Advanced Paramedic Critical Care

We are delighted to be recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) to support the work we are doing to reshape how we deliver our services and to move forward our ambitions as a Trust.

The Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) is a key role in the professional leadership structure, providing clinical leadership, clinical supervision and governance oversight to Specialist Paramedics (Critical Care). They will provide clinical quality oversight to our critical care team including supporting the Critical Care Desk within the Emergency Operation Centre. The role will also contribute to the wider clinical workforce development, ensuring that clinical assessment and critical and emergency care is delivered safely and effectively in line with the Trust's clinical strategy.

Utilising the advanced skills and knowledge required of an advanced practitioner, the Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) will deliver an advanced scope of practice through patient assessment, diagnostics, clinical decision making and interventions of the most complex and challenging patients.

Salary: Band 8a

Job Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours - flexible working is available.

Location: Office based typically at Trust Headquarters located at Newburn Riverside, Newcastle but location can be negotiated to reflect personal circumstances.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact Lee Thompson lee.thompson1@neas.nhs.uk Consultant Paramedic Critical Care.

The post holder will be a senior clinician embedded within the Critical Care Team, responsible for ensuring that patients receive safe and effective care through clinical leadership, clinical development and supervision in practice. Analysis of local key performance indicators, formulation of clinical development and risk mitigation plans, and supporting clinicians to remain proficient through education and development activities are fundamental elements of the role.

We are looking for someone to join us who has the same vision and a commitment to living our values. Reporting to the Consultant Paramedic in Critical Care, the Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) will have advanced clinical skills aligned to the national frameworks for Advanced Level Practice. The Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) will possess the capabilities of the multi-professional advanced clinical practitioner and deliver across the 4 pillars of advancing practice, in addition to a range of other key responsibilities.

The Advanced Practitioner (Critical Care) will work as part of a supportive team and be able to take advantage of a great work-life balance and agile ways of working.

We welcome applications from candidates with protected characteristics as it is important as an organisation that we reflect the people we serve.