Paramedic Practitioner - The Chorley Surgery

PCN Paramedic Practitioner 2 x 35hrs per week AfC Band 7 

Are you an experienced Paramedic looking for a new direction in your career? Are you passionate and committed to delivering advanced level patient centred care? If so, we have two exciting new roles within our Primary Care Network (PCN). Chorley Central PCN comprises of 6 GP surgeries and covers a population of over 54,000 patients and are expanding our team to meet the needs of our population. Our Model of Care will see you working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of experienced GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists Our aim is to provide a team that supports and leads on the proactive care of those patients that are high risk of admission, such as decompensating frailty, End of Life and/or long term conditions, by providing routine checks and urgent visits. Your role will be varied and wide-ranging, including telephone triage, face to face same-day consultations and home visits, supported by an experienced team of dedicated clinicians. As an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, you will be seeing individuals with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Based on patient history, clinical assessment and a comprehensive physical and functional examination, utilising expert knowledge and clinical judgement, you will be able to identify the potential diagnosis. You will also be able to assess, plan and implement programmes of care, in liaison with colleagues, to support the individual. We would welcome applications from Paramedics who can demonstrate fulfilment of the Job description and person specification and look forward to receiving your application.