Emergency Care Practitioner/Paramedic

Tiptree Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and enthusiastic emergency care practitioner (ECP)/ paramedic to join our team. This role is offered on a part-time basis, for 15-20 hours per week working on a Thursday and Friday each week.

• 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 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.

• Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.
• 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.
• To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal 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 multi-professional team working.
  
• Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children.