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This week Ben talks to Jenny Drury who is a paramedic who left the ambulance service following an injury and joined a GP practice as a care co-ordinator. In this podcast she explains to Ben how that non-clinical role led to her present role taking on home visits. Jenny describes the way the system works and the quantity and types of visits she undertakes as well as offering advice to practices and paramedics who might be contemplating the move.

Show Notes

Jenny moves from being a carer to become a paramedic (41secs)

Joining the ambulance service (1mins 24secs)

And thence into general practice (1mins 58secs)

Utilising Jenny’s paramedic training (2mins 22ecs)

General practice defies Jenny’s expectations (2mins 55secs)

Jenny’s new role in general practice (3mins 40secs)

How the home visit system works (4mins 48secs)

The types of visits Jenny undertakes (5mins 21secs)

The practicalities (6mins 14secs)

A huge impact on the practice (7mins)

The personal impact on Jenny (7mins 39secs)

Roles other than visits (8mins 07secs)

Rolling out the role to other practices (8mins 42secs)

Ambitions for the future (9mins 18secs)

The impact on the acute sector (9mins 37secs)

Is indemnity a barrier? (10mins 11secs)

Advice for practices (10mins 43secs)

Making the transition easier (11mins 17secs)

Paramedics moving to general practice (12mins 10secs)

Advice for other paramedics (13mins 39secs)