Ambulance Care Assistant - NIGHTS

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare transport provider seeks an Ambulance Care Assistant in Gillingham. Responsibilities include transporting patients with care, ensuring their safety, and maintaining vehicle cleanliness. Ideal candidates should possess a full UK manual driving license and strong interpersonal skills. Competitive salary and extensive training will be provided.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Free Uniform

Free On-site Parking

G4S Life Assurance Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Subsidised Healthcare Plan

Access to discounts with Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence is required.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated respect and caring attitude towards patients.

Responsibilities

• Transporting patients to and from medical appointments.
• Ensuring safety and comfort of patients in transit.
• Completing vehicle risk assessments and documentation.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Job description

AMBULANCE CARE ASSISTANT (DRIVER) G4S PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES

G4S Patient Transport,Owens Way,Gads Hill,Gillingham,Kent,ME7 2RT

Full Time, Monday to Fridays (evenings) 42.5 hours per week, Permanent

£27,846 per annum (£12.60 per hour)

Are you a caring and compassionate person looking to better use your skills to help people?

Don't have experience? Dont worry, you have life skills and that's what were looking for!

Our dedicated training team will guide you through our 15 day comprehensive training programme, helping you to develop the skills needed to begin and progress in your new rewarding career with us.

Main duties of the job

Some of the key responsibilities will involve:

• Driving patients with varying health and mobility needs to and from hospital/Clinic appointments
• Assist, move and handle patients, who may be ambulatory or wheelchair bound, using appropriate equipment where necessary e.g. carrying patients up the stairs using a carry chair, moving immobile patients in and out of bed, on stretchers, wheelchairs into and out of the vehicle and homes
• Ensure safety and patient welfare at all times and providing reassurance, comfort and support when needed
• Assist patients when entering and leaving their homes
• Maintain cleanliness of vehicles and equipment
• Liaise with our central control team to ensure the timeline pick up and drop off of patients
• Undertake patient and vehicle risk assessments, and completion of reports or documentation

About us

About Us

G4S Patient Transport Services (PTS) is one of the UKs largest Non-Emergency Patient Transport providers carrying out over 350,000 journeys on behalf of the NHS every year. With 12 operational bases across the UK and a dedicated call centre we employ over 720 members of staff to deliver safe, caring, high-quality patient centric transport.

Excellent Company benefits include:

• Company pension scheme with employer contributions
• Free Uniform
• Free On-site Parking
• G4S Life Assurance Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (Confidential Counselling Services, 24/7 support specialising in health and medical)
• Subsidised Healthcare Plan
• Charity work- Match-it and Payroll Giving
• Access to a Blue Light Card and associated discounts
• Access to G4S Perks at Work scheme entitling you to amazing discounts, offers and services across hundreds of market leading retailers in electronics, weekly groceries, outlets, restaurants, mobile phone contracts and fashion.
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Progression, training and development opportunities.

Job responsibilities

About the Role

The Ambulance Care Assistant (ACA) will play an important role in helping people receive the care they need.

As an ACA with G4S Patient Transport Services, youll be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable patients to their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities, whilst showing compassion in times of vulnerability. Together well work together to ensure every journey we make supports our community, the NHS, and our patients.

Such responsibility requires empathy and compassion. These are skills youll build upon during our initial training and development programme, alongside constant guidance from our expert support team. Well give you all the tools to build a meaningful career with us.

This is an important role, providing excellent care and ensuring safety and patient welfare. A role where youll receive all the training you need to feel prepared in any situation that may arise.

Person Specification

Experience

• About you
• You must hold a full UK Manual Driving Licence.
• It is imperative that you consider yourself to be effective and resilient under pressure, have the ability to work effectively as part of a team and have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a sympathetic, respectful and caring attitude towards patients and have the flexibility and adaptability in accordance with the needs of the service.
• We are looking for strong people skills with the ability to be resilient, confident with a tenacious can-do attitude.
• A proven professional with professionalism and integrity, you will play an integral part of the G4S Patient Transport Services Team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.