Specialist Paramedic Mental Health

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Patient Care

The post holder will safely and effectively manage patient care, ensuring they;o Provide a Trust-wide specialist source of experience and knowledge around mental health issues and crisiso Undertake an enhanced assessment of patients with complex health needs, ensuring that care is planned to best meet their Mental and Physical Health needs in the pre-hospital setting.oExercise your own clinical judgement to assess, diagnose, treat, refer and/or discharge patients with undifferentiated injury and/or illnesso Apply enhanced knowledge, make balanced and pragmatic decisions relating to end of life care and futility of resuscitation; placing the patient's best interests and wishes at the heart of such decisions.

Communication and Relationship Responsibilities

o Develop working relationships with colleagues, peers and operational/clinical managers across all directorates and divisions within the Trust as appropriate to undertake the roleo Develop working relationships with external organisations in order to access support for patients and to positively promote the Trust and the role of Paramedicso The post holder will be required on a regular basis to communicate with people who may be experiencing significant distress and in situations which are complex, and highly charged

Job responsibilities

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.Benefits:o Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)o 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.o Contributory Pensiono NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etco Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemeso Dedicated employee assistance and counselling serviceo Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing developmento Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce