Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Paramedic
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 18 months (0900-1700 Monday-Friday - Secondment to end 31 March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 247-A&E-APP-HWE-1024
- Employer
- East of England Ambulance Service Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harlow Ambulance Station
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Paramedic Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
EEAST is a great place to work, great people, great career opportunities and a career that can take you anywhere. No two days are the same, if you are looking for a varied and supportive environment EEAST can offer you that and more!
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Job overview
This role will work across various clinical settings utilising a range of tools and models of practice. A highly proficient and autonomous Paramedic, the AP will provide care and treatment to patients presenting with undifferentiated urgent and unscheduled care problems. They will manage patients in, or closer to home, that present with chronic and long-term conditions, as well as minor illness and minor injury. This AP will: • Improve the patient's journey and experience by reducing the time to diagnosis/treatment and fast-tracking the patient through appropriate emergency care pathways. • Enhance the focus on appropriate admissions and referrals through access to appropriate care at point of need. • Provide an innovative service, underpinned by specialist knowledge and skills from a wide range of healthcare disciplines, offering the first point of contact at the appropriate place and time. Clinicians at this level will exhibit an advanced breadth and depth of knowledge combined with critical thinking and expertise in patient assessment, point of care patient diagnostics and clinical interventions which will be supported by an extended scope of practice beyond that required for paramedic registration. In addition, the AP will be expected to develop knowledge and skills in identified areas of specialist practice and contribute to pan-service education, training, and research and audit activity. (Paramedic or Nurse) RIS Car
Main duties of the job
To enable EEAST to meet the future needs of our patients, we are investing significantly in our urgent & emergency care services, developing a post registration career pathway for advanced practice.
This will create exciting opportunities for current Advanced Paramedics and career development for our clinical workforce.
Through this programme we are now seeking a number of individuals with the drive, leadership skills and clinical excellence to take on the new, exciting and challenging role of Advanced Paramedic in Urgent Care for a rapid intervention scheme in West Essex.
In addition, Advanced Paramedics (paramedic or nurse) will provide clinical supervision and mentorship to our team of clinicians and contribute to the wider operational clinical team, through professional activities related to the four pillars of advanced practice, as well as providing excellent clinical care, on a number of new operational resources.
Working for our organisation
We value care, teamwork, quality, respect and honesty in order to transform the care we deliver to our communities and welcome applicants who share these values to apply to work at EEAST.
Staff demonstrate compassion and respect whilst promoting patient dignity and respecting individual needs, patients are involved in their care and treatment, and staff act with the utmost professionalism and support patients and the public in the most trying of circumstances to provide positive outcomes.
If this sounds like you, and it’s time to make the change, then it’s time you applied to work at the ambulance service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Advanced Paramedic - works across various clinical settings utilising a range of tools and models of practice. A highly proficient and autonomous Paramedic, the AP will provide care and treatment to patients presenting with undifferentiated urgent/critical and unscheduled care problems. They will manage patients in, or closer to home, that present with chronic and long-term conditions, as well as minor illness and minor injury. This AP will:
- Improve the patient's journey and experience by reducing the time to diagnosis/treatment and fast-tracking the patient through appropriate emergency care pathways.
- Enhance the focus on appropriate admissions and referrals through access to appropriate care at point of need.
- Provide an innovative service, underpinned by specialist knowledge and skills from a wide range of healthcare disciplines, offering the first point of contact at the appropriate place and time.
Clinicians at this level will exhibit an advanced breadth and depth of knowledge combined with critical thinking and expertise in patient assessment, point of care patient diagnostics and clinical interventions which will be supported by an extended scope of practice beyond that required for paramedic registration. In addition, the AP will be expected to develop knowledge and skills in identified areas of specialist practice and contribute to pan-service education, training, and research and audit activity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree or Post Graduate qualification in a relevant field.
- Registered Health Professional
- Qualification incorporating extended clinical practice skills (eg Paramedic/Emergency Care Practitioner, Critical Care Paramedic).
- Qualified IHCD Emergency Driving (D2) or superseding award.
Desirable criteria
- A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and / or classroom situations.
- Mentoring and coaching; minimum of PPEd level 3 (certificate) or significant demonstrable development of mentoring and coaching skills through formal learning and application.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Assess and examine patients presenting with both acute and chronic conditions.
- Be expert in recording and evaluating a medical, social, and family history supported by extensive underpinning knowledge as detailed in the College of Paramedics (CoP) framework.
- Negotiate alternative treatment and/or referral strategies, utilising a range of care pathways and treat and leave approaches based on sound assessment and decisionmaking skills.
- Evidence of ability to contribute to training events / courses where specialist clinical knowledge is required
Experience
Essential criteria
- Up to date portfolio including significant demonstrable relevant and recent CPD activity
- Recent experience working as a solo practitioner
- Commitment to rotational working through other practice settings and inter-professional working.
- Significant experience of clinical practice, including supervision, mentorship, and leadership (equivalent to at least five years post-registration experience).
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in other clinical settings.
- N/A
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sandra Treacher
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Operations HWE
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07703684843
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