Suffolk Primary Care is looking to recruit a paramedic to provide high-quality, patient-centred clinical care across the practices of the Eye locality (Eye, Debenham, Mendlesham & 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, & taking on other clinical work as needed. The purpose of the role is to extend the reach & capacity of general practice: assessing, diagnosing & treating patients who would otherwise add to GP workload, & freeing GP time for the patients who need it most.
You will work within defined clinical protocols and scope of practice, with support & 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 & clinically assessed by a GP before allocation to you, so you will always be visiting with a clear clinical picture & rationale already established, & with a GP available to you throughout the day for advice or escalation.
You will need to demonstrate safe, sound clinical decision-making, strong assessment & diagnostic skills, as well as prioritising & assessing patient need appropriately, making referrals for further investigation or care where necessary.
For further information, please see the attached job description.