Paramedic - Bank

Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care  are looking for a Band 7 Paramedic to be part of the  SDHC Home First Epsom UCR team. Community experience is required for this post and it is a short term bank position over Winter however you will be onboarded to Bank so will be able to pick up further shifts following this line of work.

Hours are 37.5 per week in a working pattern of 8:00am to 8:00pm throughout the week - If you are qualified, interested and available please apply today.

Main duties of the job

• To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for adults referred from community as well as active case finding within the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit as required
• To work autonomously and in collaboration with all members of the Surrey Downs Health and Care team to deliver a safe, comprehensive and effective service including assessment, care planning, implementation of required care and review of care provision and deliver expert, specialist service for older people with complex health and social needs who may be benefit from, or who are under the care of, the @home Service for both new and patients already on the caseload
• Carry out proactive holistic assessments to create care plans to help reduce risk of future hospital admission.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all colleagues, both internal and external on behalf of SDHC, working as part of an integrated team taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient
• To ensure that accurate and complete records of care are kept and that your own practice and practice of other team members is compliant with agreed policies, procedures, guidance and legislation in order to deliver effective patient care

See further duties in the JD

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake holistic clinical assessments of patients referred to SDHC@Home to enable prompt assessment, diagnosis and treatment according to agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.

• To contribute towards single assessment and trusted assessment processes.
• To manage a complex caseload requiring specialist skills and interventions. To ensure the coordination of appropriate input from relevant individuals and services taking account of the degree of acuity, illness and disability experienced, the expressed wishes of the patient and carer and the existence of clinical, social and psychological factors for new and patients already on the caseload
• To promote and implement research / evidence based practice and audit clinical outcomes to inform and lead clinical practice and set clinical standards.
• Ensure that accurate and complete records of care are kept and that own practice and practice of other team members is compliant with agreed policies, procedures, guidance and legislation in order to deliver effective patient care.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment / interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.

Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly.

• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including the initiation of effective emergency care
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that apply principles of self-care.
• To promote and implement research / evidence based practice and audit clinical outcomes to inform and lead clinical practice and set clinical standards
• Ensure that accurate and complete records of care are kept and that own practice and practice of other team members is compliant with agreed policies, procedures, guidance and legislation in order to deliver effective patient care and that can be shared with colleagues and carers where appropriate.
• To utilise rapid assessment skills to enable a ‘discharge to assess’ model of care within agreed policies and pathways.
• The post holder will be supported to undertake new skills traditionally performed by other professionals e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy; according to clinical need and within agreed competence framework. These additional skills may include for example
• The assessment of equipment for independent living
• Cognitive and frailty screening and assessments.