Giving people life-saving medical help during emergencies.
Occupational Profile
Occupational Profile: A career in paramedicine is a dynamic and exciting career with opportunities to work in a range of different roles as a Registered Paramedic. You will be a first-contact Allied Health Professional who works within the wider Urgent & Emergency Care setting. You will provide high quality and compassionate care, responding to the needs of service users and carers across the lifespan. You will work in a wide variety of settings, which may include a front-line ambulance, a GP surgery, a minor injury/illness centre, in remote medicine or a varied range of other environments.
Responsibilities and duty of the role: At the point of registration, a paramedic is an autonomous practitioner who has the knowledge, skills and clinical expertise to assess, treat, diagnose, supply and administer medicines, manage, discharge and refer patients in a range of urgent, emergency, critical or out of hospital settings.1 You will be responsible and accountable for your decisions, and for reflecting upon the effectiveness of your actions with the aim of continually improving service user care. You will demonstrate leadership qualities and you will manage and lead colleagues. You will be responsible for ensuring your own knowledge and skills are current, and support the development of learners and new entrants to the profession.
Professional registration: On successful completion of an approved programme, the apprentice will be eligible to apply to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for registration as a paramedic.
Industry specific requirements: 1. Undertake the Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service process and provide the result prior to starting; 2. The apprentice must meet the 15 standards as set out in the Care Certificate2. The CQC expect that providers that employ apprentice paramedics follow these standards to make sure new staff are supported, skilled and assessed as competent to carry out their roles; 3. You will also be subject to Occupational Health Screening.
Qualifications: Completion of an approved BSc (Hons) Paramedic programme and (HCPC) registration as a Paramedic. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment. Complete the Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Course.
Summary of Standard
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/paramedic-degree/
Full Standard
