knowledge of current prescribing issues.

Knowledge of own professional accountability and autonomous practice.

Understanding of infection control.

Ability to evidence a sound understanding of the NHS principles and values.

Possess substantial post-registration clinical experience.

Have evidence of experience working in an Advanced Practice role.

Able to demonstrate an advanced level of clinical practice within professional scope of practice.

Evidence of working across organisational boundaries within health and social care.

Experience of senior level decision making and delivery in a changing environment.

Able to understand and analyse complex issues and balance competing priorities in order to make difficult decisions.

About Us Titan Primary Care Network consists of 3 friendly practices (Toddington Medical Centre, Houghton Regis Medical Centre and Wheatfield Surgery) who work together to provide excellent patient care to a population of 32,000 patients. As a network we are striving to be at the forefront of PCN development and are involved in several exciting pilot projects. At Titan PCN we encourage personal development and support/mentor our staff to further their knowledge and skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.