PCN Paramedic

South Rural Primary Care Network, are looking to recruit an experienced Paramedic/FCP to join their team based at the Holbrook and Shotley practice. This role is only open to applicants with previous primary care experience. This position is offered on a full-time basis but part-time can be considered for the correct applicant.

Please note, at present the PCN and practice cannot support the ACP pathway, this position is for a FCP pathway Paramedic.

• 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.
• Visit housebound and care home patients and complete care home ward rounds.
• Support, and continue the development of, an on-the-day emergency patient service in the practice.
• Accurately triage and prioritise patients, including in both 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.

If you are an experienced emergency care practitioner paramedic wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration
• Previous primary care experience essential
• Has completed their two-year ‘Consolidation of Learning’ period as a "newly qualified paramedic"
• Has a further three years’ experience as a band 6 (or equivalent) paramedic
• Prescribing qualification desirable

South Rural PCN provides services to 56,000 patients across rural Suffolk and is headed by 2 proactive, supportive and committed Clinical Directors. Our PCN includes the following practices:
Bildeston Health Centre, Constable Country Medical Practice (East Bergholt and Capel St Mary), Hadleigh Health Centre, The Holbrook and Shotley Surgeries and Needham Market Country Practice.

Bildeston Health Centre is a friendly, medium sized, rural dispensing practice. We are CQC rated GOOD and score very highly on the Patient Experience survey. We have a growing list size of 7,600+ patients with two GP partners. We currently have 2 practices nurses, 2 HCAs, and a very supportive care navigation and admin team.

We are active members of the South Rural PCN who provide us with a practice paramedic and clinical pharmacist.

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.