Job summary
Mendlesham Medical Group is looking for an enthusiastic paramedic who wants to develop their career within a supportive general practice environment. This position is offered on a full-time basis.

The FCP Roadmap and becoming a prescribing paramedic is an essential part of the role, but you will be helped and supported along the way. We will provide structured supervision, mentoring, protected learning and access to our established practice education programme for the medical students, GP registrars and the rest of the practice team.

Our aim is to help you develop confidently into a highly skilled and autonomous member of our clinical team, while ensuring that experienced clinical support is always close at hand. You'll be able to prioritise work-life balance, well-being and professional development, in a friendly, well-run and innovative environment.

You will be required to travel between our sites (4 miles apart) and for home visits within our catchment area. On occasion you may be required to work collaboratively with our neighbouring practices to aid with cover for home visits.

Main duties of the job
No two days will be quite the same. You'll work alongside our GPs, nurses and wider clinical team, managing your own mix of face-to-face and telephone consultations, with clinicians around you for advice, support and discussion whenever you need it.

Your day might include assessing an acutely unwell patient in surgery, undertaking a home visit, arranging investigations or a referral, reviewing results, or following up a patient after a hospital admission. You'll also be part of our MDTs, clinical meetings and regular education sessions, sharing cases and learning alongside the rest of the team.

Most importantly, you won't be working in isolation. We place a strong emphasis on clinical supervision, mentoring and ongoing education, giving you the support to develop your confidence, broaden your general practice skills and progress through the FCP Roadmap and working towards becoming a prescribing paramedic. You'll be an integral part of the Mendlesham clinical team.

About us
Mendlesham Medical Group is a two-site, dispensing, rural practice, with a stable patient population, that offers the perfect blend of professional satisfaction and a great quality of life.

Why Join Us?

• Work-life balance & supportive culture
• Well-structured clinical sessions to ensure fair patient contact
• Team well-being is a priority, with a culture of support, and collaboration
• Training practice - we support GP registrars and medical students
• Regular clinical and educational meetings fostering continuous learning and development
• Embracing digital innovation - streamlined document workflow management and digital tools to reduce administrative burden
• High QOF achievement and dispensing practice benefits
• Rural setting with a good balance of deprivation and affluence, providing a rewarding and varied clinical caseload.
• A fantastic multidisciplinary team: work alongside GPs, nurse practitioners, paramedics, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and a paramedic home-visiting service
• A well-run and supportive practice management team ensuring smooth operations
• A collaborative, friendly and professional team environment that values everyone's contributions.

Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Core Eligibility & Experience Criteria
Essential

• Registration: Must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) with a degree-level qualification.
• Post-Qualification Experience: Must have completed mandatory 2-year "Consolidation of Learning" period as a newly qualified paramedic, plus a minimum of 3 additional years of post-qualification experience at Agenda for Change (AfC) Band 6 (or equivalent).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.