Paramedic

About the Role East Hill Surgery located in Colchester, are seeking an experienced paramedic to join our friendly and supportive team. We are ideally looking to recruit on a full-time basis but are happy to consider 30-37.5 hours per week. The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience for working effectively within our multi-disciplinary healthcare team as you will work alongside fellow professionals within the practice to support one another. The main responsibilities of the role include: Respond to referrals and provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending patients either in the practice or patient home. Support and continue the development of our on the day emergency patient service in the practice. Triage and prioritise home visit requests. Evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral. Maintain accurate clinical records in an efficient manner. About the Candidate If you are an experienced paramedic or ANP wanting a new challenge, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and experience: Paramedic with HCPC registration. Post registration experience, ideally in primary care but not essential. Ability to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients, and evaluate patient care confidently. Experience of working to protocols/guidelines and patient groups/patient specific directives. Excellent communication skills. Experience of autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working. About Us We are a town centre practice with a list size currently at 9,000 patients. We use Emis Web and consult with patients using a range of methods from face to face, video and telephone. East Hill Surgery pride ourselves in supporting our staff with their personal and professional goals. Our practice offers the full range of primary care services. 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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