Advanced Paramedic Practitioner

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (APP) to join our large, well-served practice and paramedic team. The position is initially for maternity cover of 4-8 sessions a week (negotiable), but with a view to a permanent position later. The starting date is negotiable, and we may close the ad early if we find the right candidate.

Our Paramedics form an integral part of the clinical team providing a key role in delivering proactive care in their own clinics as well as at a care home, and on occasional home visits. They work closely with the wider MDT to deliver joined up care, referring to other specialist providers and services when necessary., In primary care Paramedics are expected to work autonomously at an advanced level, using enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills to:

• assess, examine, diagnose, and treat patients with acute conditions, referring to other specialist providers and services where appropriate


• diagnose and treat residents at a local care home, with support from a senior GP



• support the practice regarding compliance and readiness for clinical emergencies


• work alongside other clinical teams at immunisation clinics in the practice and in the community.
  
  We are a well-established training practice operating from purpose-built premises close to the town centre, just a few minutes walk from Didcot Parkway and its excellent rail links.


In addition:

• We are the largest of three practices in the Didcot Primary Care Network, with over 19,500 patients


• We are rated as Good in all areas by the CQC


• We are a team of 6 partners and 5 salaried GPs, 2 Advanced Paramedic Practitioners, 4 Practice Nurses, 4 Healthcare Assistants, a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, and a PCN team comprising a Physician Associate, First Contact Physios, Pharmacists, Counsellors, and Social Prescribers, and we have a large and very supportive non-clinical team


• We host weekly clinics for a range of counsellors, therapists, a specialist addiction service nurse, and regular outreach/community clinics from secondary care, as well as accommodating the District Nursing and Midwifery teams for Didcot


• There is a weekly whole clinical team meeting


• We are proud to have been a training practice for many years.