• Job Description

  Req#: M0055-25-0003?language=en&page=1018&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Harpenden Health Primary Care Network (PCN) is looking for a registered and experienced Paramedic Practitioner to complement our clinical team. The role is expected to develop over time with engagement and supervision.

  Experience in General Practice desirable.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will be fully integrated into our clinical teams, providing a holistic approach to acute care, chronic disease management, anticipatory case management and promotion of self-care across our three practices and within the community. Supporting excellence in the care we provide in accordance with best practice, evidence-based medicine and targets will be essential as part of collective teamworking.

  About us

  Harpenden Health Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of 3 high achieving training practices we aim to provide a patient friendly quality service to our 45,000 patients. We enjoy multidisciplinary teamworking and the opportunities that collaborative working in a PCN provides.

  Details

  Date posted

  08 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  M0055-25-0003

  Job locations

  Elms Medical Practice

  5 Stewart Close

  Harpenden

  Hertfordshire

  AL5 4QA

  
  

  The Village Surgery

  Amenbury Lane

  Harpenden

  Hertfordshire

  AL5 2BT

  
  

  Davenport House Surgery

  Bowers Way

  Harpenden

  Hertfordshire

  AL5 4HX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This role will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care in a holistic manner. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within Harpenden Health PCN.

  The PCN Paramedic will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice teams to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. There is an expectation that training across the practices is maintained to an expected level, with use of appropriate equipment and facilities as directed by the post holder who is an autonomous Allied Healthcare Professional and who will be part of PCN support to practices. They would be expected to attend to patients within a defined list of conditions, including triage, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to deliver quality patient services in conjunction with the daily duty Doctor for urgent care or an allocated Doctor for chronic disease management.

  Please see full job description and person specification for full details.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This role will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care in a holistic manner. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within Harpenden Health PCN.

  The PCN Paramedic will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice teams to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures. There is an expectation that training across the practices is maintained to an expected level, with use of appropriate equipment and facilities as directed by the post holder who is an autonomous Allied Healthcare Professional and who will be part of PCN support to practices. They would be expected to attend to patients within a defined list of conditions, including triage, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to deliver quality patient services in conjunction with the daily duty Doctor for urgent care or an allocated Doctor for chronic disease management.

  Please see full job description and person specification for full details.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Paramedic.
  • Evidence of continual learning and professional development.
  • Minimum of two years working as an advanced Paramedic.
  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
  • An appreciation of the nature of Primary Care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
  • Awareness of telephone triage assessment.
  • Management of common minor injuries/illnesses.
  • Clinical examination skills.
  • Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.
  • Management of long term (chronic) conditions.

  Desirable

  • Clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
  • Understanding of the mentorship process.

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside of core office hours.
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including visiting people in their own home.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email, and face to face.
  • Willingness to work flexibly to deliver safe and effective healthcare.
  • Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of managers and clinicians.
  • Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails, and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
  • Clear, polite telephone manner.
  • Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters.
  • Effective time management (planning and organising).
  • Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience, and work well under pressure.
  • Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles, and diversity.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Flexible and cooperative.
  • Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
  • Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks.
  • Problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.

  Desirable

  • Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS.
  • An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
  • Experience of clinical governance including audit.
  • Broad knowledge of general practice.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Paramedic.
  • Evidence of continual learning and professional development.
  • Minimum of two years working as an advanced Paramedic.
  • An appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practice.
  • An appreciation of the nature of Primary Care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improving prescribing.
  • Awareness of telephone triage assessment.
  • Management of common minor injuries/illnesses.
  • Clinical examination skills.
  • Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions.
  • Management of long term (chronic) conditions.

  Desirable

  • Clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
  • Understanding of the mentorship process.

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • Flexibility to work outside of core office hours.
  • Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including visiting people in their own home.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email, and face to face.
  • Willingness to work flexibly to deliver safe and effective healthcare.
  • Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, organisational skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of managers and clinicians.
  • Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails, and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
  • Clear, polite telephone manner.
  • Ability to promote best practice regarding all pharmaceutical matters.
  • Effective time management (planning and organising).
  • Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience, and work well under pressure.
  • Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional, and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles, and diversity.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Flexible and cooperative.
  • Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
  • Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
  • Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks.
  • Problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.

  Desirable

  • Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS.
  • An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
  • Experience of clinical governance including audit.
  • Broad knowledge of general practice.

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Harpenden Health PCN

  Address

  Elms Medical Practice

  5 Stewart Close

  Harpenden

  Hertfordshire

  AL5 4QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.harpendenhealthpcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Harpenden Health PCN

  Address

  Elms Medical Practice

  5 Stewart Close

  Harpenden

  Hertfordshire

  AL5 4QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.harpendenhealthpcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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