Ambulance Care Assistant (Bank)

EMED Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay

Job summary

EMED Group in Manchester is seeking compassionate Ambulance Care Assistants to support patients on journeys to and from medical facilities. This is a bank (0-hour) role with day and night shifts, based in Manchester/Warrington.

You will drive patients, assist with transfers, and work with colleagues or alone, requiring a valid UK manual driving licence and good physical fitness. Training starts soon.

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence.
• Able to work flexible day and night shifts.
• Committed to patient care and wellbeing.
• Empathetic, clear communicator with patients and relatives.
• Physically fit for patient handling and moving.
• Able to pass Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
• Good teamwork and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Transporting patients to and from medical appointments and between facilities.
• Assist with lifting, transferring and positioning patients safely.
• Hand over patients to appropriate staff on arrival at centres or homes.
• Transfer patients between beds, stretchers or chairs as needed.
• Maintain ambulance safety, cleanliness and readiness for use.
• Provide compassionate support and build rapport with patients and relatives.

Skills

Full UK manual driving licence

Flexible shifts

Patient care commitment

Effective communicator

Physically fit

Enhanced DBS check

Team working

Job description

Do you want a job that genuinely helps people?

We’re looking for kind, reliable and compassionate people to join our Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) team in Manchester/Warrington. This is a role for someone who wants to make a real difference every day, supporting patients of all ages on their journeys to and from medical facilities.

This is a bank (0 hour position) | £12.71 per hour (+12.07% holiday pay) | Day and night shifts available

An 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.

You’ll drive patients to and from medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, either working with a colleague or independently, so it is vital to hold a full UK manual driving licence and have a good degree of physical fitness for manual handling.

Training to start 14th December at our Crewe base

Other duties include:

• Assisting in the transportation of 'end of life' patients, 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 patients 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 settings.
• Ensuring that the ambulance is kept safe, clean and tidy

You don’t need previous ambulance experience, we provide full training.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You hold a valid UK manual driving licence, (6 points maximum)
• You are able to work flexible shifts - days/nights
• You are committed to patient care
• You are an effective communicator and empathetic with others in what can often be emotional circumstances.
• You are physically fit for patient handling and moving.
• You can pass an Enhanced DBS check (company funded).
• You have a natural flair for team working and collaboration

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.