Paramedic

Job Details

Job summary

You will provide high-quality, patient-centred clinical care across the practices of the Eye locality; Eye, Debenham, Mendlesham and Fressingfield. As one of a team of four paramedics working together across these sites.

Your work will be centred primarily on home visits, alongside supporting care home ward rounds, running minor illness clinics, and taking on other clinical work as needed. The purpose of the role is to extend the reach and capacity of general practice: assessing, diagnosing and treating patients who would otherwise add to GP workload, and freeing GP time for the patients who need it most. 

You will work within defined clinical protocols and scope of practice, with support and guidance from GPs, but you will be expected to function as a confident, autonomous clinician in your day-to-day decision-making, particularly in the home visiting setting.

All patients requiring a home visit are triaged and clinically assessed by a GP before allocation to you, so you will always be visiting with a clear clinical picture and rationale already established, and with a GP available to you throughout the day for advice or escalation.

You will need to demonstrate safe, sound clinical decision-making and strong assessment and diagnostic skills, and to prioritise and assess patient need appropriately, including making referrals for further investigation or care where necessary.

Main duties of the job

Home Visits

Undertake home visits as your primary activity, attending patients who have been triaged and allocated to you by a GP, assessing and treating them in their place of residence across a wide range of urgent, same-day and chronic-disease-related needs. Act as an autonomous clinician in the home setting, using sound clinical judgement and escalating to a GP where a case falls outside your scope of practice. Prioritise and sequence home visits sensibly across the day, taking account of clinical urgency and geography across the four practices.

Care Home Support

Support care home ward rounds, working alongside GPs and care home staff to review and manage the needs of care home residents. Identify and proactively manage patients at risk of deterioration or hospital admission, in line with locally agreed pathways.

Minor Illness Clinics

Run minor illness clinics, providing assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact for patients presenting with minor and same-day illness. Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, combining drug and non-drug treatment approaches into a coherent management plan.

About us

Suffolk Primary Care (SPC) is a forward-thinking partnership of GP surgeries across Suffolk. Our collaborative approach enables doctors and staff to share resources, ensuring the continued delivery of high-quality healthcare.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

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