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Hemel Hempstead
Advertising Salary
DOE
Function
Allied Health Professionals
Careers Site Advertising End Date
31 Mar 2025
Vacancy
8869
Company Name
Everest House Surgery
About the Role
Everest House Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and enthusiastic paramedic to join our practice. This role is offered on a full or part-time basis, for 20+ hours per week.
 
The main responsibilities include:
  • 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.
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary, healthcare team, as you will work alongside fellow professionals within the practice in support of one another.
About the Candidate
If you are an experienced emergency care practitioner (ECP)/paramedic seeking 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 and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.
  • Have completed ENP/ ECP Minor Injuries and Minor Illness course Level 6 and be a ALS/APLS provider.
  • 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.

About Us
Everest House Surgery is a friendly, busy GP practice in the Adeyfield area of Hemel Hempstead. We currently have 6 GP partners, 1 salaried GP, 1 full time paramedic and an experienced nursing team alongside an efficient and knowledgeable administrative team.
 
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.
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