Ambulance care assistant

Care England; Cardiff; Híbrido; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Spark Medical in Heath, Cardiff is seeking an Ambulance Care Assistant to join our private ambulance service. You will be exposed to patient-facing environments, handling both frontline and event medical services, delivering high-quality, compassionate care at all times.

The role requires a full UK driving licence with up to 6 penalty points, and a minimum 6 months health and social care experience. CPD updates and ongoing training are provided.

Formación

• Minimum 6 months health & social care experience (care home/hospital/front line).
• Full UK manual driving licence with up to 6 penalty points.
• Flexible with regards to hours and able to work in emergency ambulance environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to complete paperwork to clinical standard and maintain confidentiality.
• Desirable: FREC 3 qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Provide non-emergency patient transport between hospital and private settings.
• Safely transfer patients using equipment and manual handling skills.
• Accurately complete documentation for patients, vehicles and equipment.
• Provide treatment up to your assessed ability per current best practice.
• Take information from carers at the scene and report to healthcare professionals.
• Maintain infection prevention and control standards in all areas.
• Carry out vehicle and equipment checks at shift start and during shifts.

Conocimientos

Health & social care exp

Full UK driving licence

Interpersonal skills

Emergency ambulance environment

Teamwork & initiative

CPD awareness

Educación

FREC 3 (desirable)

Descripción del empleo

# Ambulance care assistant* Spark Medical* Heath, Cardiff (CF14), CF14 4XW* Permanent Contract; On-site* Published: 2 days ago* £12.77 per hour**Ambulance care assistant**Spark MedicalEstablished in 2016, Spark Medical is a CQC regulated private ambulance service. Experts in pre-hospital care. Spark Medical mobilises and equips professional ambulance crews across the Merseyside and the UK. We are a patient focused, driven and always striving for excellent patient care. We ensure all our front-line staff are compliant with the CQC and its Fundamental Standards. Our modern, multipurpose fleet ensures that we are able to provide high quality transport services.The Ambulance Care Assistant role involves you being exposed to a variety of patient facing environments, both on the frontline and event medical services. You will be responsible, along with your crewmate, for responding to emergency and non-emergency situations whilst ensuring patients receive high quality, compassionate care at all times. Spark Medical understands the importance of developing staff skillset, offering support with CPD events, ambulance driver training and annual Basic Life Support to committed staff members.Job SummaryProvided non-emergency patient transport to a wide variety of patient and between a mixture of hospital and private settings within the care of Spark Medical in accordance with policies and procedures, including pre-hospital emergency care.Safely transfer patients to and from ambulances, using specialist equipment and manual handling skillsAccurately complete all documentation relating to patients, vehicles and equipment and submit it to Spark Medical management when required.Provide treatment up to the post-holder’s assessed ability in line with current best practice. e.g. IHCD & JRCALC.Take relevant information from carers or others at the scene, reporting to healthcare professional, hospitals or others as required whilst ensuring patient confidentiality is maintained.Be aware of the patient’s social and environmental condition and report any matters of concern to the appropriate person or body.Actively participate in personal and environmental cleaning routines (including vehicles, equipment, and areas of the garaging facilities) to ensure that infection prevention and control standards are adhered to.Carry out vehicle and equipment check at the start of and during each shift to ensure the readiness of the vehicle, equipment, and consumables to respond as required. Report all defects and damage in accordance with Spark Medical policies and procedures.Achieve and maintain competence in all relevant skills and knowledge, actively engage in CPD events and keep a personal development portfolio.Perform any other duties commensurate with these responsibilities, the band of the post and skills and qualifications of the post-holder.Person SpecificationEssentialMinimum of 6 months of health & social care experience (care home/hospital/emergency front line setting)Full UK manual driving licence with a maximum of 6 penalty pointsA minimum of 12 months driving experience since first holding UK driver's licenceFlexible with regards to hours of workPhysically fit and able to undertake the physical aspects of the roleExcellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levelsAbility to complete relevant paper to clinical standardDemonstrate ability to work in an emergency ambulance environmentAbility to prioritise objective and work schedules to make best use of time and resourcesAbility to deliver a high-quality patient experience and ensure service user satisfaction at all timesAbility to work in a team and also to use own initiative when necessaryWillingness to adapt and learn new skillsDesirableHold a valid FREC 3 qualificationThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it necessary for successful applicants to complete a Disclosure and Barring application.Spark Medical does not accept any DBSs that you currently hold nor do we accept DBSs on the Update Service.Spark Medical reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted, so please complete your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.