Job Description
Job Description
Paramedic
Cornwall Ambulance Service Ltd is delighted to be opening this advert for the recruitment of Paramedics to join our expanding Falls Response Service covering Cornwall. In March 2022 Cornwall Ambulance Service were commissioned to provide a falls response vehicle to attend to calls from people who have fallen in the communities across Cornwall which plays a pivotal role in supporting people in the community when they need it most. The service has helped reduce the number of emergency ambulance callouts, enabling them to attend to more life-threatening calls. It has also allowed many vulnerable or elderly patients to stay at home rather than being admitted.
Job Title Paramedic
Department: Cornwall Ambulance Service
Line Manager: Operations Manager
Rate £20.00 per hour (Weekend and Late shift Enhancements)
Hours Part-time hours, full time hours, permanent.
Area Cornwall
Organisational Background:
Cornwall Ambulance Service Ltd is a new and ambitious healthcare provider led by a group of experienced healthcare leaders and practitioners. Formed with the aspiration of supporting commissioners to be innovative, agile and brave when identifying solutions to current and emerging urgent care needs, Cornwall Ambulance Service aims to drive positive change and innovation within services that fall between traditional emergency ambulance and routine General Practice areas.
Job Summary
An experienced and autonomous practitioner working in the community who will provide high quality and timely patient centred care. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, treatment, management and referral of a diverse range of patients who require urgent clinical care in the urgent care setting. Experience in primary and urgent care presentations is a crucial requirement for this role and the post holder should be driven and passionate about using these skills to provide place-based care in the community, attending to the key concept of avoiding hospital admission where appropriate.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Role and Responsibilities
The post holder will:
● Act as a paramedic with an enhanced scope of practice, demonstrating specialist clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional paramedic roles.
● Clinically examine, assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate efficacy of treatment/interventions for all patients presenting with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions in the urgent care setting.
● Assess clinical conditions and supply medicines using a suite of patient group directions and other agreed guidelines to initiate or support the management of patients in the urgent care setting.
● Be an experienced practitioner in the autonomous assessment and management of falls patients as a solo clinician.
● Rapidly recognise deteriorating patients who require emergency intervention and arrange appropriate treatment accordingly.
● Deliver evidence based, contemporary clinical practice by utilising applied knowledge of clinical audit, critical appraisal of research, research methodology, ethical review and research governance.
● Undertake assessment of patients within the community using appropriate diagnostic skills and initiation of investigations where appropriate.
● Communicate effectively with patients, carers and families.
● Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with clinicians and operational staff to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated service.
● Exhibit standards of personal and professional conduct and performance to maintain professional registration by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
● Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.
● Adhere to organisational, national and regulatory codes of confidentiality in regards to all patient information.
● The post holder must be agile and flexible to changing working conditions, additional reasonable management requests, going above and beyond in their roles in order to be a responsive clinician for an innovative patient care service.
● Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by a manager.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
HCPC Registered Paramedic E
University qualification in autonomous practice/clinical skills (e.g. BSc Hons Urgent or Emergency Care, Healthcare) E
Evidence of extended relevant qualifications (e.g. Dip UMC, RCGP Specialist Practice, Cert, CoP Diploma in Primary and Urgent Care) D
Educated to a postgraduate level 7 standard in a relevant area, with an MSc being desirable. D
EXPERIENCE
5 years post registration experience E
Experience of specialist level practice working in urgent care setting (e.g. primary care, MIU/UCC/WIC,ED or relevant community teams) D
PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload E
Able to organise own learning and development E
Excellent communication skills E
Ability to perform effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care E
Able to present information to professional groups E
Demonstrate dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment / documentation E
Competent and capable of using medical equipment E
Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres E
DISPOSITION /ADJUSTMENT/ATTITUDE
Able to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned E
Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure effective interventions are put in place. E
TRAINING
Evidence of continuing professional development E
Willingness to undertake training as required E
Able to develop and support all grades of staff and deliver specialist training D
ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
DBS check satisfactory to the organisation E
Post-holder must comply with professional code of conduct E
Flexibility around working times and commitments E
Able to travel to sites as required for the role E
The post holder must have a driving licence E
Any conflicts of interest will be considered when applying for this post and during continued employment.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 10 - 40 per week
Salary: £20.00-£30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cornwall: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person