Trainee Pre-Hospital Practitioner (Southend only)
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Job overview
Location: Southend
Training courses will commence from April 2025
Our vision - Outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day. #WeAreEEAST #WeAreTheNHS
Do you have experience in an acute setting such as ED / Primary & Urgent care / critical care?
Do you have high levels of autonomy and experience in managing a complex range of patient presentations? Then this role is for you.
Main duties of the job
Annex 21 Training
For those who are highly experienced, you will complete a transition to practice course (seven weeks) followed by an ePortfolio of capability which can include evidence from across your clinical experience as well as your first six months in pre-hospital care, followed by an end point assessment to ratify competence.For those who are early career or have less experience in healthcare, then we will support you to develop over a longer period of time (as described above), including completing ambulance aid skills training and further consolidation of pre-hospital competencies.
During this time, you will be deployed with a reduced scope of practice, a reduced discharge permissions level and a reduced set of patient group directives for medication use whilst you gain experience and confidence.
You will still have a level of clinical autonomy and may be crewed with a non-registered healthcare professional. As you grow your experience and complete a competency portfolio, you will then progress through education gateways to become a fully qualified pre-hospital practitioner.You will complete your e-portfolio and be able to exit to your end point assessment, at 12, 18 or 24 months dependent on your readiness.
Working for our organisation
EEAST employs over 5,000 staff with a further 1,000+ volunteers who between them cover 7,500 square miles and care for a population of more than 6 million.
Our three control rooms in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Essex handle more than 1 million 999 calls every year, over 2,500 calls a day.
We manage a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles including double staffed ambulances, rapid response cars, operational commander response vehicles, patient transport and support service vehicles.
The East of England works alongside 17 Acute Trusts with Accident & Emergency services and a Major Trauma Centre in Cambridge. Access is available to neighbouring MTCs such as those in London.
Our core values:
Care - We value warmth, empathy and compassion in all our relationships
Teamwork - Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision
Quality - We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement
Respect - We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- To hold a Registered Nurse Qualification or a Degree or equivalent in either Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- To hold an effective Professional Registration (outside of preceptorship) with either The Nursing & Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (adult, child or mental health), a Registered Midwife, or The Health & Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist, an Occupational Therapist.
- Hold a full UK Category B Manual Driving Licence for 12 months with a maximum 6 Penalty points for SP30 driving offences.
- C1 category licence to be held, or to hold a provisional C1 licence at the start of commencing your employment (including an approved medical for C1 driving). The C1 theory and practical components must be gained with a pass grade within 3 months of starting employment.
- Willingness to undertake a Practice Education Qualification and support students from their first 6 months of practice.
- Willingness to undertake blue light and CERAD driving training.
- Recent and substantial experience of working in one of the following settings:
- Emergency Department
- Urgent Care Centre/Minor Injuries Units
- Ambulatory Care or Same Day Emergency Care
- Acute Medical Unit/Medical Admission Unit
- Intensive Care/High Dependency Care Unit
- Pre-Hospital Care Teams
- Pre-Hospital Event Nurse/HCP/Ambulance Crew
- Experience at Specialist or Advanced Practice Level
- Experience as a District/Community Nurse
- Acute Assessment Unit
- Community Midwifery
- Able to evidence knowledge of physical, life and clinical sciences; principles of physical science and human development.
Experience
Essential criteria- IT Literacy Skills.
- Able to complete clinical and other records to a high standard.
- Ability to lead a team in and lead in an emergency situation.
- Experience in dealing with a diverse range of people in a customer/patient environment
- Substantial Post registration experience in an acute setting e.g., emergency department, acute medical unit, acute assessment unit, critical care; or experience in an alternative setting where autonomous clinical decision making and urgent care planning was required i.e., primary and urgent care, specialist assessment and treatment units or relevant pre-hospital voluntary experience.
- Experience working with a level of autonomy.
- Experience of performing invasive procedures such as Intramuscular IM injections and Intravenous IV cannulation
- Experience in making complex patient care decisions / treatment plans.
- Experience of managing patients’ medication needs using patient group directives (PGDs).
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria- Able to evidence knowledge of psychology, sociology and safeguarding; psychology of health and disease, sociology of health and disease, and safeguarding approaches across adults and children (at level 2).
- Able to obtain a clinical history, complete record keeping and provide a clinical handover; able to take a comprehensive clinical history, write contemporaneous clinical notes, and communicate a clear patient handover.
- Able to evidence knowledge of ethics and law; awareness of equality/diversity/inclusion, legal systems and healthcare law, and frameworks for professional practice and healthcare ethics.
- Able to evidence knowledge of public health and wellbeing; including population health, health education and promotion, and infection prevention and control
- Able to evidence knowledge of personal and professional attributes/development; evolved communication skills, and established values-based practice, including ability to practice with clear personal and professional boundaries. Awareness of personal growth, wellbeing, and resilience.
- Able to evidence knowledge of leadership and non-technical clinical skills; a broad situational awareness, ability to work in a team, ability to lead others in a clinical team, and awareness of human factors.
