Ambulance Care Assistant - Hampshire

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Portsmouth; Sur place; GBP 20 000 - 24 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Ambulance Care Assistants to support patients travelling to and from hospital appointments with dignity and compassion. No medical background required, but you must be fit and able to assist with mobility and lifting tasks.

The role involves driving a long wheel-base vehicle, working various shifts from 05:30 to midnight, and providing excellent patient care and service. This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• You don’t need a medical background—just a genuine desire to help people, excellent communication skills, and patience.
• Physical fitness is essential, as lifting and moving patients is a key part of the role.

Responsabilités

• Taking patients to and from their medical appointments and treating them with dignity.
• Moving and lifting patients who need help.
• Driving a long wheel-base vehicle with manual transmission.
• Shift Work. You’ll work a variety of shifts from 0530-midnight, both on your own and with a colleague.
• Full time role is 37.5 hours a week.
• Driving patients safely across Hampshire.
• Assisting with mobility, including lifting and helping patients into vehicles.
• Delivering exceptional care and customer service.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Empathy

Patience

Physical fitness

Teamwork

Description du poste

Ambulance Care Assistants Roles in Hampshire

Do you have the compassion to reassure a patient living with dementia on their way to a hospital appointment?

Can you stay calm and focused when traffic threatens to delay your next collection?

Are you resilient enough to support someone coping with a life-limiting illness?

If so, you could be the perfect fit for our team.

Our Ambulance Care Assistants play a vital role in patient care, ensuring every journey is safe, comfortable, and dignified. You’ll provide support and reassurance to patients travelling to and from hospital appointments, treating everyone with kindness and empathy.

This Is a Hands-on Role That Involves

• Driving patients safely across Hampshire
• Assisting with mobility, including lifting and helping patients into vehicles
• Delivering exceptional care and customer service

You don’t need a medical background—just a genuine desire to help people, excellent communication skills, and patience. Physical fitness is essential, as lifting and moving patients is a key part of the role.

If you’re ready for a rewarding challenge and want to make a real difference every day.

The Role

• Taking patients to and from their medical appointments and treating them with dignity.
• Moving and lifting patients who need help.
• Driving a long wheel-base vehicle with manual transmission.
• Shift Work. You’ll work a variety of shifts from 0530-midnight, both on your own and with a colleague.
• Full time role is 37.5 hours a week.

The Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) role is a gateway into the Ambulance Service. People who join as an ACA can go on to be Team Leaders or Managers within their area or move to work in the frontline teams or one of the many supports and corporate teams.

Benefits We Offer

• Full training and access to courses
• Holiday entitlement of upto 33 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Ongoing career development within SCAS and the wider NHS
• Occupational Health and Wellbeing support
• NHS Discounts in over 200 + stores
• Ability to join our staff networking group

At South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), every role plays an important part in helping people when they need us most. Whether you work in frontline care, Emergency Operations Centres, or corporate support services, your contribution makes a real difference every day.

Our values of Caring, Professional and Honest guide everything we do. We care for our patients, communities and colleagues, act professionally with pride and commitment, and work honestly to build trust through openness, integrity and respect.

We work closely with our recognised trade unions, including Unison, Unite, GMB and RCN, which provide workplace support and representation.

SCAS is proud to be an inclusive employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to reach their full potential.

Join SCAS and help us deliver exceptional care when it matters most.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: PTS Recruitment Job title: PTS Recruitment Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01869 365000