Emergency Ambulance Crew - Specialist Contracts

Emergency Ambulance Crew - Specialist Contracts
We’re proud to partner with specialist transfer services across hospitals in London and the East of England to be the transport provider for CATS, PaNDR, NTS and ACCTS. We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Emergency Ambulance Crews to support these services. You’ll work alongside the clinical teams from the specialist services, to respond to, stabilise and transport critically unwell neonates, children and adults between Intensive Care Units across London, East of England and surrounding areas.We’re proud to partner with specialist transfer services across hospitals in London and the East of England to be the transport provider for CATS, PaNDR, NTS and ACCTS. We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Emergency Ambulance Crews to support these services. You’ll work alongside the clinical teams from the specialist services, to respond to, stabilise and transport critically unwell neonates, children and adults between Intensive Care Units across London, East of England and surrounding areas.About the RoleSt. John Ambulance are looking for passionate people, wanting to make a difference to join their team of Emergency Ambulance Crew’s providing specialist critical care transfer services for neonatal, paediatric, and adults across the East of England, London and beyond. You will be working closely with specialist transport clinicians from the PaNDR (Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval Service), ACCTS (Adult Critical Care Transfer Service), CATS (Children’s Acute Transport Service) and NTS (Neonatal Transfer Service) teams. Using a fleet of modern bespoke C1 Ambulances you will be part of a team who deliver first class critical care transfer services to some of the most poorly patients, ensuring they receive the right care for their needs.Our small, but effective team of Emergency Ambulance Crew’s (EAC) are co-located with the Trust’s clinical team where they plan and respond to thousands of requests to support unwell patients every year. Functioning as a truly embedded team, our EACs are part of a truly unique team bringing joy to families lives in caring for their loved ones.You can join this amazing team today! We’re looking for passionate and committed people to join this service and become part of the team.As an EAC, you will be responsible for ensuring your vehicle and clinical equipment are ready to respond to referrals, joining the clinical team for planning, co-ordination and review sessions. You’ll expertly handle transporting the clinical team to a referring hospital, be part of the team that helps to stabilise the patient and then safely deliver them to the receiving hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. You will be responsible for providing high quality, professional and compassionate care for patients and ensuring current clinical practice procedures and requirements are followed.(Full details and responsibilities can be found in the attached role description)About youTo be considered for the role you must be educated to GCSE level and have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels. You should have a minimum of 12 months driving experience and hold a full UK driving licence with a maximum of three penalty points. All applicants must have a C1 on their licence. Those working towards this would be required to have it by an agreed start date. You will be required to complete 10 weeks residential training to become qualified Emergency Ambulance Crew, as well as undertaking Level 3 CERAD ambulance response driver training. Candidates will need to have an enhanced full DBS check (which we provide) and complete a health check to ensure they are able to take up frontline work. This is a shift-based role in a team that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Shifts are 12 hours in duration and on a shift rotation basis, typically a 4 on, 4 off pattern. This is not a 9 to 5 role and will include rostered weekend, night and bank holiday working for which enhanced pay premiums are added. See all our benefits here.About UsSt John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.You will receive;Competitive salary & pension schemeCycle to work schemeHealth and Wellbeingportal - Access tofinancial, healthandwellbeing guidance and support.Discounts - Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discountsincluding discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we havesuccessfullyfilled the role.If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click hereFor all other candidates, or SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please click hereWe are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered
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