Ambulance Care Assistants

EMED Group; Worleston; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holiday

Life Assurance

Sick pay

GP access

Second opinion

Hospital cash plan

Dental/Optical/Chiropody

Mental health support

Physiotherapy

Legal advice

Financial guidance

Long service leave

Recognition scheme

Refer a Friend

Pension

Blue Light Card

Uniform provided

Employee Assistance Program

Flu vaccination

Job summary

EMED Group is recruiting an Ambulance Care Assistant to join our Crewe team based at Countess of Chester Hospital. In this full-time, permanent role you will help transport elderly and vulnerable service users between appointments and healthcare facilities, in two-person crews or solo, requiring a full UK manual driving licence and good physical fitness.

You will be part of a trusted healthcare logistics provider delivering essential NHS support across the UK, with comprehensive benefits and a

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK manual driving licence.
• Must be physically fit to assist patients and lift and transfer where needed.
• Able to work in two-person crews or alone as required.

Responsibilities

• Transport elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from medical appointments and between facilities.

Skills

UK manual driving licence

Physical fitness

Two-person crews or solo

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for Ambulance Care Assistants to join our team based in Crewe at the Countess of Chester Hospital

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.

This is a full time/permanent position. You will be working Monday - Friday 09:15 to 19:45

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.

Your main responsibility will be transporting elderly, sick and vulnerable service users to and from their medical appointments and between healthcare facilities. This can be carried out as two-person crews or alone, so it is vital to hold a full UK manual driving licence and to have a good degree of physical fitness.

You can view our day in the life video here: https://www.emedgroup.co.uk/video-portal/#featured-video-4

What benefits can you expect?

• Paid holiday entitlement
• 50 hours paid per week - Full Time Hours / Permanent
• Life Assurance - providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
• Company sick pay covering full salary for 20 days after 2 years' service.
• 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
• 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
• Hospital cash plan benefits with sickness protection scheme.
• Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
• Access to mental health consultations.
• Access to physiotherapy consultations.
• Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
• Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
• Long Service Recognition Scheme - recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
• Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
• Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
• The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
• Pension Scheme.
• Blue Light Card.
• Uniform provided.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
• Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).

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.