Airport Paramedic Dual Role

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Faraday; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to delivering exceptional emergency services. As an Experienced Paramedic, you will play a crucial role in providing urgent care to patients while working in a dynamic environment at Gatwick Airport. This full-time position offers the chance to develop professionally through tailored programs and training opportunities. With a commitment to compassionate care and a supportive work culture, you will be part of a team that values your contributions and encourages personal growth. If you are passionate about making a difference in emergency healthcare, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

27 days' holiday

Personal and professional development

Salary sacrifice schemes

Access to occupational health services

NHS discounts

Back up buddy App

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Paramedic with experience in emergency care.
• Must have held a full manual driving licence for at least 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality urgent and emergency care to patients.
• Work in a dual role at Gatwick Airport and on ambulance shifts.

Skills

Empathy

Stress management

Compassionate care

Methodical approach

Education

BTECH Level 4 in Paramedic Science

DipHE in Paramedic Practice

FdSc in Paramedic Science

BSc in Paramedic Science

Tools

Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Certificate

C1 Driving Licence

Job description

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

Job overview

SECAmb have been given an exciting opportunity to work in partnership at Gatwick Airport on the new SOLO contract. This will be on a dual role basis and include working on a SRV whilst at Gatwick Airport and undertaking double crewed ambulance shifts out of Gatwick make ready.

Due to this being an external contract, your actual contract and place of work will be Gatwick make ready centre with shifts allocated as part of a rota pattern which incorporates shifts at Gatwick airport.

Main duties of the job

Our vision is to become a world-class provider of emergency and urgent healthcare services in the pre-hospital and out of hospital environments. To help us achieve this aim we are recruiting for Experienced Paramedics.

We are looking for empathetic and committed individuals who are eligible to register with the HCPC and hold a BTECH Level 4, DipHE, FdSc or BSc award in Paramedic Science or Practice. Applicants must have an excellent knowledge of pre-hospital care, be methodical and systematic and demonstrate compassionate care in their daily interaction with patients.

Experienced Paramedics should hold the Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving and C1 Licence.

Applicants must also have the ability to deal with stressful and sensitive situations whilst being highly motivated and enthusiastic.

We want to support you through that transition and watch you grow through a tailored programme of personal and professional development within our Trust.

Working for our organisation

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a two year secondment and you will need to be in commuting distance of the airport.

You will need to undertake additional security and occupational screening in line with the airports requirements.

This is a full time role

Please note the assessment date has been booked for 21st and 25th of October; there will be no other available dates.

Person specification

• HCPC registered Paramedic
• Must have held full manual driving licence for minimum of 1 year, with no more than 3 points at the time of application
• Trust approved emergency driving qualification
• Must have licence category C1. (if appropriate to the role). Valid in the UK

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.

We are committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [e-mail] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history.

Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.

Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

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