Magnolia House Surgery in Sunningdale, Berkshire is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated team player to join our team as a Paramedic Practitioner. We provide a friendly, fun and supportive environment to work and are continually developing systems and ways of working to ensure we offer high quality patient care.
Magnolia House Surgery has an expanding team who all work well together and offer support. This includes nursing staff, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, care co-ordinators, Social prescribers and many more. We are a training practice with a range of specialist interests which we actively encourage and would welcome. Current interests within the surgery include minor illness, minor surgery, joint injections, LARC fitting, diabetes and respiratory nursing specialists and we are a supportive and established member practice of the Ascot Primary Care Network and local federation Berkshire Primary Care.
Application closing date is 27th September 2024 with interviews planned for October.
When applying please detail your relevant experience and why you would like to work at Magnolia House Surgery. Informal visits available by prior arrangement and you are welcome to speak to our current paramedic and teams.
Main duties of the job
- Working as part of the Duty Team to manage the on-the-day patient demand
- Telephone Triage is a significant part of this role and prior experience is desirable
- Face to Face assessment where appropriate after triage
- Prescribing qualification is desirable however the practice will support the right candidate in attaining this
- Liaising with other professionals e.g. district nurses, secondary care, ambulance service
- Home visiting when appropriate.
About us
Our practice team currently consists of 5 GP partners, 2 salaried GP's, a team of HCA's and Nurses (one nurse who is training to become and ACP) as well as an ever expanding admin team who support the day to day running of the practice. We have an expanding list size, are a training practice, are rated 'Good' from CQC, high QOF achievers and have strong links with our local federation and are part of a 4 practice PCN. We use Emis web and Docman.
Job responsibilities
For further information about the job and the role itself, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Experience of telephone triage and face to face appointments
- Primary care consultations
- NMC or HCPC Registration
- History Taking experience
- Physical assessment training
- Strong listening, communication, presentation and social skills and a willingness to contribute to improving systems and procedures
- Able to represent the practice positively in a multitude of settings
- Being organised and methodical in process review and implementation
- Liaising with team members to challenge current process and where improvements to efficiencies can be made
- Liaise with the business manager on key areas of workflow within the EMIS system are maintained to safe proportions
- Ability to communicate with the team on areas of achievement and areas of improvement regarding performance indicators
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and make suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
- Masters degree or equivalent in Advanced Practice
- Prescribing course completed
- Experience of working in Primary Care
- Experience of working in a Duty Team (providing on the day care)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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