Advanced Paramedic Mental Health
NHS Jobs Wakefield
The Advanced Paramedic Mental Health is a key role in the professional leadership structure, providing clinical leadership, clinical supervision and mentorship in practice, and governance oversight to Specialist Paramedics Mental Health, ensuring that pre-hospital emergency and critical care is delivered safely and effectively and in line with the Trusts clinical strategy.
Utilising the advanced clinical skills and knowledge required of the role, the post holder is responsible for the competent assessment, diagnosis, care, treatment and referral and/or transport of patients and their carers/relatives in emergency and urgent care situations.
In addition, the post holder will provide advanced clinical support and supervision of all clinical staff across a range of incidents within the out of hospital environment, with a specialism in mental health. The post holder will be clinically responsible for Specialist Paramedics Mental Health.
The post holder will provide advanced and specialist clinical management and coordinate the care of patients with complex and challenging health care needs, responding to patients with acute and/or complex mental health care needs in emotive and demanding situations or environments.
The role of the Advanced Paramedic is aligned to national frameworks in advanced clinical practice. Focusing around the 4 pillars of advanced practice, they will undertake expert clinical practice, clinical leadership, research & audit, and education.
This will enable the Advanced Paramedic to develop professional practice that contributes to improved standards of care. In order to maintain expert clinical competence, the Advanced Paramedic will be required to rotate through the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
Advanced Paramedics Mental Health will contribute to the clinical supervision, leadership, advice and support of the wider operational clinical team and Emergency Operations Centre. Additionally, Advanced Paramedics are expected to contribute to the investigation and review of clinical incidents, serious investigations and in the review of deaths, in support of the wider clinical and operational management teams, particularly where these relate to the delivery of mental health care practice.
Utilising the advanced clinical skills and knowledge required of the role, the post holder is responsible for the competent assessment, diagnosis, care, treatment and referral and/or transport of patients and their carers/relatives in emergency and urgent care situations.
In addition, the post holder will provide advanced clinical support and supervision of all clinical staff across a range of incidents within the out of hospital environment, with a specialism in mental health. The post holder will be clinically responsible for Specialist Paramedics Mental Health.
The post holder will provide advanced and specialist clinical management and coordinate the care of patients with complex and challenging health care needs, responding to patients with acute and/or complex mental health care needs in emotive and demanding situations or environments.
The role of the Advanced Paramedic is aligned to national frameworks in advanced clinical practice. Focusing around the 4 pillars of advanced practice, they will undertake expert clinical practice, clinical leadership, research & audit, and education.
This will enable the Advanced Paramedic to develop professional practice that contributes to improved standards of care. In order to maintain expert clinical competence, the Advanced Paramedic will be required to rotate through the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
Advanced Paramedics Mental Health will contribute to the clinical supervision, leadership, advice and support of the wider operational clinical team and Emergency Operations Centre. Additionally, Advanced Paramedics are expected to contribute to the investigation and review of clinical incidents, serious investigations and in the review of deaths, in support of the wider clinical and operational management teams, particularly where these relate to the delivery of mental health care practice.
The Advanced Paramedic MH will at times be asked to deputise for the YAS MH SRO at internal and external meetings and to represent the Trust in MH forums, regionally and at place.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS TrustWakefield
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