Emergency Care Practitioner - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - Primary Care Careers

Primary Care Careers

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

The Dengie and South Woodham Ferrers Primary Care Network is looking to welcome an experienced emergency care practitioner/paramedic into our busy PCN.

The role is offered on a full time basis for 37.5 hours per week. The post-holder will cover a designated zone and would not be expected to cover the whole area.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

Urgently respond to referrals and provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients, according to patients' needs either in the practice or patient homes;
Support and continue the development of an ontheday emergency patient service in the practice;
Accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in emergency situations and telephone triage, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history;
Evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral;
Review the effectiveness of the treatment provided, making changes where necessary to improve patient outcomes;
Maintain accurate clinical records in an efficient manner.
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary; healthcare team, as you will work alongside fellow professionals within the practice in support of one another.
Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have postregistration experience, ideally with some being in primary care;
Have completed ENP/ ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6 and be a ALS/APLS provider;
Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients;
Be able to evaluate patient care confidently;
Have experience of working to protocols and guidelines;
Excellent verbal and nonverbal communication skills;
Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively;
Understanding of the need to work within the parameters of one's own training and capability, according to the Health and Care Professions Council;
Experience of autonomous practice working and multiprofessional team working;

Able to demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children

About Us:

The Dengie and South Woodham Ferrers Primary Care Network is a collaboration of seven GP practice, serving approximately 45,000 patients from the Dengie, Bicknacre, Burnham-on-Crouch and South Woodham Ferrers area.

We are a friendly, forward thinking, inclusive and dynamic PCN and our employees are our biggest asset.

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