About this role
Job summary The Consultant Paramedic (Urgent Care) is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care through strong clinical leadership, supervision, and governance. The role leads the development and implementation of urgent and primary care services across the organisation, providing expert clinical advice and driving improvements in patient outcomes. It also plays a key role in workforce development, education, and research, while working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated, patient-centred care aligned to organisational strategy
Main duties of the job The postholder provides clinical leadership and advanced practice support to urgent care and specialist paramedic teams, including mentorship, supervision, and expert advice on complex cases. They lead the development and delivery of urgent and primary care strategy, including service redesign, care pathways, and initiatives to improve safe non-conveyance. The role includes acting as an expert consultant across the organisation and system, supporting multidisciplinary teams and driving service modernisation. Responsibilities also include leading education, training, and research activity to enhance workforce capability and improve patient outcomes. In addition, the role requires building strong partnerships across the healthcare system, contributing to governance and patient safety processes, managing staff and resources effectively, and ensuring continuous quality improvement through clinical governance, risk management, and service evaluation.
About us
Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed. Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for. Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital. To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.
Job description Job responsibilities
The role of the Consultant Paramedic (Urgent Care) is to ensure that the highest standard of patient care is delivered via effective clinical leadership and supervision. As part of the senior clinical team within the Trust they will provide leadership and supervision of clinical staff andlead on the implementation of developments in urgent care. This will include leading the professional development of the paramedic workforce and providing senior clinical advice to a range of colleagues.The Consultant Paramedic will have responsibility for the following functions: To provide clinical and professional leadership and oversight to the advanced practiceurgent care teams and the specialist practice teams. To provide clinical leadership and support to the wider organization in relation to urgent care To provide clinical leadership, mentorship and senior clinical support to clinical staff. To provide expert input to clinical developments within the Trust, in relation to urgent and primary care. To provide expert clinical guidance in clinical case reviews The role will primarily be internally focused on the development of the implementation of the primary and urgent care agenda within the LAS providing clinical leadership and development to Advanced Paramedics. Foster an open and transparent culture where people are willing to report and learn fromincidents and near misses To support the Trust in the strategic development of both internal and external educational programs To be part of the Clinical on call rotas Other areas of responsibility will include: Joint working with multi-disciplinary teams to establish and provide new services for patients with reference to strategy documents produced by NHSE, Department of Health, NICE etc.
Design and provide a patient-centred, seamless, integrated approach consistent with the principles of Clinical Governance Work clinically at an advanced practice level (urgent care or equivalent) and maintain these competencies Providing an expert consultancy service to patients, carers and colleagues; Planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based care; Contributing to the development of the service by taking an active role in generating and disseminating knowledge across the organisation, and the pan-London area; Undertaking research in a specialist area that focuses on improving outcomes andexperiences for patients, families and carers; Facilitating and providing education and training to staff and students;This role encompasses a very strong professional leadership mandate including: Specifically addressing the issue of scope of practice developments for paramedics and other staff in primary and urgent care To oversee the development of advances in clinical care to reduce conveyance safely Providing clinical leadership and advice on strategic direction in their own specialist field of practice and service development ensuring a whole systems approach to the delivery of paramedic-led pre-hospital care.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Accreditations, Education Essential
A BSc (hons) degree in paramedic science or equivalent clinical discipline A clinical master's degree, ideally with a focus relevant to the portfolio HCPC registered Paramedic (without conditions or cautions) A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable ability with evidence of teaching in practice and/ or classroom situations Mentoring and coaching; minimum of Practice Placement Educator Level 3 (certificate) or significant demonstrable development of mentoring and coaching skills through formal learning and application. Membership of the Royal College of Paramedics Advanced Practice Qualifications (as per HEE definitions) Full UK driving licence including C1 with relevant blue light qualifications
Desirable
PhD or doctoral qualification in a relevant area NHS leadership academy qualifications or equivalent Non-medical Prescriber
Experience Essential
Significant demonstrable frontline pre hospital experience commensurate with requirements for a consultant AHP role Up-to-date portfolio including significant demonstrable and recent CPD activity Demonstrable experience of frontline/operational leaderships roles Expert knowledge of the development and implementation of urgent care practice within an ambulance setting Experience of research in practice Experience of working in other clinical settings Recent demonstrable experience working as an autonomous practitioner in an advanced practice role Demonstrable experience in investigating patient safety incidents Significant experience in delivery and implementation of change at a time of operational pressure
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Expert in assessing and examine patients presenting with both acute and chronic conditions Utilise additional diagnostic adjuncts Negotiate alternative treatment and/ or referral strategies, utilising a range of care pathways and treat and leave approaches based on sound assessment and decision making skills Demonstrable evidence of the ability to support clinicians in making complex decisions about patient care. Evidence of ability to participate in primary research and demonstrate knowledge of assessing and evaluating research-based evidence Evidence of ability to contribute to training events/ courses where specialist clinical knowledge is required. Evidence of ability to participate in clinical audit on a local and/ or service wide basis Ability to operate at a strategic level setting priorities and motivate others to deliver high quality care Balance strategic and operational requirements to meet timescales and deadlines Experience in negotiating and influencing at an organisational level and externally with a range of stakeholders Evidence of effective project management
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address Waterloo HQ
220 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8SD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)