Domain |
Descriptor |
Registration and AIPP Membership |
Is an AHPRA/PCNZ registered an experienced paramedic and Fellow of AIPP. |
Education |
Has a postgraduate qualification (AQF-9/NZQF9) (or equivalent) in primary healthcare, from an AIPP supported course. |
Domain of care |
Performs care that is preventive, proactive and/or reactive. |
Practice location |
Practices in a variety of clinical settings. Including, but not limited to, home based care, aged care facilities, community clinics, Hospitals, GP surgeries, remote and isolated environments, and ambulance services. |
Patient centred care |
Practice’s patient centred care, works collaboratively, and often leads a multidisciplinary team to safely monitor, treat and refer patients on individualised health care plan. |
Clinical reasoning |
Takes a comprehensive biopsychosocial history, performs advanced examinations and assessments, applies complex clinical reasoning, assesses risk, and makes evidenced based decisions. |
Pathology and imaging |
Orders, interprets, and can advise others about pathology and imaging. |
Medication/prescription |
Administers and/or prescribes medication in accordance with Therapeutic Guidelines and within the scope of a Paramedic Practitioner. |
Treatment plans |
Safely applies, modifies, creates, or delegates, treatment plans within practice capabilities. Alterations to treatment plans, outside of practice capabilities, requires consultation. |
Scope |
Provides emergency and generalist primary health care to a broad range of patients. Individual scope is defined by educational standards, professional practice capabilities and experiences. Scope, grows with continuing professional development and is consistent with local needs. |
Evidence based care |
Provides care that is evidenced based and consistent with professional practice capabilities and experience. |
Collaboration |
Supports the wider healthcare system by collaborating with more qualified and experienced clinicians and works within, and often leads, multidisciplinary teams. |
Reflective |
Participates in reflective practice, continual professional development, and quality improvement systems. |