Location
Potters Bar
Department
Highview Medical Centre 
Advertising Salary
Negotiable
Function
Allied Health Professionals
Careers Site Advertising End Date
04 Dec 2024
About the Role
Highview Medical Centre in Potters Bar are looking for a full-time permanent paramedic practitioner or 2 part-time paramedics to work Monday to Friday. 
 
Your role will cover some work within the community and at the practice using clinical skills to provide education to patients, promote self-care and empower them to make informed choices about their treatment.
 
Main responsibilities will include;
  • Assess, manage, treat, refer and/or signpost patients who attend surgery.
  • Make home visits.
  • Managing and treating patients presenting with minor illness.
  • Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team.
  • Patients with problems needing referral to secondary care should be discussed with the registered GP before making such referral.
  • Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.
  • Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.
  • Work from the surgery and within communities as an autonomous practitioner caring for patients and families.
  • Support public health campaigns including vaccination programs.
Please see job description attached. 
 
If you have any questions or would like to visit the building please give Gill or Sarah a call on 01707 871995 or 871994 or email [email protected]
About the Candidate
If you are an experienced emergency care practitioner (ECP) / paramedic wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.  You will have the following skills and experience: 
 
Essential:
  • BSc in a training programme approved by the College of Paramedics.
  • Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
  • Able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice.
  • Framework for Higher Education Qualification (FHEQ) Level 7 or Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCOF) Level 11.
  • Pre-reg MSc in a training programme approved by the College of Paramedics.
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification.
  • UK driving license. 
Desirable:
  • Pre-reg MSc in a training programme approved by the College of Paramedics.
  • Non-medical prescribing qualification.
About Us
We are an established, friendly, and innovative practice which is close to railway and major motorway links and easily commutable from North London. The Highview team offer our patients  excellent service and that is reflected in great feedback from our patients. 
 
Our new purpose-built surgery offers our staff and patients all that you would hope for from a new building.
 
We offer a competitive salary (to be negotiated) and use EMIS Web, Docman; Lexacom and AccuRx (but don’t worry If you haven’t used these as we will happily train you).
 
You will be part of a team delivering high quality patient services to a patient population of 10,000 patients and you will be joining a team of: 
 
  • 4 partners (Dr A Shah; Dr S Glekin; Dr J Gadawala; Dr S Hann), 5 salaried GPs and 3-4 GP trainees
  • 2 nurse prescribers and 2 nurses
  • 1 pharmacist
  • 1 HCA 
  • 1 mental health practitioner
  • 1 social prescriber

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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