- Able to evidence knowledge of research of evidence-informed practice; knowledge of research and evidence-informed practice, including knowing how to access evidence, understanding evidence, evaluating evidence, evidence-informed practice.
- Able to evidence knowledge of physical, life and clinical sciences; human physiology and pathophysiology, and an extensive working knowledge of pharmacology.
- Able to evidence knowledge of psychology, sociology and safeguarding; safeguarding approaches across adults and children (at Level 3).
- Able to obtain a clinical history, complete record keeping and provide a clinical handover; knowledge of models of patient assessment and a knowledge of patients from special clinical groups:
- Obstetrics/gynaecology
- Children/young people
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Minor injuries/minor illness· Critically ill and injured patients
- Care of older patients
- Palliative care/end of life Extensive knowledge of electrocardiography (including reading 12-lead ECGs and cardiac disease process).
- Able to evidence knowledge of ethics and law; philosophy in pre-hospital practice.
- Knowledge of Public Health and Wellbeing; resilience and disaster preparedness/management.
- Able to evidence knowledge of leadership and non-technical clinical skills; sound clinical reasoning and decision-making capabilities for pre-hospital care.
Practical and Intellectual Skills, Personal Qualities, Abilities and Attribute
Essential criteria- Patient Assessment
- Taking a respiratory rate
- Taking a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)
- Take a pulse measurement
- Take a capillary refill time
- Take manual blood pressure
- Take automated blood pressure
- To be able to obtain a 12-lead and 3-lead ECG
- To assess a patient on the AVPU scale
- To assess a patient on the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Perform a Face, Arm, and Speech Test (FAST)
- Take a capillary blood glucose measurement
- Take an axillary temperature measurement
- Take a tympanic temperature measurement
- Airways · Perform the recovery position
- Perform a head tilt/chin lift manoeuvre
- Perform a jaw thrust manoeuvre
- Perform direct suctioning with a rigid catheter
- Perform direct suctioning with a flexible catheter
- Insert an oropharyngeal airway
- Insert a nasopharyngeal airway(s)
- Breathing · Perform a single handed bag-valve mask ventilation · Perform a two-handed bag-valve mask ventilation
- Circulation · Undertake intravenous cannulation
- Drug Administration
- Utilise a spacer device
- Direct inhaler use and technique
- Set up and administer an IV infusion
- Use a drawing up needle/reconstitute from an ampoule
- Administer meds via the oral administration route
- Be able to nebulise medication
- Administer meds via the intramuscular administration route
- Administer meds via the rectal administration route
- Administer meds via the intranasal administration route
- Trauma · Apply a broad arm sling (triangular bandage)
- Apply an elevated arm sling (triangular bandage)
- Apply a vacuum splint
- Apply manual in-line stabilisation (head holding)· Apply vacuum matrices
- Cardiac Arrest
- Undertake newborn intermediate life support (ILS)
- Undertake paediatric intermediate life support (ILS)
- Undertake adult intermediate life support (ILS)
- Utilise an automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Infection, Prevention and Control
- Undertake IPC standard hand hygiene
- Donning PPE for standard IPC approaches
- Donning PPE for aerosol-generating procedures
- Doffing PPE for aerosol-generating procedures
- Knowledge of Public Health and Wellbeing; resilience and disaster preparedness/management.
KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL SKILLS
Desirable criteria- Airways · Apply a BURP manoeuvre
- Utilise effective direct laryngoscopy
- Removal of a foreign body with direct laryngoscopy
- I-Gel supraglottic airway devices insertion
- Undertake a needle cricothyroidotomy (FONA)
- Breathing · Undertake needle thoracocentesis (decompression)
- Circulation
- Utilise an Olaes modular bandage
- Utilise blast bandages
- Apply haemostatic dressings
- Apply CAT torniquet
- Insert an eternal jugular cannulation (EJV)
- Insert an intraosseous (IO) catheter
- Trauma · Apply a box splint
- Apply a traction device pelvic binder/pelvic sling
- Crash helmet removal
- Apply a cervical collar
- Resuscitation
- Undertake newborn advanced life support (ALS)
- Undertake paediatric advanced life support (ALS)
- Undertake adult advanced life support (ALS)
- Undertake manual defibrillation (for VFib/VTach)
- Use a LUCAS chest compression system
References and Employment History: All references from current and previous employers, will be sought via their Human Resources Department and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and email address of the Human Resources Department and indicate your current/previous line manager and their departmental details.
All appointments will be subject to currently having a clean disciplinary record.
Please be advised that a No Smoking Policy is in operation throughout the Trust.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - Under the Trust's commitment 'Positive about Disabled People', if you consider yourself as having a disability and you meet the minimum selection criteria for any post, you will get an automatic interview. By minimum selection criteria we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates the essential requirements as set out in the person specification and advertisement for a post.
We aim to represent and value the diversity of our local communities through our workforce and service provision. We therefore positively encourage applications, regardless of age, race, religion & belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity or disability.
If you have a disability and wish to send in an alternative format of the application form please contact the Recruitment Team on 01234 243200
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The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if a large number of applications are received. If you would like to apply for this position then please keep this information in mind when preparing your submission.
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