Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank)

emedgroup; Crewe; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform provided

Job summary

EMED Group is seeking an Ambulance Care Assistant to serve the local community and join the Ambulance Service as part of our Crewe crew on a bank (0 hour) contract.

You will help transport elderly and vulnerable service users to appointments and between facilities, show empathy in end-of-life care, and work closely with families and hospital staff. A full UK manual driving licence and Enhanced DBS are required; uniform is provided.

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
• Committed to patient care.
• Effective communicator in emotional circumstances.
• Calm, considerate driver and good team player.
• Pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
• Familiar with the local area.

Responsibilities

• Transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from appointments and between healthcare facilities.
• Assisting in transporting end-of-life service users with empathy.
• Communicating effectively with patients and relatives.
• Helping with patient handling and transfers from beds to stretchers or chairs.
• Handing over patients to staff on arrival at centres or to family members.
• Maintaining a safe, clean and tidy ambulance.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Calm driving

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Enhanced DBS check

Local area knowledge

Driving licence

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.