Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 847-24-TM-BPARAMEDIC-A
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Forest Bank
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £20 plus enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays +WTD
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Paramedic - HMP Forest Bank
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Paramedic looking for bank work? Then this job is for you.
Spectrum have bank shifts available within the following North West Prison Sites:
HMP/YOI Styal/Pennine Short Term Holding Facility
HMP Forest Bank
HMP Liverpool
HMP Hindley
HMP Haverigg
HMP Buckley Hall
HMP Kirkham
HMP Preston
HMP Lancaster Farms
The role is to provide high quality emergency care and minor injury treatment to patients with both primary care and acute care needs in a prison setting by playing an active part in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients care.
This role requires a Bank Registered Paramedic to work as part of a team of Nurses and Pharmacy Technicians to deliver high quality care to patients both within the Healthcare Centre, Inpatient Unit and on the Wings within the prison environment.
Main duties of the job
The role requires you to function autonomously and within your sphere of competency, whilst being a support and resource to less experienced members of staff. You will assess patients, plan their care, administer treatment and discharge them or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals / external agencies. The prison healthcare sites are clinical facilities which require an individual to have the ability to work effectively as part of a multi professional team within a fast-paced environment, in line with the protocols and policies of the local service and Spectrum Community Health CIC.
The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team!
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative staff bank.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
- Free car parking at some sites
- Enhanced bank rates
- Flexibility
- Free DBS checks
- Holiday pay
- Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to hours worked)
- NHS and Blue Light discounts
- Regional work
- Onsite gym available at some sites
- Opportunity to join substantive employment.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff, and partners.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and well-being on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Our Mission
Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities.
Our Vision
Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Paramedic with current HCPC registration
- ALS/ATLS/PALS Qualification for Paramedics
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
- Post registration qualification in autonomous practice or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post registration experience including evidence of working in any of these following clinical areas: • Accident & Emergency • Primary Care environments • Minor Injuries / Illness Units
- Experience of working autonomously
- Evidence of team leadership and supervision of junior staff
- Evidence of teaching and assessing others
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience within Accident and Emergency and Primary Care environments
- Experience of managing a team
- Evidence of participation in clinical supervision (either in the supervised or supervisor role)
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of autonomous working and the skills in physical assessment required, diagnosis and treatment by use of portfolio and show willingness to develop
- Able to produce detailed and accurate records in accordance with Spectrum’s policies and the professional body.
- Evidence of extended skills e.g., suturing.
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to demonstrate clinical expertise and knowledge of audit
- Demonstrable critical reasoning skills and decision making
- Demonstrable evidence of multiprofessional / multi-agency working
- Ability to prioritise patient care
- Perceptive, flexible and effective leadership skills
- Ability to demonstrate effective use of staff and resources
- Complete understanding of the medico legal aspects of the role
- Fully understanding of equal opportunities, diversity and cultural issue which may arise in the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tara Mckevitt
- Job title
- Business Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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