Trainee Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (TAPP)

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Advanced Paramedic Practice (APP) Team in WAST as either:

• Those currently studying on the MSc (Trainee lines AB & CTM only)
• Those interested in starting the Full Time MSc Advanced Clinical Practice in Swansea University March 25 (Trainee lines AB & CTM only)

The pace of Advanced Paramedic Practice in Wales is developing significant momentum and so applications are sought MSc students who are currently in receipt of WAST funding to undertake their MSc program to progress as TAPPs (band 6).

TAPPs will work rotationally as a patient-facing clinician to deliver care, access patient pathways and manage a patient caseload in the emergency, urgent and wider unscheduled care settings.

Main duties of the job

• To provide advanced clinical interventions and drug therapies.
• To act as an independent practitioner using advanced skills to assess, diagnose, treat, develop and implement plans of care.
• To work towards providing expert advanced practice and associated leadership of unscheduled care provision that crosses professional and organisational boundaries in emergency, urgent and unscheduled care patients.
• To act as an expert advisor for patients, carers and all levels of operational clinicians.
• To take a key role in the development of unscheduled care, to enhance patient care services drawing on multiple research and development methodologies.
• Responds to emergency and urgent calls including driving under blue light conditions.

The TAPP positions are a permanent post, and the positions will develop into a full APP role following the successful completion of their training contract. If any member of staff does not successfully complete the full MSc, they will be provided the opportunity to relocate to a vacant or relief band 6 paramedic role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

The stations available are:

Abergavenny

Bargoed

Bassaleg

Newport

Cwmbran

Pontypool

Aberdare

Merthyr Tydfil

Bryncethin

Hawthorn

(please note base stations are accurate at the time of advert but can be subject to change)