Job Description
Job summary
The Paramedic will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, responsive healthcare to patients within the Practice. Working in close collaboration with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will provide the first point of clinical triage of all incoming requests from patients through our Klinik digital triage system.
The successful candidate will work as part of our multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose, and treat patients presenting with a wide range of minor illnesses and urgent care needs.Depending on experience and qualifications, the post-holder may also run their own clinics, managing patients independently within their scope of practice.
Paramedics who hold an Independent Prescribing qualification, or who are working towards this, will be supported to utilise and further develop these skills within the role. Applications are welcomed from paramedics at different stages of their career, including those not yet qualified to prescribe.
The role will play a key role in improving access to clinical services, supporting chronic disease management, and contributing to the overall health and wellbeing of our local patient population.
Main duties of the job
- Work in partnership with GPs to provide high-quality, responsive triage decisions in a timely fashion as set out in the practices PMS contract.
- Undertake face-to-face, telephone, or digital consultations, including running independent minor illness clinics where appropriate.
- Assess patients, obtain detailed medical histories, and conduct comprehensive consultations as required to reach clinical triage decisions and treatment.
- Analyse, diagnose, and explain medical problems clearly and compassionately to patients and families.
- Prescribe medications where qualified as an Independent Prescriber, or contribute to prescribing decisions under supervision and agreed protocols where not yet qualified.
- Discuss with the duty clinician doctor the needs of patients presenting with complex health needs or conditions requiring specific treatment, hospital admission or referral.
- Recommend, arrange, and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests and investigations in line with clinical governance and protocols.
- Formulate evidence-based treatment and management plans, consulting or referring to supervising GP as appropriate.
- Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services
- Educate patients and their families about health conditions, treatment plans, and preventative healthcare to promote self-management and long-term wellbeing.
- Accurately document all aspects of patient care, ensuring legal, clinical, and administrative requirements are met.