Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank)

EMED Group; Crewe; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

£12.71 per hour

Uniform provided

Bank (0 hour) contract

Job summary

EMED Group in Crewe is looking for an Ambulance Care Assistant to join the crew on a bank (0 hour) contract. You’ll support patients and transport them to appointments with compassionate care.

The role pays £12.71 per hour and includes uniform provided. You’ll need a full UK driving licence with few penalty points, be an effective communicator, and be physically fit for patient handling. DBS check is company funded.

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK Manual driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
• Committed to patient care and able to communicate in emotional situations.
• Calm, considerate driver with a team-focused mindset.
• Be physically fit for patient handling and lifting.
• Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
• Familiar with the local and surrounding area.

Responsibilities

• Transport elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from medical appointments and between facilities.
• Assist in transporting end-of-life service users with empathy.
• Build rapport by communicating effectively with patients and relatives.
• Assist with lifting, securing and moving patients in the Ambulance.
• Hand over patients to staff on arrival at treatment centres or to families.
• Transfer patients between beds and stretchers, in hospital and during flights.
• Assist service users with challenging behaviour and mental health needs.
• Ensure the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy.

Skills

Driving licence (UK)

Empathetic communicator

Team player

Physically fit

DBS checked

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Ambulance Care Assistant to serve your local community and join the Ambulance Service as part of our Ambulance crew based in Crewe on a bank (0 hour) contract

An Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) is a hugely rewarding and fulfilling role. Each day, you’ll be helping someone in need, making their lives that little bit easier, and knowing that you make a difference to their day provides you with a real sense of achievement.

What benefits can you expect?

• £12.71 per hour
• The flexibility of a bank (0 hour) position - work when suits you to support the needs of the business
• Uniform provided.

Other duties include:

• Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities.
• Assisting in the transportation of ‘end of life’ service users, ensuring a high level of empathy is present at all times
• Building rapport by effectively communicating with patients and their relatives/friends
• Responsible for lifting, securing and helping service users in and out of the Ambulance
• Assist with the handing over of patients to appropriate staff on arrival at treatment centres/hospital’s or to family/friends at their homes.
• Transfer patients from beds to stretchers, chairs to chairs or similar both in and out of hospital and medical/commercial flights.
• Assisting service users with challenging behaviour and/or mental health illnesses
• Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy
  

To be considered as an ACA, you will need to be:

• Hold a full UK Manual driving licence with less than 6 penalty points
• Committed to patient care
• An effective communicator and experience of communicating with others in what can often be emotional circumstances
• To be a calm, considerate, careful driver
• To have a natural flair for team working and collaboration
• Be physically fit for patient handling and moving
• Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded)
• Familiar with the local and surrounding area

Our Values

Collaborative – We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.

About Us

EMED Group is an established healthcare logistics provider that enables access to health and social care through our four specialist divisions. We are one of the largest health and care partners to the NHS with 4,000 colleagues across over 60 bases UK-wide.

EMED Group is committed to pro-actively improving the wellbeing of our communities by providing access to vital health and social care services across the UK.