Consultant Paramedic In Emergency Care

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ambulance service provider in the UK is seeking a Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to join its senior clinical leadership team. The role focuses on evidence-based emergency care, strategic leadership, and mentoring. Candidates should hold a HCPC Paramedic qualification and ideally have doctorate-level education or experience. Competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and various employee benefits are offered in this permanent full-time position across the South of England.

Benefits

27 days of annual leave, increasing with service

Pay enhancements for out of hours and shift work

Car leasing scheme

Free parking

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Required HCPC Paramedic qualification.
• Educated to doctorate level or working towards a doctorate.
• Experience in leading clinical practice in ambulance settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency situations.
• Provide senior clinical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead on professional development and collaborative education.

Skills

Leadership in clinical practice

Emergency care expertise

Knowledge of national healthcare policy

Mentoring and education

Education

Doctorate level education or working towards

HCPC Paramedic

Job description

Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care

The closing date is 30 December 2025

We are seeking an exceptional Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to join our senior clinical leadership team. This is a new and pivotal role, aligned to the NHS England framework for multi-professional consultant practice, designed to provide senior clinical leadership for emergency care including to drive the reduction in unwarranted variation between our counties, further improve clinical quality, lead clinical professional standards and work with system partners to increase availability and capacity of community services.

As a Consultant Paramedic, you will provide knowledge skills and experience in expert clinical practice, strategic leadership, and system-wide influence to ensure our emergency care services deliver the highest standards of patient outcomes and safety. The post holder will work closely with a Consultant Paramedic in the South of the Trust and be required to travel across the South West.

Main duties of the job

The role spans the four pillars of consultant practice:

Clinical Practice

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency and urgent care situations.
• Act as a clinical role model, supporting paramedics and wider teams in delivering safe, effective care.

Leadership

• Shape and influence trust-wide strategy for emergency care.
• Provide senior clinical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and system partners.
• Champion innovation, transformation, and workforce development.

Education

• Lead on professional development, mentoring, and provide support and guidance to the education team.
• Collaborate with universities and training providers to strengthen and future proof paramedic education pathways.
• Drive applied research and service evaluation to improve patient outcomes.
• Translate evidence into practice, ensuring our services remain at the forefront of emergency care.

About us

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to people's lives, then we would love to hear from you.

We offer

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

For an informal conversation with Neil Lentern - Director of Paramedic Practice, or Adrian South - Deputy Director of Clinical Care, please contact Chloe Stokes-Dodd - [e-mail]

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• HCPC Paramedic
• Educated to doctorate level, or working towards

Previous Experience

• Significant experience in leading clinical practice in the ambulance settings
• Strong understanding of national healthcare policy and paramedic professional standards
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Significant experience at senior management level in delivery or development of clinical services
• Demonstrable evidence of leading change and service improvement
• Significant experience of strategy development, budgetary and financial control and business planning
• Experience of leading cross functional teams
• Experience working outside of the ambulance service
• Experience working in an education environment
• Experience working in a research environment
• Experience working in a non-ambulance leadership setting

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.

Contact

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North of the Trust (BNSSG/Gloucester/Somerset)

Salary

£76,965 to £88,682 a year (Indicative pending job evaluation)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

202-7665607

Job locations

North of the Trust (BNSSG/Gloucester/Somerset)