Urgent Response Paramedic - Sutton

Job overview

We are looking for a paramedic who can think outside of the box as part of our established Community Virtual Ward and Urgent Care Teams to continue the provision of effective urgent care support to local residents in Sutton.

Using your urgent care experience this is a great opportunity to work within our Multi-Disciplinary Team, supporting our local residents to stay in their own homes, avoiding hospital admission where possible.

You will have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for adults referred into the service.

Supervising Junior Colleagues, and working in collaboration with colleagues across Sutton Health and Care and within the wider health and social care network, you will help to optimise patient journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes.

• Act as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the management of patients with the support from the MDT/ VW Clinician
• Provide high quality, comprehensive holistic assessment (including physical assessment) and treatments for patients and their families referred to the service utilising a Single Assessment Process to achieve person centred care.
• Provide assessments of risk and complex situations as required, utilising knowledge and skills to interpret and make accurate analysis of patients’ and carers’ needs
• The post holder may be responsible for staff and in accordance with this – allocating duties and work, providing clinical support and leadership, prioritising workload

• To work closely with the MDT clinicians and provide support where required. This will include virtual monitoring, health and wellbeing checks and pulse oximetry
• Provide a rapid response service the community nursing teams meeting a 2 hour response time for urgent cases.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the Virtual ward and 2 hour Urgent Response team, duties to include (but not limited to) phone calls, visits, remote monitoring, liaising with other professionals, supporting students and new starters and taking responsibility for own development.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration (HCPC)
• Mentorship course or equivalent

• Advanced physical assessment skills
• Non medical prescribing qualification

Experience

• Experience in managing the needs of complex patients in relevant care setting, i.e. community or unscheduled care
• Care Planning experience

• Experience of undertaking clinical audit & evaluation

Skills

• Holistic Assessment skills
• Ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision
• Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Able to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice
• Flexibility and team working
• Access to transport