Hounslow PCNs are looking for a Lead first contact paramedic to join our growing multi-disciplinary PCN teams working across the five PCNs in Hounslow. The PCNs are Brentworth, Chiswick, Feltham & Bedfont, Great West Road and Hounslow Health.

Hounslow is a diverse outer London Borough of approximately 324,000 registered patients supported by 47 GP Practices. The Hounslow Consortium brings together the borough's five Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to work collaboratively for the benefit of patients and their practices.

Hounslow is traditionally considered an underserved area and several initiatives have been under way to increase the appeal of working in Hounslow through training and development of staff, technology and our partnership with Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about improving care for patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation, tackling health inequalities which have been exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic and increasing access to high quality multi-disciplinary general practice. We will provide support and coaching for you to help you deal with challenges that this may present.

We encourage applications from Black , Asian minority ethnic candidates and applicants with a disability and or long term health condition as these groups are unrepresented in senior roles.

Main duties of the job

This is an operational lead role, working alongside clinical directors to establish new and innovative ways of working to maximise the opportunities that PCN working offers. The role will give you a solid grounding in Primary Care, working across a PCN footprint and closely alongside other ARRS roles. Our Lead Paramedics will work as a team to shape and deliver the future care for our patients who receive their care at home, working in collaboration with our Integrated Community Response Service who are leaders in admission avoidance with the aim to maximise our impact on the health and well-being of our local population. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service improvement, implementing initiatives and directives locally with the support and supervision of your clinical leads within the PCN.

As a Lead Paramedic you will be expected to contribute to the leadership of the PCNs but also as a group of five work together to lead services in all the PCNs. You will be expected to provide leadership and mentoring to your team as well as develop effective relationships with the GP mentors for your staff.

You must have access to your own transport, as this role will require travelling both to visit patients in their homes but also to a number of PCN practices and colleagues across Hounslow.

About us

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards.

In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. If you enjoy a challenge and want to go home each day knowing you made a difference, you will thrive in our organisation.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate education relevant to delivery of acute out of hospital care

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Clinical role model/advocate/educator/coach for care delivery and development
• Leading new clinical practice and service redesign solutions
• Continually developing practice in response to changing population health needs and future developments

Desirable

• Facilitating collaborative links between clinical practice and research

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Using expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
• Risk management especially with complex and unpredictable events
• Team leadership, resilience and determination
• Receptiveness to challenge and preparedness to constructively challenge others

Knowledge

Essential

• Working across boundaries and broadening sphere of influence.
• Range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. of history-taking holistic assessment identifying risk factors mental health assessments requesting, undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests and conducting health needs assessments).
• Critically appraising and synthesising the outcome of relevant research, evaluation and audit, using the results to underpin own practice and to inform that of others.
• Evidence the underpinning subject specific competencies i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope, and demonstrate application of the capabilities

Desirable

• Understanding of local population health needs, agencies and networks

Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow Centre For Health

92 Bath Roasd

Hounslow

TW3 3EL

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